Gweru weather in April

In April, Gweru sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 28 mm of rain across 4 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of April to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Gweru's 7th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gweru's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 25°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 28 mm; 4 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 6:14 AM – 5:48 PM
Cloud cover: 38%; 7th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5.35 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.3; out of 10

Gweru is city in Zimbabwe.

Founded: 1894

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

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month.

A typical April day in Gweru reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 1°C cooler than March and about 2°C warmer than May.

	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)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

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

Gweru weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 8th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 17°	161	15.7	13	5.7
Feb	26° / 17°	121	12.7	12.7	6.0
Mar	26° / 16°	82	10.5	12.1	6.8
Apr	25° / 13°	28	4	11.6	8.3
May	23° / 10°	7	1.4	11.1	9.0
Jun	21° / 8°	4	0.7	10.8	8.6
Jul	21° / 7°	3	0.9	10.9	8.4
Aug	24° / 10°	1	0.1	11.3	9.3
Sep	27° / 13°	4	0.9	11.9	8.3
Oct	29° / 15°	25	4.8	12.4	6.6
Nov	28° / 17°	98	12.3	12.9	5.6
Dec	27° / 17°	184	17.6	13.2	5.4

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 24%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	65	65	65	66	66	67	67	68	70	71	73	74	74	76	77	79	80	80	80	82	82	82	83	83	84	84	85	86	86	86
Cloudier (%)	35	35	35	34	34	33	33	32	30	29	27	26	26	24	23	21	20	20	20	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	15	14	14	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	68	32
9	70	30
10	71	29
11	73	27
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	76	24
15	77	23
16	79	21
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	85	15
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Gweru gets around 28 mm of rain over 4 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 13% and peaks near 25% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	13	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6

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

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, April lands in the dry band about 62% 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 (%)	36	39	41	43	46	48	51	52	55	56	57	59	60	62	63	64	66	66	68	68	70	71	73	74	76	77	80	81	82	84
Comfortable (%)	33	33	32	31	31	30	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	26	26	25	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	17	16	15	14
Humid (%)	30	28	27	25	24	22	20	19	17	16	15	13	12	11	10	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	36	33	30
2	39	33	28
3	41	32	27
4	43	31	25
5	46	31	24
6	48	30	22
7	51	29	20
8	52	29	19
9	55	28	17
10	56	28	16
11	57	28	15
12	59	28	13
13	60	28	12
14	62	27	11
15	63	27	10
16	64	27	9
17	66	26	8
18	66	26	8
19	68	25	7
20	68	25	7
21	70	24	6
22	71	23	6
23	73	22	5
24	74	21	5
25	76	20	4
26	77	19	4
27	80	17	3
28	81	16	3
29	82	15	3
30	84	14	2

Wind in April

Winds average 12 km/h in April.

Across April, 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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	light breeze
2	12	light breeze
3	12	light breeze
4	12	light breeze
5	12	light breeze
6	12	light breeze
7	12	light breeze
8	12	light breeze
9	12	light breeze
10	12	light breeze
11	12	light breeze
12	12	light breeze
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	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of April to 11 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 30 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:10 AM to 6:19 AM, and sunset from 6:00 PM to 5:38 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)	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:19
Sunset (PM)	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:58	5:57	5:56	5:55	5:54	5:53	5:53	5:52	5:51	5:50	5:49	5:48	5:48	5:47	5:46	5:45	5:45	5:44	5:43	5:42	5:42	5:41	5:40	5:40	5:39	5:38	5:38

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.8	6:10	6:00
2	11.8	6:11	6:00
3	11.8	6:11	5:59
4	11.8	6:11	5:58
5	11.8	6:11	5:57
6	11.7	6:12	5:56
7	11.7	6:12	5:55
8	11.7	6:12	5:54
9	11.7	6:12	5:53
10	11.7	6:13	5:53
11	11.6	6:13	5:52
12	11.6	6:13	5:51
13	11.6	6:13	5:50
14	11.6	6:14	5:49
15	11.6	6:14	5:48
16	11.6	6:14	5:48
17	11.5	6:15	5:47
18	11.5	6:15	5:46
19	11.5	6:15	5:45
20	11.5	6:15	5:45
21	11.5	6:16	5:44
22	11.5	6:16	5:43
23	11.4	6:16	5:42
24	11.4	6:17	5:42
25	11.4	6:17	5:41
26	11.4	6:17	5:40
27	11.4	6:18	5:40
28	11.3	6:18	5:39
29	11.3	6:18	5:38
30	11.3	6:19	5:38

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.35 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.42 kWh/m² to a high of 6.88 kWh/m² in October across the year — April's 5.35 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3
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	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.4	Bright
6	5.4	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.4	Bright
10	5.4	Bright
11	5.4	Bright
12	5.4	Bright
13	5.4	Bright
14	5.4	Bright
15	5.4	Bright
16	5.4	Bright
17	5.4	Bright
18	5.4	Bright
19	5.4	Bright
20	5.4	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Gweru

In seasonPeak

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

Gweru's monsoon runs November–February, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Gweru?

