Climate averages 1991–2020
Kwekwe weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Kwekwe: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 31 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gweru (58 km away). In October its highs average 28.4°C, 2.8°C cooler than Kwekwe, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Kwekwe ranks 2nd of 11 for the warmest October highs and 5th of 11 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 11 cities is 29.1°C; Kwekwe is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 24 mm to 82 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Gweru in OctoberZimbabwe · 58 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 25 mm rain
- Kadoma in OctoberZimbabwe · 67 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 18.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Norton in OctoberZimbabwe · 149 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 16.5°C · 26 mm rain
- Masvingo in OctoberZimbabwe · 165 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 15.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Chitungwiza in OctoberZimbabwe · 167 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Chinhoyi in OctoberZimbabwe · 178 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Harare in OctoberZimbabwe · 179 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 14.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Bulawayo in OctoberZimbabwe · 187 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 15.5°C · 23 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.