Chinhoyi climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Chinhoyi?

Chinhoyi has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.4 °C and it receives 774 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chinhoyi?

The hottest day measured in Chinhoyi between 1940 and 2025 was 17 October 2017, reaching 37.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Chinhoyi?

The coldest day measured in Chinhoyi between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 1968, at 1.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Chinhoyi?

Almost never: Chinhoyi sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Chinhoyi warmed?

Yes: Chinhoyi warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Chinhoyi?

The wettest day measured in Chinhoyi between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 1988, with 100 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Chinhoyi?

The windiest day measured in Chinhoyi between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1941, with winds reaching 42.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Chinhoyi?

The warmest month in Chinhoyi is October (24.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (15.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Chinhoyi?

Chinhoyi receives on average 774 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 99 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Chinhoyi?

Chinhoyi gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Chinhoyi (Zimbabwe) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.4 °C and it receives 774 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is October (24.2 °C on average) and the coldest is July (15.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Chinhoyi averages 0 frost days, 55 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 99 rainy days per year.

Chinhoyi has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.8 °C (on 17 October 2017) and the coldest 1.2 °C (on 15 June 1968).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

ChinhoyiMashonaland West

coords: -17.37°, 30.20°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthOctoberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

20.4°C

Average daily high

26.4°C

Average daily low

15.2°C

Annual rainfall

774mm

Sunshine / day

10.8h

Mean relative humidity

61%

Average peak wind

13.6km/h

Seasonal range

8.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

55 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

99 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.1 °C

Average feels-like low

14.6 °C

Average peak gust

31.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

19 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.7 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.51 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