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

8.3

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

7.3

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

April is one of the better times to visit Gweru for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Gweru in April

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

In April, Gweru sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Gweru in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Gweru peaks around January 16 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 7 (very 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	8	9	10	12	14	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	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	Extreme
May	8	Very high
Jun	7	High
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Air quality in Gweru in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Gweru is worst in September — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 5.2× the cleanest month (January, 4 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)	4	5	5	6	7	9	10	15	22	17	8	4
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	4	Good
Feb	5	Good
Mar	5	Good
Apr	6	Good
May	7	Good
Jun	9	Good
Jul	10	Good
Aug	15	Moderate
Sep	22	Moderate
Oct	17	Moderate
Nov	8	Good
Dec	4	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Gweru?

Gweru sits at 19.4°S, 29.8°E, 1,412 m above sea level, in Zimbabwe. The nearest listed city is Shurugwi, 32 km away.

Topography around Gweru

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gweru has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 99 m around an average of 1,416 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 178 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 675 m.

The land around Gweru is covered by grassland (28%), artificial surfaces (24%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, grassland (38%) and shrubs (28%) within 16 km, and shrubs (45%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

99 m

grassland 28%

16 km

178 m

grassland 38%

80 km

675 m

shrubs 45%

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← March Gweru year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Shurugwi 32 km · Redcliff 46 km · Kwekwe 58 km · Zvishavane 101 km · Kadoma 125 km · Masvingo 126 km · Chegutu 151 km · Bulawayo 151 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 Gweru (-19.45°, 29.8167°, elevation 1,412 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	25	15
2	25	14
3	25	14
4	25	14
5	25	14
6	25	14
7	25	14
8	25	14
9	25	14
10	25	14
11	25	13
12	25	13
13	25	13
14	25	13
15	25	13
16	25	13
17	25	13
18	25	13
19	25	13
20	25	13
21	25	13
22	25	13
23	25	12
24	25	12
25	25	12
26	25	12
27	24	12
28	24	12
29	24	12
30	24	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	68	32
9	70	30
10	71	29
11	73	27
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	76	24
15	77	23
16	79	21
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	85	15
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	36	33	30
2	39	33	28
3	41	32	27
4	43	31	25
5	46	31	24
6	48	30	22
7	51	29	20
8	52	29	19
9	55	28	17
10	56	28	16
11	57	28	15
12	59	28	13
13	60	28	12
14	62	27	11
15	63	27	10
16	64	27	9
17	66	26	8
18	66	26	8
19	68	25	7
20	68	25	7
21	70	24	6
22	71	23	6
23	73	22	5
24	74	21	5
25	76	20	4
26	77	19	4
27	80	17	3
28	81	16	3
29	82	15	3
30	84	14	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	68	32
9	70	30
10	71	29
11	73	27
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	76	24
15	77	23
16	79	21
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	85	15
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	36	33	30
2	39	33	28
3	41	32	27
4	43	31	25
5	46	31	24
6	48	30	22
7	51	29	20
8	52	29	19
9	55	28	17
10	56	28	16
11	57	28	15
12	59	28	13
13	60	28	12
14	62	27	11
15	63	27	10
16	64	27	9
17	66	26	8
18	66	26	8
19	68	25	7
20	68	25	7
21	70	24	6
22	71	23	6
23	73	22	5
24	74	21	5
25	76	20	4
26	77	19	4
27	80	17	3
28	81	16	3
29	82	15	3
30	84	14	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	68	32
9	70	30
10	71	29
11	73	27
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	76	24
15	77	23
16	79	21
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	85	15
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	36	33	30
2	39	33	28
3	41	32	27
4	43	31	25
5	46	31	24
6	48	30	22
7	51	29	20
8	52	29	19
9	55	28	17
10	56	28	16
11	57	28	15
12	59	28	13
13	60	28	12
14	62	27	11
15	63	27	10
16	64	27	9
17	66	26	8
18	66	26	8
19	68	25	7
20	68	25	7
21	70	24	6
22	71	23	6
23	73	22	5
24	74	21	5
25	76	20	4
26	77	19	4
27	80	17	3
28	81	16	3
29	82	15	3
30	84	14	2