Harare/mugabe

FVRG · Harare, Zimbabwe

Climate Harare/mugabe 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

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

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 70.4 66 64 72 75 78
February 77.5 92 62 90 67 71
March 80.4 93 63 78 80 87
April 88.2 92 66 95 97
May 97.5 98 95 100 99
June 90.6 98 82 97 85
July 94.0 90 92 98 94
August 93.8 89 99 95 92
September 89.8 82 98 90 95
October 91.6 90 84 93 100
November 94.4 95 83 96 100
December 85.2 70 89 89 100
Average 87.6 82.9 82.0 86.3 89.5 86.6

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 93.0 94 92 92 90 96
February 92.4 98 93 98 87 85
March 94.7 100 90 96 97 96
April 97.9 99 93 100 99
May 99.4 100 99 100 99
June 96.0 99 92 100 95
July 98.6 98 99 100 96
August 99.3 99 100 99 99
September 96.8 94 99 98 100
October 98.7 99 99 99 100
November 98.6 99 97 99 100
December 94.5 88 97 98 100
Average 96.5 97.2 95.6 96.7 97.4 95.4

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 25.8 26 25 25 25 27
February 26.1 29 26 26 26 26
March 26.6 29 26 26 26 26
April 25.3 27 24 25 26
May 23.5 26 23 24 22
June 20.0 23 20 21 18
July 20.5 21 20 19 19
August 24.1 24 25 24 23
September 26.6 29 27 27 24
October 28.1 29 29 28 22
November 28.3 29 27 29 25
December 27.3 28 27 28 23
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.

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 (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.1 6 6 6 7 6
February 6.4 6 6 5 7 7
March 5.7 5 6 6 5 5
April 6.1 6 6 6 7
May 5.9 6 6 5 7
June 6.5 5 8 6 6
July 6.6 6 6 8 8
August 7.6 7 7 8 8
September 8.2 8 8 9 8
October 8.4 7 10 8 7
November 7.8 7 7 9 7
December 7.5 7 7 9 7
Average 6.9 5.9 6.5 6.6 7.4 6.7

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 113° 076° 067° 011° 118°
February 179° 344° 142° 022° 066°
March 136° 138° 120° 114° 121°
April 105° 098° 118° 105°
May 073° 109° 080° 123°
June 091° 116° 110° 118°
July 091° 088° 115° 111°
August 090° 082° 091° 104°
September 065° 082° 077° 110°
October 061° 079° 085° 077°
November 065° 066° 068° 046°
December 051° 053° 062° 058°

Prevailing wind direction

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