Bulawayo weather in June

In June, Bulawayo sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 4 mm of rain across 0.8 wet days and about 10.8 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 76% of the time in June, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 54 min at the start of June to 10 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Bulawayo's 2nd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bulawayo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 4 mm; 0.8 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 48 min; 6:42 AM – 5:30 PM
Cloud cover: 21%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.38 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.8; out of 10

Bulawayo is city in Zimbabwe.

Density: 390/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1840

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month.

A typical June day in Bulawayo reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 2°C cooler than May and on par with July.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	8
2	23	8
3	22	8
4	22	8
5	22	8
6	22	8
7	22	8
8	22	8
9	22	8
10	22	8
11	22	7
12	22	7
13	22	7
14	22	7
15	22	7
16	22	7
17	22	7
18	22	7
19	22	7
20	21	7
21	21	7
22	21	7
23	21	7
24	21	7
25	21	7
26	21	7
27	21	7
28	21	7
29	21	7
30	21	7

Bulawayo weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 17°	133	14.8	13.1	5.7
Feb	27° / 17°	110	11.7	12.7	6.1
Mar	27° / 16°	65	9.5	12.1	6.8
Apr	25° / 13°	23	4	11.6	8.1
May	24° / 10°	6	1.3	11.1	9.1
Jun	22° / 7°	4	0.8	10.8	8.8
Jul	21° / 7°	3	0.7	10.9	8.7
Aug	25° / 9°	1	0.2	11.3	9.3
Sep	28° / 13°	5	1.4	11.9	7.8
Oct	30° / 15°	23	5.6	12.5	6.1
Nov	29° / 17°	87	12.7	13	5.2
Dec	27° / 17°	148	17	13.2	5.4

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 76% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 14%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	87	87	87	87	86	86	86	86	86	86	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	86	85	85	85	84	83	82	82	81
Cloudier (%)	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	15	15	16	17	18	18	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	86	14
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	86	14
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	87	13
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	86	14
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	84	16
27	83	17
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	81	19

Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Bulawayo gets around 4 mm of rain over 0.8 wet days in June. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 3% and peaks near 4% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3

	Rain chance (%)
1	4
2	4
3	3
4	3
5	3
6	3
7	3
8	3
9	3
10	3
11	3
12	3
13	3
14	3
15	3
16	2
17	2
18	2
19	2
20	2
21	2
22	2
23	2
24	2
25	3
26	3
27	3
28	3
29	3
30	3

Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of June feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, June lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

Wind in June

Winds average 12 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	calm
10	12	calm
11	12	calm
12	12	calm
13	12	calm
14	12	calm
15	12	calm
16	12	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	calm
21	12	calm
22	12	calm
23	12	calm
24	12	calm
25	12	calm
26	12	light breeze
27	12	light breeze
28	12	light breeze
29	12	light breeze
30	12	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 54 min at the start of June to 10 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 6:37 AM to 6:45 AM, and sunset from 5:29 PM to 5:33 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8
Sunrise (AM)	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45
Sunset (PM)	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:33

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.9	6:37	5:29
2	10.9	6:37	5:29
3	10.9	6:38	5:29
4	10.8	6:38	5:29
5	10.8	6:39	5:29
6	10.8	6:39	5:29
7	10.8	6:39	5:29
8	10.8	6:40	5:29
9	10.8	6:40	5:29
10	10.8	6:40	5:29
11	10.8	6:41	5:29
12	10.8	6:41	5:29
13	10.8	6:41	5:29
14	10.8	6:42	5:29
15	10.8	6:42	5:29
16	10.8	6:42	5:30
17	10.8	6:43	5:30
18	10.8	6:43	5:30
19	10.8	6:43	5:30
20	10.8	6:43	5:30
21	10.8	6:44	5:30
22	10.8	6:44	5:31
23	10.8	6:44	5:31
24	10.8	6:44	5:31
25	10.8	6:44	5:31
26	10.8	6:45	5:31
27	10.8	6:45	5:32
28	10.8	6:45	5:32
29	10.8	6:45	5:32
30	10.8	6:45	5:33

Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 4.38 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.38 kWh/m² to a high of 6.86 kWh/m² in October across the year — June's 4.38 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.5	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.5	Bright
4	4.5	Bright
5	4.5	Bright
6	4.5	Bright
7	4.4	Bright
8	4.4	Bright
9	4.4	Bright
10	4.4	Bright
11	4.4	Bright
12	4.4	Bright
13	4.4	Bright
14	4.4	Bright
15	4.4	Bright
16	4.4	Bright
17	4.4	Bright
18	4.4	Bright
19	4.4	Bright
20	4.3	Bright
21	4.3	Bright
22	4.3	Bright
23	4.3	Bright
24	4.3	Bright
25	4.3	Bright
26	4.3	Bright
27	4.3	Bright
28	4.3	Bright
29	4.3	Bright
30	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in June

Hazard calendar for Bulawayo

In seasonPeak

None of Bulawayo's seasonal hazards are active in June. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Bulawayo's rainy season runs November–February, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is June a good time to visit Bulawayo?

