Climate averages 1991–2020
Ruwa weather
in October.
A warm, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Ruwa: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 14.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Harare (21 km away). In October its highs average 28.0°C, 0.8°C warmer than Ruwa, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Ruwa ranks 10th of 11 for the warmest October highs and 10th of 11 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 11 cities is 29.1°C; Ruwa is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 31 mm to 100 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Harare in OctoberZimbabwe · 21 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 14.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Chitungwiza in OctoberZimbabwe · 23 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Norton in OctoberZimbabwe · 58 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 16.5°C · 26 mm rain
- Chinhoyi in OctoberZimbabwe · 125 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Kadoma in OctoberZimbabwe · 149 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 18.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Kwekwe in OctoberZimbabwe · 190 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 16.9°C · 24 mm rain
- Mutare in OctoberZimbabwe · 193 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 14.9°C · 35 mm rain
- Gweru in OctoberZimbabwe · 230 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 25 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.