Chipinge climate — normals and trends
Chipinge has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate, averaging 20.7 °C annually with 747 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
ChipingeManicaland
- coords
- -20.19°, 32.62°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
20.7°C
Average daily high
26.5°C
Average daily low
15.4°C
Annual rainfall
747mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
67%
Average peak wind
13.7km/h
Seasonal range
7.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
78 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
100 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
27.5 °C
Average feels-like low
15.6 °C
Average peak gust
32.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
44 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+0.7 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.13 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
Climate month by month
How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.
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
The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.
Hottest day
40.1 °C
11 October 1941
Coldest day
1.9 °C
15 June 1968
Wettest day
276 mm
16 March 2019
Windiest day
46.0 km/h
13 March 1941
Strongest gust
103.0 km/h
15 March 2019
Hottest feels-like
42.0 °C
26 December 2003
Coldest feels-like
-2.0 °C
15 June 1968
Sunniest day
13.2 h
4 January 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 28.1 °C | +0.1 °C | 307 mm | +149 mm |
| Feb | 28.2 °C | +0.6 °C | 221 mm | +80 mm |
| Mar | 26.7 °C | -0.4 °C | 96 mm | +5 mm |
| Apr | 26.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 34 mm | +1 mm |
| May | 24.3 °C | -0.3 °C | 10 mm | -4 mm |
| Jun | 23.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 9 mm | 0 mm |
| Jul | 22.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 14 mm | +5 mm |
| Aug | 26.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 2 mm | -4 mm |
| Sep | 29.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 10 mm | +1 mm |
| Oct | 29.5 °C | -0.1 °C | 8 mm | -20 mm |
| Nov | 27.4 °C | -1.9 °C | 155 mm | +64 mm |
| Dec | 28.1 °C | -0.4 °C | 175 mm | +17 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Climate at a glance
What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.
Chipinge (Zimbabwe) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.7 °C and it receives 747 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 November (23.5 °C on average) and the coldest is July (15.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Chipinge averages 0 frost days, 78 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 100 rainy days per year.
Chipinge has warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.08 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.1 °C (on 11 October 1941) and the coldest 1.9 °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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Chipinge?
Chipinge has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.7 °C and it receives 747 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chipinge?
The hottest day measured in Chipinge between 1940 and 2025 was 11 October 1941, reaching 40.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Chipinge?
The coldest day measured in Chipinge between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 1968, at 1.9 °C.
Does it snow in Chipinge?
Almost never: Chipinge sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Chipinge warmed?
Yes: Chipinge warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Chipinge?
The wettest day measured in Chipinge between 1940 and 2025 was 16 March 2019, with 276 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Chipinge?
The windiest day measured in Chipinge between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1941, with winds reaching 46.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Chipinge?
The warmest month in Chipinge is November (23.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (15.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Chipinge?
Chipinge receives on average 747 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 100 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Chipinge?
Chipinge gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Chipinge?
Yes: Chipinge has on average 44 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Chipinge?
In Chipinge, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.0 °C on 26 December 2003, and the lowest was -2.0 °C on 15 June 1968.
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