Climate averages 1991–2020
Masvingo weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 7th 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 Masvingo: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 16.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 12 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 (126 km away). In March its highs average 24.8°C, 0.9°C cooler than Masvingo, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Masvingo ranks 5th of 11 for the warmest March highs and 6th of 11 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 11 cities is 25.6°C; Masvingo is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 84 mm to 27 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
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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Gweru in MarchZimbabwe · 126 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.3°C · 82 mm rain
- Kwekwe in MarchZimbabwe · 165 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Kadoma in MarchZimbabwe · 215 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.0°C · 77 mm rain
- Mutare in MarchZimbabwe · 228 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.8°C · 103 mm rain
- Chitungwiza in MarchZimbabwe · 230 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Bulawayo in MarchZimbabwe · 235 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.0°C · 65 mm rain
- Norton in MarchZimbabwe · 243 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.6°C · 80 mm rain
- Ruwa in MarchZimbabwe · 246 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 93 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.