Climate averages 1991–2020
Mutare weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Mutare: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 201 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 08 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chimoio (87 km away). In January its highs average 27.5°C, 1.7°C warmer than Mutare, with 199 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Mutare ranks 6th of 11 for the warmest January highs and 8th of 11 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 11 cities is 25.9°C; Mutare is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 201 mm to 148 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Chimoio in JanuaryMozambique · 87 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.0°C · 199 mm rain
- Ruwa in JanuaryZimbabwe · 193 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 206 mm rain
- Chitungwiza in JanuaryZimbabwe · 199 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.5°C · 196 mm rain
- Harare in JanuaryZimbabwe · 213 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.4°C · 217 mm rain
- Masvingo in JanuaryZimbabwe · 228 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 127 mm rain
- Dondo in JanuaryMozambique · 229 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 200 mm rain
- Norton in JanuaryZimbabwe · 241 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.4°C · 192 mm rain
- Beira in JanuaryMozambique · 247 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 197 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.