Climate averages 1991–2020
Mutare weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Mutare: daytime highs average 23.8°C and nights cool to about 14.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 41 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chimoio (87 km away). In April its highs average 25.3°C, 1.5°C warmer than Mutare, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Mutare ranks joint 7th of 11 for the warmest April highs and 11th of 11 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 11 cities is 24.5°C; Mutare is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 22.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 41 mm to 13 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Mutare climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.8°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 201 | 18.7 | 13.113 h |
| February | 25.7°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 148 | 15.9 | 12.713 h |
| March | 25.0°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 103 | 13.4 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 23.8°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 41 | 7.5 | 11.712 h |
| May | 22.4°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 13 | 2.8 | 11.211 h |
| June | 20.5°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 7.3 | 2.2 | 11.011 h |
| July | 20.0°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 8.9 | 2.3 | 11.111 h |
| August | 22.8°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 6.0 | 2.0 | 11.511 h |
| September | 25.8°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 15 | 3.7 | 12.012 h |
| October | 26.9°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 35 | 6.5 | 12.513 h |
| November | 27.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 107 | 13.1 | 13.013 h |
| December | 26.0°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 203 | 18.6 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Chimoio in AprilMozambique · 87 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Ruwa in AprilZimbabwe · 193 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Chitungwiza in AprilZimbabwe · 199 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 13.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Harare in AprilZimbabwe · 213 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 13.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Masvingo in AprilZimbabwe · 228 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Dondo in AprilMozambique · 229 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.1°C · 52 mm rain
- Norton in AprilZimbabwe · 241 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 14.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Beira in AprilMozambique · 247 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 54 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 Mutare) is explained once on the Mutare year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.