Gwanda climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Gwanda?

Gwanda has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 555 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Gwanda between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 2019, reaching 42.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Gwanda?

The coldest day measured in Gwanda between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 1968, at -1.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Gwanda?

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

Q: Has the climate of Gwanda warmed?

Yes: Gwanda warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Gwanda?

The wettest day measured in Gwanda between 1940 and 2025 was 5 March 2003, with 181 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Gwanda?

The windiest day measured in Gwanda between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 2000, with winds reaching 48.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Gwanda?

The warmest month in Gwanda is November (24.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (15.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Gwanda?

Gwanda receives on average 555 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 81 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Gwanda?

Gwanda gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Gwanda (Zimbabwe) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 555 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 (24.0 °C on average) and the coldest is July (15.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Gwanda averages 0 frost days, 111 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 81 rainy days per year.

Gwanda has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 42.3 °C (on 28 October 2019) and the coldest -1.4 °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

GwandaMatabeleland South Province

coords: -20.94°, 29.01°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthNovemberColdest monthJulyWettest monthDecemberDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

20.8°C

Average daily high

27.3°C

Average daily low

15.1°C

Annual rainfall

555mm

Sunshine / day

10.1h

Mean relative humidity

59%

Average peak wind

17.5km/h

Seasonal range

9.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

111 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

81 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.2 °C

Average feels-like low

14.0 °C

Average peak gust

35.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

51 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.0 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.14 · 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

