ZIMBABWE CLIMATE. WEATHER: When to visit Zimbabwe, the best season to go to Zimbabwe, Temperature, Rainfall

CLIMATE: WHEN TO GO TO ZIMBABWE

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The climate of Zimbabwe is tropical, temperate by altitude, with two very different seasons, a cool and dry season from April to October and a rainy, hot and humid, season from November to March.

The area east of the Highveld receives annual rainfall exceeding 800 mm, but the most rainy area of the country are the mountains along the border with Mozambique where the rainfall exceeds 1,600 mm annually. The Western Highlands instead receive low rainfall, less than 600 mm, which fall to less than 500 mm in the valley of the river Nata.

Temperatures are moderate by altitude, in the Highveld they range is between 22°C - 24°C of the hottest month (January) and 12°C - 13°C of the colder one (July). Very hot and humid are the valleys of the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers, where the maximum temperature in summer (December-February) vary between 32°C and 38°C, as well as the areas towards the depression of the Kalahari. Extreme are the temperature ranges between day and night, often at night the temperature can go below freezing.

The best time to travel are the more dry and less humid winter months between May and October.

Harare	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Rain (mm)	191	176	99	37	7	2	2	3	6	40	93	182
Min Temp (°C)	16	15	14	12	9	7	6	8	11	14	15	16
Max Temp (°C)	26	26	26	25	24	22	21	24	28	29	27	26

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