Climate averages 1991–2020
Masvingo weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Masvingo: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 145 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes December a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 19 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gweru (126 km away). In December its highs average 25.9°C, 1.4°C cooler than Masvingo, with 184 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Masvingo ranks 4th of 11 for the warmest December highs and 1st of 11 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 11 cities is 26.4°C; Masvingo is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 145 mm to 127 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Masvingo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 127 | 15.4 | 13.213 h |
| February | 26.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 106 | 13.0 | 12.813 h |
| March | 25.7°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 84 | 11.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 24.3°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 27 | 5.0 | 11.612 h |
| May | 23.1°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 9.3 | 2.2 | 11.211 h |
| June | 21.1°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 5.5 | 1.1 | 10.911 h |
| July | 20.4°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 6.6 | 1.7 | 11.011 h |
| August | 24.1°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 1.8 | 0.7 | 11.411 h |
| September | 27.6°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 5.0 | 1.2 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.9°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 22 | 4.5 | 12.513 h |
| November | 28.5°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 93 | 11.4 | 13.013 h |
| December, selected | 27.3°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 145 | 16.1 | 13.313 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
December in nearby cities
- Gweru in DecemberZimbabwe · 126 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.4°C · 184 mm rain
- Kwekwe in DecemberZimbabwe · 165 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.0°C · 163 mm rain
- Kadoma in DecemberZimbabwe · 215 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 18.8°C · 184 mm rain
- Mutare in DecemberZimbabwe · 228 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.5°C · 203 mm rain
- Chitungwiza in DecemberZimbabwe · 230 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.5°C · 179 mm rain
- Bulawayo in DecemberZimbabwe · 235 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.0°C · 148 mm rain
- Norton in DecemberZimbabwe · 243 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 171 mm rain
- Ruwa in DecemberZimbabwe · 246 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.6°C · 193 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 Masvingo) is explained once on the Masvingo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.