Climate averages 1991–2020
Mutare weather
in February.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Mutare: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 17.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 148 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes February a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 44 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chimoio (87 km away). In February its highs average 27.3°C, 1.6°C warmer than Mutare, with 161 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Mutare ranks 6th of 11 for the warmest February highs and 10th of 11 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 11 cities is 25.9°C; Mutare is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 25.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 148 mm to 103 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Chimoio in FebruaryMozambique · 87 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.8°C · 161 mm rain
- Ruwa in FebruaryZimbabwe · 193 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 15.5°C · 140 mm rain
- Chitungwiza in FebruaryZimbabwe · 199 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.3°C · 133 mm rain
- Harare in FebruaryZimbabwe · 213 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 16.2°C · 146 mm rain
- Masvingo in FebruaryZimbabwe · 228 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.5°C · 106 mm rain
- Dondo in FebruaryMozambique · 229 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.0°C · 158 mm rain
- Norton in FebruaryZimbabwe · 241 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.2°C · 126 mm rain
- Beira in FebruaryMozambique · 247 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 158 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.