Climate averages 1991–2020

Kwekwe weather
in September.

A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.7°C Daytime mean, September
Average low 14.3°C Night-time mean, September
Rainfall 2.6 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Kwekwe · average highYear overview

September is a hot month in Kwekwe: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 14.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 2.6 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes September a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average September day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Gweru (58 km away). In September its highs average 27.0°C, 2.7°C cooler than Kwekwe, with 4.4 mm of rain.

Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Kwekwe ranks 2nd of 11 for the warmest September highs and 2nd of 11 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 11 cities is 27.8°C; Kwekwe is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.

From September to October, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.6 mm to 24 mm.

The annual picture

September in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 5101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Kwekwe, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 27.5°C18.0°C18.0°C14615.913.113 h
February 27.6°C17.7°C17.7°C10912.212.713 h
March 27.6°C17.1°C17.1°C639.112.212 h
April 26.6°C14.9°C14.9°C202.911.712 h
May 24.9°C12.2°C12.2°C5.41.311.211 h
June 22.7°C9.6°C9.6°C1.80.511.011 h
July 22.4°C9.0°C9.0°C0.80.311.111 h
August 25.9°C11.1°C11.1°C0.20.111.511 h
September, selected 29.7°C14.3°C14.3°C2.60.712.012 h
October 31.3°C16.9°C16.9°C244.312.513 h
November 30.1°C18.2°C18.2°C8211.313.013 h
December 28.0°C18.0°C18.0°C16317.513.213 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

September in nearby cities

Distance from Kwekwe

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 limits

How 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.