37.8 °C

17 October 2017

Coldest day

1.2 °C

15 June 1968

Wettest day

100 mm

4 March 1988

Windiest day

42.2 km/h

13 March 1941

Strongest gust

82.1 km/h

13 March 1941

Hottest feels-like

39.4 °C

27 November 1951

Coldest feels-like

-2.7 °C

15 June 1968

Sunniest day

13.0 h

27 December 2022

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	36.0 °C26 October 2025	6.6 °C4 August 2025	21.6 °C	904 mm	88
2024	37.3 °C30 September 2024	7.4 °C15 June 2024	22.5 °C	396 mm	140
2023	36.7 °C14 October 2023	7.1 °C26 June 2023	21.9 °C	803 mm	105
2022	34.5 °C27 October 2022	6.6 °C30 July 2022	21.0 °C	881 mm	61
2021	36.4 °C9 November 2021	5.6 °C4 July 2021	21.4 °C	707 mm	86
2020	36.9 °C8 November 2020	7.2 °C5 July 2020	21.5 °C	669 mm	92
2019	37.3 °C24 October 2019	5.6 °C13 July 2019	22.0 °C	489 mm	142
2018	35.4 °C18 October 2018	6.4 °C8 June 2018	21.4 °C	616 mm	86
2017	37.8 °C17 October 2017	6.5 °C17 July 2017	20.9 °C	972 mm	64
2016	36.5 °C17 October 2016	6.5 °C9 June 2016	21.5 °C	703 mm	98
2015	36.7 °C14 November 2015	6.2 °C4 August 2015	21.3 °C	720 mm	88
2014	35.1 °C10 October 2014	6.5 °C13 July 2014	21.0 °C	785 mm	66
2013	35.8 °C28 September 2013	6.2 °C20 June 2013	20.8 °C	846 mm	68
2012	34.9 °C20 November 2012	4.0 °C20 July 2012	20.7 °C	770 mm	70
2011	37.5 °C26 October 2011	5.9 °C11 June 2011	20.8 °C	778 mm	60
2010	36.5 °C12 October 2010	5.6 °C14 August 2010	21.1 °C	804 mm	71
2009	34.5 °C8 October 2009	6.1 °C30 July 2009	20.2 °C	775 mm	51
2008	34.9 °C27 September 2008	5.5 °C29 June 2008	20.5 °C	809 mm	69
2007	34.2 °C8 October 2007	6.2 °C11 July 2007	20.5 °C	901 mm	55
2006	36.0 °C3 November 2006	5.9 °C10 July 2006	20.7 °C	765 mm	51
2005	35.8 °C21 October 2005	6.0 °C21 June 2005	21.2 °C	560 mm	71
2004	35.0 °C8 October 2004	5.8 °C18 July 2004	20.4 °C	759 mm	30
2003	35.2 °C15 October 2003	5.1 °C16 July 2003	20.8 °C	801 mm	77
2002	35.9 °C19 October 2002	7.4 °C6 June 2002	21.2 °C	491 mm	64
2001	34.5 °C19 October 2001	6.2 °C3 July 2001	20.6 °C	864 mm	57
2000	34.5 °C26 October 2000	7.1 °C26 July 2000	20.2 °C	959 mm	38
1999	34.2 °C24 October 1999	6.2 °C14 June 1999	20.1 °C	865 mm	35
1998	35.8 °C4 November 1998	6.4 °C18 June 1998	21.1 °C	681 mm	54
1997	35.0 °C27 October 1997	7.6 °C22 June 1997	20.3 °C	1,066 mm	39
1996	34.8 °C25 October 1996	5.5 °C29 June 1996	20.4 °C	904 mm	54
1995	34.7 °C11 October 1995	7.2 °C17 July 1995	21.4 °C	589 mm	75
1994	36.1 °C24 November 1994	4.8 °C13 July 1994	20.7 °C	652 mm	72
1993	34.5 °C1 November 1993	6.3 °C22 June 1993	20.6 °C	776 mm	32
1992	35.3 °C25 October 1992	7.6 °C7 July 1992	21.6 °C	510 mm	92
1991	33.0 °C31 October 1991	6.3 °C11 July 1991	20.5 °C	692 mm	46
1990	35.4 °C6 November 1990	6.7 °C4 July 1990	20.6 °C	706 mm	40
1989	34.8 °C10 November 1989	6.7 °C22 July 1989	20.2 °C	1,002 mm	48
1988	34.9 °C11 October 1988	6.5 °C16 July 1988	20.4 °C	878 mm	38
1987	35.9 °C20 November 1987	5.6 °C24 June 1987	21.2 °C	469 mm	73
1986	33.0 °C7 October 1986	5.8 °C1 July 1986	19.7 °C	786 mm	21
1985	31.8 °C16 October 1985	6.0 °C14 July 1985	19.7 °C	847 mm	15
1984	33.8 °C5 September 1984	5.5 °C18 June 1984	20.3 °C	693 mm	44
1983	33.2 °C14 September 1983	6.3 °C11 August 1983	21.1 °C	643 mm	74
1982	32.9 °C16 October 1982	5.5 °C13 July 1982	20.2 °C	621 mm	34
1981	34.1 °C6 November 1981	4.0 °C18 June 1981	19.6 °C	838 mm	39
1980	33.8 °C13 November 1980	5.1 °C12 July 1980	20.0 °C	744 mm	28
1979	34.8 °C24 September 1979	6.9 °C22 June 1979	20.1 °C	541 mm	48
1978	34.5 °C29 September 1978	5.2 °C16 June 1978	19.9 °C	966 mm	45
1977	33.8 °C14 October 1977	6.0 °C7 July 1977	20.1 °C	877 mm	44
1976	34.5 °C25 November 1976	4.8 °C18 July 1976	19.5 °C	919 mm	37
1975	34.4 °C5 November 1975	4.4 °C26 July 1975	19.7 °C	698 mm	43
1974	33.7 °C17 October 1974	6.0 °C15 June 1974	19.3 °C	846 mm	29
1973	33.8 °C15 September 1973	6.8 °C15 July 1973	20.2 °C	731 mm	39
1972	34.2 °C23 November 1972	5.8 °C3 July 1972	20.0 °C	641 mm	53
1971	33.5 °C5 October 1971	7.1 °C13 June 1971	20.1 °C	665 mm	24
1970	34.0 °C16 October 1970	7.8 °C10 June 1970	20.5 °C	537 mm	41
1969	34.7 °C28 November 1969	6.7 °C24 July 1969	20.1 °C	892 mm	41
1968	35.6 °C20 October 1968	1.2 °C15 June 1968	20.1 °C	680 mm	37
1967	34.5 °C2 October 1967	3.3 °C19 July 1967	20.1 °C	539 mm	44
1966	34.2 °C29 October 1966	4.4 °C27 July 1966	20.2 °C	675 mm	51
1965	33.0 °C30 October 1965	4.5 °C6 July 1965	19.7 °C	352 mm	32
1964	33.2 °C26 October 1964	2.6 °C27 June 1964	19.8 °C	578 mm	40
1963	33.9 °C7 October 1963	4.8 °C7 June 1963	19.7 °C	790 mm	32
1962	34.6 °C18 October 1962	6.6 °C28 June 1962	19.8 °C	896 mm	35
1961	34.6 °C25 October 1961	6.8 °C10 July 1961	20.0 °C	881 mm	34
1960	34.5 °C10 October 1960	5.9 °C3 July 1960	20.2 °C	632 mm	53
1959	34.0 °C4 October 1959	7.9 °C23 July 1959	20.1 °C	787 mm	30
1958	33.2 °C17 October 1958	6.5 °C19 July 1958	19.4 °C	1,325 mm	17
1957	34.7 °C25 November 1957	5.9 °C19 July 1957	20.0 °C	906 mm	61
1956	33.0 °C15 October 1956	4.8 °C7 July 1956	19.1 °C	1,020 mm	32
1955	34.7 °C14 November 1955	5.2 °C13 August 1955	19.4 °C	946 mm	42
1954	36.4 °C27 October 1954	5.2 °C25 July 1954	20.7 °C	489 mm	82
1953	35.2 °C31 October 1953	3.7 °C1 July 1953	19.5 °C	988 mm	39
1952	34.0 °C1 October 1952	5.3 °C6 August 1952	20.2 °C	1,002 mm	54
1951	36.7 °C27 November 1951	4.5 °C15 July 1951	21.2 °C	483 mm	95
1950	33.8 °C26 December 1950	6.0 °C10 June 1950	19.5 °C	918 mm	57
1949	35.5 °C3 November 1949	6.7 °C7 August 1949	20.1 °C	992 mm	64
1948	34.1 °C14 October 1948	5.6 °C15 July 1948	19.6 °C	1,100 mm	50
1947	34.1 °C8 October 1947	6.2 °C7 July 1947	19.6 °C	999 mm	52
1946	35.1 °C24 October 1946	5.1 °C11 July 1946	19.3 °C	1,264 mm	37
1945	34.7 °C14 October 1945	5.9 °C29 June 1945	20.1 °C	857 mm	54
1944	35.1 °C21 October 1944	6.3 °C14 July 1944	19.9 °C	822 mm	48
1943	35.3 °C16 November 1943	5.3 °C30 June 1943	19.8 °C	861 mm	59
1942	34.7 °C23 October 1942	6.4 °C13 July 1942	19.9 °C	757 mm	45
1941	37.0 °C12 October 1941	5.5 °C23 June 1941	20.9 °C	516 mm	80
1940	33.8 °C8 October 1940	5.2 °C16 July 1940	19.9 °C	694 mm	55

