Climate averages 1991–2020
Mutare weather
in September.
A warm, fairly dry month: the joint 4th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Mutare: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 12.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chimoio (87 km away). In September its highs average 27.9°C, 2.0°C warmer than Mutare, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Mutare ranks joint 10th of 11 for the warmest September highs and 11th of 11 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 11 cities is 27.8°C; Mutare is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 35 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Chimoio in SeptemberMozambique · 87 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Ruwa in SeptemberZimbabwe · 193 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 11.6°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Chitungwiza in SeptemberZimbabwe · 199 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 12.7°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Harare in SeptemberZimbabwe · 213 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 12.5°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Masvingo in SeptemberZimbabwe · 228 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 5.0 mm rain
- Dondo in SeptemberMozambique · 229 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 18.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Norton in SeptemberZimbabwe · 241 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 14.3°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Beira in SeptemberMozambique · 247 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 15 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.