42.3 °C

28 October 2019

Coldest day

-1.4 °C

15 June 1968

Wettest day

181 mm

5 March 2003

Windiest day

48.8 km/h

23 February 2000

Strongest gust

85.0 km/h

5 March 2003

Hottest feels-like

43.0 °C

25 February 1992

Coldest feels-like

-5.8 °C

15 June 1968

Sunniest day

13.3 h

27 December 1941

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	38.3 °C26 October 2025	2.8 °C30 July 2025	20.7 °C	941 mm	95	0
2024	40.7 °C13 December 2024	1.3 °C10 July 2024	22.3 °C	397 mm	175	0
2023	39.5 °C12 October 2023	4.6 °C18 July 2023	22.1 °C	567 mm	158	0
2022	39.1 °C4 October 2022	3.6 °C8 June 2022	21.3 °C	517 mm	138	0
2021	39.7 °C2 November 2021	2.8 °C27 July 2021	20.8 °C	675 mm	101	0
2020	40.0 °C8 November 2020	3.5 °C26 July 2020	21.1 °C	696 mm	129	0
2019	42.3 °C28 October 2019	4.5 °C29 July 2019	22.4 °C	449 mm	165	0
2018	39.0 °C19 September 2018	3.6 °C7 June 2018	21.6 °C	460 mm	141	0
2017	39.5 °C16 October 2017	4.4 °C26 July 2017	20.5 °C	769 mm	87	0
2016	40.6 °C7 January 2016	4.4 °C19 July 2016	22.0 °C	602 mm	144	0
2015	41.2 °C12 November 2015	4.6 °C22 June 2015	22.4 °C	279 mm	173	0
2014	38.0 °C5 December 2014	3.1 °C7 June 2014	20.7 °C	648 mm	102	0
2013	39.3 °C17 November 2013	5.7 °C20 June 2013	21.3 °C	492 mm	141	0
2012	38.5 °C4 March 2012	3.2 °C20 July 2012	21.9 °C	316 mm	170	0
2011	40.7 °C25 October 2011	1.7 °C27 June 2011	20.9 °C	515 mm	106	0
2010	40.3 °C11 October 2010	2.8 °C17 June 2010	21.3 °C	597 mm	139	0
2009	38.4 °C8 October 2009	2.9 °C28 June 2009	20.8 °C	520 mm	120	0
2008	39.4 °C3 November 2008	4.2 °C29 June 2008	20.8 °C	413 mm	99	0
2007	36.9 °C6 February 2007	1.6 °C23 May 2007	20.6 °C	658 mm	120	0
2006	38.4 °C2 November 2006	3.0 °C5 June 2006	21.1 °C	481 mm	116	0
2005	38.9 °C27 September 2005	5.1 °C1 July 2005	22.2 °C	359 mm	153	0
2004	38.1 °C7 October 2004	3.7 °C18 July 2004	20.9 °C	621 mm	116	0
2003	38.4 °C16 January 2003	3.6 °C8 July 2003	21.2 °C	641 mm	143	0
2002	38.0 °C19 October 2002	4.7 °C19 June 2002	21.4 °C	227 mm	151	0
2001	37.6 °C25 September 2001	1.5 °C23 July 2001	20.2 °C	707 mm	97	0
2000	35.5 °C10 October 2000	0.2 °C18 July 2000	19.6 °C	1,025 mm	70	0
1999	38.8 °C26 September 1999	4.8 °C14 June 1999	20.7 °C	626 mm	82	0
1998	39.2 °C3 November 1998	5.3 °C17 July 1998	21.2 °C	642 mm	129	0
1997	39.5 °C9 November 1997	3.7 °C15 June 1997	20.4 °C	473 mm	92	0
1996	38.1 °C20 October 1996	1.5 °C10 July 1996	20.3 °C	790 mm	101	0
1995	40.1 °C13 October 1995	3.6 °C7 August 1995	21.5 °C	512 mm	130	0
1994	38.7 °C14 November 1994	2.0 °C30 June 1994	20.7 °C	253 mm	118	0
1993	38.9 °C31 October 1993	4.1 °C13 June 1993	21.2 °C	530 mm	109	0
1992	41.1 °C25 February 1992	3.2 °C5 July 1992	22.4 °C	389 mm	182	0
1991	38.0 °C30 October 1991	3.9 °C10 July 1991	21.1 °C	351 mm	125	0
1990	39.9 °C14 November 1990	4.6 °C16 August 1990	21.4 °C	419 mm	109	0
1989	38.3 °C20 December 1989	3.0 °C20 July 1989	21.2 °C	338 mm	120	0
1988	39.3 °C25 December 1988	3.1 °C13 July 1988	20.5 °C	484 mm	101	0
1987	39.2 °C19 November 1987	2.0 °C22 July 1987	21.9 °C	449 mm	163	0
1986	37.3 °C27 November 1986	3.4 °C26 June 1986	20.8 °C	493 mm	115	0
1985	35.9 °C11 December 1985	1.3 °C13 July 1985	20.5 °C	519 mm	94	0
1984	38.3 °C29 January 1984	4.0 °C19 June 1984	20.9 °C	521 mm	119	0
1983	38.0 °C11 January 1983	4.4 °C13 August 1983	21.9 °C	350 mm	149	0
1982	37.1 °C19 November 1982	3.1 °C10 June 1982	20.9 °C	277 mm	129	0
1981	38.7 °C6 November 1981	1.2 °C10 June 1981	19.5 °C	678 mm	84	0
1980	38.0 °C4 January 1980	0.4 °C30 June 1980	20.1 °C	636 mm	87	0
1979	38.8 °C2 October 1979	4.2 °C26 July 1979	20.1 °C	418 mm	120	0
1978	36.3 °C29 September 1978	2.2 °C17 June 1978	19.3 °C	844 mm	52	0
1977	38.0 °C19 November 1977	3.1 °C9 July 1977	20.2 °C	998 mm	96	0
1976	37.2 °C24 November 1976	3.2 °C21 June 1976	19.5 °C	720 mm	72	0
1975	38.3 °C5 November 1975	1.2 °C26 July 1975	19.6 °C	644 mm	75	0
1974	38.2 °C17 October 1974	4.5 °C27 July 1974	19.3 °C	799 mm	45	0
1973	38.2 °C7 October 1973	6.0 °C10 July 1973	20.6 °C	502 mm	128	0
1972	38.0 °C3 December 1972	3.5 °C2 August 1972	19.9 °C	778 mm	88	0
1971	37.3 °C4 October 1971	5.9 °C18 July 1971	20.7 °C	476 mm	109	0
1970	38.6 °C14 December 1970	5.1 °C4 July 1970	21.6 °C	355 mm	143	0
1969	37.0 °C25 November 1969	4.9 °C24 July 1969	20.2 °C	842 mm	93	0
1968	38.9 °C17 October 1968	-1.4 °C15 June 1968	20.8 °C	451 mm	136	1
1967	36.6 °C16 November 1967	3.0 °C22 August 1967	20.1 °C	406 mm	80	0
1966	38.5 °C5 January 1966	3.2 °C28 July 1966	20.7 °C	588 mm	92	0
1965	37.8 °C31 October 1965	2.0 °C25 June 1965	20.8 °C	198 mm	116	0
1964	37.9 °C1 October 1964	-0.1 °C27 June 1964	20.7 °C	424 mm	124	1
1963	36.6 °C6 October 1963	1.7 °C15 July 1963	20.2 °C	461 mm	87	0
1962	40.0 °C18 October 1962	4.4 °C29 August 1962	21.1 °C	650 mm	113	0
1961	38.8 °C24 October 1961	6.8 °C23 August 1961	21.1 °C	454 mm	127	0
1960	38.9 °C10 October 1960	3.5 °C3 July 1960	20.5 °C	379 mm	108	0
1959	36.8 °C17 October 1959	6.6 °C3 July 1959	20.2 °C	433 mm	91	0
1958	36.7 °C11 October 1958	4.5 °C17 June 1958	20.0 °C	950 mm	76	0
1957	36.8 °C12 November 1957	3.4 °C22 June 1957	20.7 °C	601 mm	79	0
1956	36.4 °C15 October 1956	3.9 °C24 July 1956	20.1 °C	556 mm	52	0
1955	38.3 °C14 November 1955	4.5 °C12 August 1955	19.1 °C	871 mm	40	0
1954	39.9 °C26 October 1954	3.9 °C25 July 1954	21.5 °C	306 mm	156	0
1953	38.3 °C4 November 1953	3.4 °C29 June 1953	19.9 °C	735 mm	59	0
1952	38.8 °C20 November 1952	5.0 °C5 July 1952	21.0 °C	496 mm	106	0
1951	39.4 °C25 November 1951	4.6 °C14 July 1951	22.1 °C	370 mm	160	0
1950	37.9 °C22 October 1950	5.0 °C27 May 1950	20.9 °C	390 mm	95	0
1949	37.3 °C31 October 1949	4.8 °C19 July 1949	20.1 °C	717 mm	94	0
1948	36.8 °C21 September 1948	5.1 °C14 June 1948	19.6 °C	988 mm	66	0
1947	38.6 °C8 October 1947	4.4 °C18 July 1947	20.6 °C	677 mm	74	0
1946	37.6 °C30 October 1946	4.6 °C2 July 1946	20.0 °C	818 mm	75	0
1945	37.6 °C5 October 1945	2.9 °C28 June 1945	20.5 °C	552 mm	82	0
1944	40.0 °C27 September 1944	6.9 °C14 July 1944	21.0 °C	665 mm	93	0
1943	37.3 °C10 October 1943	4.7 °C28 June 1943	19.9 °C	530 mm	65	0
1942	37.4 °C23 October 1942	3.6 °C21 July 1942	20.6 °C	661 mm	76	0
1941	39.7 °C11 October 1941	4.0 °C5 July 1941	21.7 °C	403 mm	142	0
1940	38.7 °C12 November 1940	3.3 °C16 July 1940	22.0 °C	346 mm	151	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.1 °C

