Best time to visit Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is represented here by Harare (-17.8°, 31.1°). The NASA POWER daily series for 2001–2020 gives that city a monsoon climate with a sharp wet-dry split, 789 mm of rain a year, and a 8.3°C swing between the coolest and warmest monthly averages.

Every city we list in Zimbabwe falls in a monsoon climate with a sharp wet-dry split.

Climate in Harare

Harare is hottest in November (average 22.9°C) and coolest in July (14.6°C). The monsoon runs November–March.

Open the Harare page for the month-by-month table, the temperature–rainfall chart, and the scoring notes.

Best months by region

Harare: typical hottest-month average 22.9°C and about 789 mm of rain a year. Best-scoring months — Harare (May, August, and September).

Harare in Zimbabwe

Harare sits at -17.83°, 31.05°. It is a monsoon climate with a sharp wet-dry split. November is the warmest month at 22.9°C (high 29.9°C); July is the coolest at 14.6°C (low 7.0°C). The gap between those monthly averages is 8.3°C.

The monsoon runs from November to March. The three highest-scoring months for a visit are May, August, and September. That ranking uses the same 22°C / low-rain / 60% humidity score as the city pages. Population in the GeoNames record is 1,542,813. The wettest month is December (195 mm, 22 days with at least 1 mm); the driest is August (2 mm).