Climate averages 1991–2020
Ruwa weather
in April.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Ruwa: daytime highs average 22.7°C and nights cool to about 12.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 42 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Harare (21 km away). In April its highs average 23.5°C, 0.8°C warmer than Ruwa, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Ruwa ranks 11th of 11 for the warmest April highs and 10th of 11 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 11 cities is 24.5°C; Ruwa is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 21.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 34 mm to 8.0 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Ruwa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 206 | 19.6 | 13.113 h |
| February | 23.9°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 140 | 14.5 | 12.713 h |
| March | 23.7°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 93 | 11.6 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 22.7°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 34 | 5.4 | 11.712 h |
| May | 21.4°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 8.0 | 1.6 | 11.311 h |
| June | 19.6°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 2.2 | 0.7 | 11.111 h |
| July | 19.3°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 11.211 h |
| August | 22.5°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 11.512 h |
| September | 25.8°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 3.9 | 0.8 | 12.012 h |
| October | 27.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 31 | 5.5 | 12.512 h |
| November | 26.2°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 100 | 13.0 | 12.913 h |
| December | 24.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 193 | 19.6 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Harare in AprilZimbabwe · 21 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 13.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Chitungwiza in AprilZimbabwe · 23 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 13.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Norton in AprilZimbabwe · 58 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 14.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Chinhoyi in AprilZimbabwe · 125 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 15.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Kadoma in AprilZimbabwe · 149 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 16.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Kwekwe in AprilZimbabwe · 190 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 14.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Mutare in AprilZimbabwe · 193 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Gweru in AprilZimbabwe · 230 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 13.1°C · 28 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 Ruwa) is explained once on the Ruwa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.