Our two travel scores rate June for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

8.8

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

5.8

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

June is one of the better times to visit Bulawayo for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Bulawayo in June

From June's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In June, Bulawayo sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Bulawayo in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bulawayo peaks around January 18 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 7 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	16	14	14	10	8	7	7	9	10	11	14	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	16	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	10	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	7	High
Jul	7	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Air quality in Bulawayo in June

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where June falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Bulawayo is worst in June — around 28 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.2× the cleanest month (January, 7 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	7	9	11	16	23	28	27	28	27	20	12	8
Level	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	7	Good
Feb	9	Good
Mar	11	Good
Apr	16	Moderate
May	23	Moderate
Jun	28	Moderate
Jul	27	Moderate
Aug	28	Moderate
Sep	27	Moderate
Oct	20	Moderate
Nov	12	Moderate
Dec	8	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Bulawayo?

Bulawayo sits at 20.1°S, 28.6°E, 1,348 m above sea level, in Zimbabwe. The nearest listed city is Gwanda, 98 km away.

Topography around Bulawayo

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Bulawayo.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bulawayo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 60 m around an average of 1,343 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 261 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 624 m.

The land around Bulawayo is covered by artificial surfaces (50%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, shrubs (38%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and shrubs (59%) and trees (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

60 m

artificial surfaces 50%

16 km

261 m

shrubs 38%

80 km

624 m

shrubs 59%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces

← May Bulawayo year-round climate July →Best places to visit in June

June weather nearby: Gwanda 98 km · Gweru 151 km · Zvishavane 156 km · Shurugwi 158 km · Francistown 159 km · Tutume 166 km · Redcliff 177 km · Tonota 185 km

Zimbabwe travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type D / G; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 56% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $3,021; 2025
Happiness: 3.3 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 25%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 6.8; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 41.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Very high; EF EPI 602
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Bulawayo (-20.15°, 28.5833°, elevation 1,348 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	8
2	23	8
3	22	8
4	22	8
5	22	8
6	22	8
7	22	8
8	22	8
9	22	8
10	22	8
11	22	7
12	22	7
13	22	7
14	22	7
15	22	7
16	22	7
17	22	7
18	22	7
19	22	7
20	21	7
21	21	7
22	21	7
23	21	7
24	21	7
25	21	7
26	21	7
27	21	7
28	21	7
29	21	7
30	21	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	86	14
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	86	14
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	87	13
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	86	14
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	84	16
27	83	17
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	81	19

	Rain chance (%)
1	4
2	4
3	3
4	3
5	3
6	3
7	3
8	3
9	3
10	3
11	3
12	3
13	3
14	3
15	3
16	2
17	2
18	2
19	2
20	2
21	2
22	2
23	2
24	2
25	3
26	3
27	3
28	3
29	3
30	3

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	8
2	23	8
3	22	8
4	22	8
5	22	8
6	22	8
7	22	8
8	22	8
9	22	8
10	22	8
11	22	7
12	22	7
13	22	7
14	22	7
15	22	7
16	22	7
17	22	7
18	22	7
19	22	7
20	21	7
21	21	7
22	21	7
23	21	7
24	21	7
25	21	7
26	21	7
27	21	7
28	21	7
29	21	7
30	21	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	86	14
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	86	14
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	87	13
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	86	14
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	84	16
27	83	17
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	81	19

	Rain chance (%)
1	4
2	4
3	3
4	3
5	3
6	3
7	3
8	3
9	3
10	3
11	3
12	3
13	3
14	3
15	3
16	2
17	2
18	2
19	2
20	2
21	2
22	2
23	2
24	2
25	3
26	3
27	3
28	3
29	3
30	3

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	8
2	23	8
3	22	8
4	22	8
5	22	8
6	22	8
7	22	8
8	22	8
9	22	8
10	22	8
11	22	7
12	22	7
13	22	7
14	22	7
15	22	7
16	22	7
17	22	7
18	22	7
19	22	7
20	21	7
21	21	7
22	21	7
23	21	7
24	21	7
25	21	7
26	21	7
27	21	7
28	21	7
29	21	7
30	21	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	86	14
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	86	14
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	87	13
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	86	14
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	84	16
27	83	17
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	81	19

	Rain chance (%)
1	4
2	4
3	3
4	3
5	3
6	3
7	3
8	3
9	3
10	3
11	3
12	3
13	3
14	3
15	3
16	2
17	2
18	2
19	2
20	2
21	2
22	2
23	2
24	2
25	3
26	3
27	3
28	3
29	3
30	3

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100