Climate averages 1991–2020
Ruwa weather
in July.
A mild, very dry month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Ruwa: daytime highs average 19.3°C and nights cool to about 6.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 1.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes July a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 10 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Harare (21 km away). In July its highs average 20.1°C, 0.8°C warmer than Ruwa, with 1.1 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Ruwa ranks 11th of 11 for the warmest July highs and joint 5th of 11 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 11 cities is 20.8°C; Ruwa is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 22.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 1.0 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Harare in JulyZimbabwe · 21 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 7.8°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Chitungwiza in JulyZimbabwe · 23 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 7.6°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Norton in JulyZimbabwe · 58 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 9.3°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Chinhoyi in JulyZimbabwe · 125 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 9.9°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Kadoma in JulyZimbabwe · 149 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 10.6°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Kwekwe in JulyZimbabwe · 190 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 9.0°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Mutare in JulyZimbabwe · 193 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 9.2°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Gweru in JulyZimbabwe · 230 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 7.5°C · 2.9 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.