Climate averages 1991–2020
Mutare weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Mutare: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 17.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 203 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 15 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chimoio (87 km away). In December its highs average 27.9°C, 1.9°C warmer than Mutare, with 190 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Mutare ranks 6th of 11 for the warmest December highs and 11th of 11 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 11 cities is 26.4°C; Mutare is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 25.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 203 mm to 201 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Chimoio in DecemberMozambique · 87 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.6°C · 190 mm rain
- Ruwa in DecemberZimbabwe · 193 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.6°C · 193 mm rain
- Chitungwiza in DecemberZimbabwe · 199 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.5°C · 179 mm rain
- Harare in DecemberZimbabwe · 213 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.3°C · 179 mm rain
- Masvingo in DecemberZimbabwe · 228 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.8°C · 145 mm rain
- Dondo in DecemberMozambique · 229 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.8°C · 178 mm rain
- Norton in DecemberZimbabwe · 241 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 171 mm rain
- Beira in DecemberMozambique · 247 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 176 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.