Climate averages 1991–2020
Kwekwe weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Kwekwe: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 17.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gweru (58 km away). In March its highs average 24.8°C, 2.8°C cooler than Kwekwe, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Kwekwe ranks 1st of 11 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 11 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 11 cities is 25.6°C; Kwekwe is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 63 mm to 20 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Kwekwe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.5°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 146 | 15.9 | 13.113 h |
| February | 27.6°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 109 | 12.2 | 12.713 h |
| March, selected | 27.6°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 63 | 9.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 26.6°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 20 | 2.9 | 11.712 h |
| May | 24.9°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 5.4 | 1.3 | 11.211 h |
| June | 22.7°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 1.8 | 0.5 | 11.011 h |
| July | 22.4°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 11.111 h |
| August | 25.9°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.511 h |
| September | 29.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 2.6 | 0.7 | 12.012 h |
| October | 31.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 24 | 4.3 | 12.513 h |
| November | 30.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 82 | 11.3 | 13.013 h |
| December | 28.0°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 163 | 17.5 | 13.213 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Gweru in MarchZimbabwe · 58 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.3°C · 82 mm rain
- Kadoma in MarchZimbabwe · 67 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.0°C · 77 mm rain
- Norton in MarchZimbabwe · 149 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.6°C · 80 mm rain
- Masvingo in MarchZimbabwe · 165 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Chitungwiza in MarchZimbabwe · 167 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Chinhoyi in MarchZimbabwe · 178 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.7°C · 92 mm rain
- Harare in MarchZimbabwe · 179 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.4°C · 93 mm rain
- Bulawayo in MarchZimbabwe · 187 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.0°C · 65 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kwekwe) is explained once on the Kwekwe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.