Weather in Harare

On this site the months that score closest to a 22°C day, lighter rain, and moderate humidity are May, August, and September. Harare is in Zimbabwe at 17.8°S. The 2001–2020 NASA POWER daily record describes a monsoon climate with a sharp wet-dry split.

November is the warmest month (average 22.9°C, high 29.9°C) and July is the coolest (average 14.6°C, low 7.0°C). Rain is the monsoon runs from November to March, inside an annual total of 789 mm. The wettest month is December at 195 mm; the driest is August at 2 mm.

Hot and cool months in Harare

Harare has a 8.3°C gap between its coolest monthly average (14.6°C in July) and its warmest (22.9°C in November). That is a southern-hemisphere pattern.

Mean high across all twelve months is 26.7°C and mean low is 12.6°C. These are 20-year grid averages, so a city station can read a few degrees warmer or cooler.

Monsoon and dry months

The monsoon in Harare starts in November and ends in March (November, December, January, February, and March). December is the core of it at 195 mm. August is the other extreme, with 2 mm.

A rainy day here is a day with at least 1 mm in the NASA POWER series. December averages 22 such days; August averages 0.

Distinctive months in Harare

April brings 31 mm and 7 rainy days; temperatures run from 12.5°C to 26.2°C. July is the coolest month, with lows around 7.0°C and highs near 22.3°C. Rainfall is 19 mm. August is the driest month, averaging only 2 mm across 0 rainy days. Highs sit near 25.7°C.

The monsoon opens in November. Expect 94 mm and 14 rainy days, with nights around 16.0°C. December is the wettest month — 195 mm and 22 rainy days, with 71% humidity.

Best months to visit Harare

The three months with the highest comfort score are May, August, and September: May (17.1°C average, 7 mm, 61% humidity); August (17.2°C average, 2 mm, 50% humidity); September (20.5°C average, 5 mm, 44% humidity). They fall in calendar order. The score rewards averages near 22°C, lower rainfall, and humidity near 60%. It is a climate score, not a festival or price calendar.

If you want the monsoon itself — fewer crowds, greener landscape, heavier rain — aim at November–March instead of the score.

How Harare compares inside Zimbabwe

Harare is the only Zimbabwe city in this dataset, so the figures on this page are the national sample we publish. They still come from the same NASA POWER daily series (2001–2020) used everywhere else on the site.