Climate averages 1991–2020
Mutare weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Mutare: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 16.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 103 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chimoio (87 km away). In March its highs average 26.6°C, 1.6°C warmer than Mutare, with 116 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Mutare ranks 7th of 11 for the warmest March highs and 11th of 11 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 11 cities is 25.6°C; Mutare is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 103 mm to 41 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Chimoio in MarchMozambique · 87 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.0°C · 116 mm rain
- Ruwa in MarchZimbabwe · 193 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 93 mm rain
- Chitungwiza in MarchZimbabwe · 199 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Harare in MarchZimbabwe · 213 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.4°C · 93 mm rain
- Masvingo in MarchZimbabwe · 228 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Dondo in MarchMozambique · 229 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 118 mm rain
- Norton in MarchZimbabwe · 241 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.6°C · 80 mm rain
- Beira in MarchMozambique · 247 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 118 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.