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.6 °C

+1.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

88 d/yr

+33

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

904 mm

+130 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.6 °C	+1.1 °C	251 mm	+48 mm
Feb	28.5 °C	+2.0 °C	183 mm	+11 mm
Mar	28.8 °C	+2.1 °C	37 mm	-51 mm
Apr	27.6 °C	+1.4 °C	83 mm	+60 mm
May	25.7 °C	+1.1 °C	2 mm	-2 mm
Jun	24.3 °C	+1.6 °C	1 mm	-0 mm
Jul	23.4 °C	+0.8 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Aug	27.2 °C	+1.9 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Sep	31.4 °C	+2.6 °C	6 mm	+3 mm
Oct	31.9 °C	+1.3 °C	1 mm	-17 mm
Nov	27.6 °C	-1.7 °C	139 mm	+59 mm
Dec	27.1 °C	-0.1 °C	201 mm	+21 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.0 °C

26 Oct 2025

Coldest day

6.6 °C

4 Aug 2025

Wettest day

41.2 mm

22 Jan 2025

Windiest day

27.4 km/h

3 Nov 2025

Strongest gust

63.4 km/h

3 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.7 °C

2 Nov 2025

Coldest feels-like

4.1 °C

4 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.7 h

12 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Chinhoyi?

Chinhoyi has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.4 °C and it receives 774 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chinhoyi?

The hottest day measured in Chinhoyi between 1940 and 2025 was 17 October 2017, reaching 37.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Chinhoyi?

The coldest day measured in Chinhoyi between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 1968, at 1.2 °C.

Does it snow in Chinhoyi?

Almost never: Chinhoyi sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Chinhoyi warmed?

Yes: Chinhoyi warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Chinhoyi?

The wettest day measured in Chinhoyi between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 1988, with 100 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Chinhoyi?

The windiest day measured in Chinhoyi between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1941, with winds reaching 42.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Chinhoyi?

The warmest month in Chinhoyi is October (24.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (15.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Chinhoyi?

Chinhoyi receives on average 774 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 99 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Chinhoyi?

Chinhoyi gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Chinhoyi?

Yes: Chinhoyi has on average 19 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Chinhoyi?

In Chinhoyi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.4 °C on 27 November 1951, and the lowest was -2.7 °C on 15 June 1968.

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