-0.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

95 d/yr

-16

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

941 mm

+386 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.9 °C	-1.1 °C	239 mm	+131 mm
Feb	28.3 °C	-0.2 °C	297 mm	+192 mm
Mar	27.7 °C	-0.4 °C	22 mm	-37 mm
Apr	26.8 °C	-0.2 °C	33 mm	+8 mm
May	23.9 °C	-1.3 °C	4 mm	-5 mm
Jun	23.3 °C	+0.6 °C	3 mm	-3 mm
Jul	22.9 °C	+0.4 °C	5 mm	+1 mm
Aug	27.8 °C	+2.2 °C	3 mm	-1 mm
Sep	31.3 °C	+2.2 °C	3 mm	-7 mm
Oct	30.7 °C	-0.1 °C	8 mm	-16 mm
Nov	27.3 °C	-2.7 °C	142 mm	+64 mm
Dec	27.4 °C	-1.8 °C	182 mm	+58 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.3 °C

26 Oct 2025

Coldest day

2.8 °C

30 Jul 2025

Wettest day

72.6 mm

10 Feb 2025

Windiest day

31.7 km/h

17 Oct 2025

Strongest gust

55.8 km/h

17 Oct 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.5 °C

26 Oct 2025

Coldest feels-like

-0.3 °C

30 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

13.2 h

27 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Gwanda?

Gwanda has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 555 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gwanda?

The hottest day measured in Gwanda between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 2019, reaching 42.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Gwanda?

The coldest day measured in Gwanda between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 1968, at -1.4 °C.

Does it snow in Gwanda?

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

Has the climate of Gwanda warmed?

Yes: Gwanda warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Gwanda?

The wettest day measured in Gwanda between 1940 and 2025 was 5 March 2003, with 181 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Gwanda?

The windiest day measured in Gwanda between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 2000, with winds reaching 48.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Gwanda?

The warmest month in Gwanda is November (24.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (15.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Gwanda?

Gwanda receives on average 555 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 81 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Gwanda?

Gwanda gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Gwanda?

Yes: Gwanda has on average 51 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gwanda?

In Gwanda, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.0 °C on 25 February 1992, and the lowest was -5.8 °C on 15 June 1968.

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