Gweru Weather in August
Gweru in August
The short of it: Gweru in August averages a high of 26 °C (79 °F) and a low of 9 °C (47 °F), with 1.0 mm (0.04 in) of rain and about 11 h 28 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 9° · rain 1.0 mm · daylight 11 h 28 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & July
Thirty years of records give Gweru an average August high of 26°, a low of 9° and some 1.0 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 26°, nights near 9°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is scarce, about 1.0 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 28 min in mid-August, 24 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates August 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and July.
Against its neighbours, Gweru runs about middling and about as wet in August. Shurugwi, 32 km to the SE, is 2° cooler by day.
August in Gweru, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 3° warmer, 0.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 17°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 28 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ShurugwiMidlands Province | 32 km SE | 24° | 9° | 3.0 mm |
| LalapanziMidlands Province | 40 km ENE | 24° | 8° | 2.0 mm |
| RedcliffMidlands Province | 46 km N | 27° | 9° | 0.0 mm |
| KwekweMidlands Province | 58 km N | 28° | 9° | 0.0 mm |
| ShanganiMidlands Province | 60 km SW | 24° | 7° | 1.0 mm |
| InsizaMatabeleland South Province | 74 km WSW | 24° | 7° | 1.0 mm |
| MvumaMidlands Province | 77 km ENE | 24° | 8° | 0.0 mm |
| MashavaMasvingo Province | 95 km SE | 26° | 9° | 1.0 mm |