Climate averages 1991–2020
Masvingo weather
in January.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Masvingo: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 127 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes January a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 12 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gweru (126 km away). In January its highs average 25.3°C, 1.4°C cooler than Masvingo, with 161 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Masvingo ranks joint 3rd of 11 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 11 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 11 cities is 25.9°C; Masvingo is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 127 mm to 106 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Gweru in JanuaryZimbabwe · 126 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 161 mm rain
- Kwekwe in JanuaryZimbabwe · 165 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 146 mm rain
- Kadoma in JanuaryZimbabwe · 215 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 186 mm rain
- Mutare in JanuaryZimbabwe · 228 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.8°C · 201 mm rain
- Chitungwiza in JanuaryZimbabwe · 230 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.5°C · 196 mm rain
- Bulawayo in JanuaryZimbabwe · 235 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 134 mm rain
- Norton in JanuaryZimbabwe · 243 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.4°C · 192 mm rain
- Ruwa in JanuaryZimbabwe · 246 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 206 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.