Weather in Harare

Calculated from weather data of Harare/mugabe (FVRG) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	25.8	26.3	25.3	25.1	24.5	27.1
February	26.1	28.8	25.5	26.3	25.5	25.8
March	26.6	29.1	26.3	25.8	25.5	26.1
April	25.3		26.5	24.1	24.8	25.8
May	23.5		25.5	23.3	23.6	21.6
June	20.0		23.1	19.5	21.0	18.3
July	20.5		21.0	20.0	19.3	19.1
August	24.1		23.8	24.6	24.1	23.1
September	26.6		28.8	26.6	26.6	24.3
October	28.1		29.1	28.8	27.6	21.8
November	28.3		29.3	26.8	29.0	25.1
December	27.3		28.3	26.5	27.8	22.8
Average	25.6	28.0	26.1	24.3	25.1	23.5

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	17.1	16	17	17	20	17
February	16.5	16	17	16	17	16
March	15.3	16	15	16	14	15
April	13.7		13	15	13	14
May	9.9		11	10	8	10
June	8.4		8	8	8	11
July	7.8		7	9	8	9
August	10.8		9	10	10	16
September	13.0		14	12	13	17
October	15.7		16	15	16	19
November	17.0		17	16	18	21
December	17.1		18	16	18	21
Average	14.1	16.0	13.6	12.7	13.5	14.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	14	35	7	33	8
25 °C or warmer	74	203	125	156	99
20 °C or warmer	87	318	248	273	212
0 °C or colder	0	0	0	0	0

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	6.3	5	10	7	8	2
February	5.5	2	5	3	11	11
March	3.0	1	4	2	2	5
April	1.5		1	5	0	1
May	0.2		0	1	0	0
June	1.7		0	6	0	0
July	0.3		1	0	0	0
August	0.3		1	0	0	0
September	0.5		0	0	0	0
October	0.6		1	0	2	0
November	1.8		0	5	0	3
December	4.6		12	1	2	0
Average	2.5	2.7	2.9	2.2	1.7	2.8

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	11.4	11	10	11	14	12
February	11.8	12	12	9	13	14
March	10.5	10	11	10	10	10
April	11.4		11	11	11	13
May	11.1		11	11	10	12
June	12.0		10	14	11	11
July	12.3		12	11	14	15
August	14.2		13	14	14	15
September	15.3		14	15	16	15
October	15.5		14	18	15	14
November	14.6		13	12	16	13
December	13.9		13	13	16	13
Average	12.9	11.0	12.1	12.4	13.7	12.5

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	SE	E	NE	N	SE
February	S	N	SE	N	NE
March	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE
April		E	E	SE	E
May		E	E	E	SE
June		E	SE	E	SE
July		E	E	SE	E
August		E	E	E	E
September		NE	E	E	E
October		NE	E	E	E
November		NE	NE	E	NE
December		NE	NE	NE	NE

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Harare weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Harare?

The warmest month is November with an average temperature of 28 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Harare?

The coldest month is June with an average daytime temperature of 20 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Harare?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in January with a probability of around 6.3 %.

Which month is the driest in Harare?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in May. The probability is about 0.3 %.