Climate averages 1991–2020
Mutare weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Mutare: daytime highs average 22.8°C and nights cool to about 10.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.0 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 28 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chimoio (87 km away). In August its highs average 24.8°C, 2.0°C warmer than Mutare, with 9.1 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Mutare ranks 10th of 11 for the warmest August highs and 11th of 11 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 11 cities is 24.2°C; Mutare is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 25.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.0 mm to 15 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Chimoio in AugustMozambique · 87 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 13.0°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Ruwa in AugustZimbabwe · 193 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 8.6°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Chitungwiza in AugustZimbabwe · 199 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 9.5°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Harare in AugustZimbabwe · 213 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 9.5°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Masvingo in AugustZimbabwe · 228 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 10.5°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Dondo in AugustMozambique · 229 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 16.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Norton in AugustZimbabwe · 241 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 11.3°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Beira in AugustMozambique · 247 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.4°C · 11 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.