Climate averages 1991–2020
Ruwa weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Ruwa: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 15.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 193 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 11 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Harare (21 km away). In December its highs average 25.1°C, 0.7°C warmer than Ruwa, with 179 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Ruwa ranks 11th of 11 for the warmest December highs and 10th of 11 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 11 cities is 26.4°C; Ruwa is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 193 mm to 206 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Harare in DecemberZimbabwe · 21 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.3°C · 179 mm rain
- Chitungwiza in DecemberZimbabwe · 23 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.5°C · 179 mm rain
- Norton in DecemberZimbabwe · 58 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 171 mm rain
- Chinhoyi in DecemberZimbabwe · 125 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.8°C · 174 mm rain
- Kadoma in DecemberZimbabwe · 149 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 18.8°C · 184 mm rain
- Kwekwe in DecemberZimbabwe · 190 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.0°C · 163 mm rain
- Mutare in DecemberZimbabwe · 193 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.5°C · 203 mm rain
- Gweru in DecemberZimbabwe · 230 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.4°C · 184 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.