Harare Western Suburbs weather in July

In July, Harare Western Suburbs sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.2 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 54 min at the start of July to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Harare Western Suburbs's 4th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Harare Western Suburbs's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.2 wet days
Daylight
11 hours
6:31 AM – 5:33 PM
Cloud cover
26%
4th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
4.8 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.7
out of 10

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical July day in Harare Western Suburbs reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and about 3°C cooler than August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Harare Western Suburbs weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan26° / 17°21820.512.95.0
Feb26° / 17°1441612.65.4
Mar26° / 16°9312.512.16.4
Apr25° / 14°284.911.67.9
May23° / 11°61.411.28.8
Jun21° / 20.4118.7
Jul21° / 10.2118.7
Aug24° / 10°10.211.49.3
Sep27° / 13°30.911.98.5
Oct29° / 16°224.112.46.8
Nov28° / 17°8212.512.85.7
Dec26° / 17°17920.1135.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18218
28218
38218
48218
58119
68119
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Harare Western Suburbs gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.2 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 1% and peaks near 2% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

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

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Dry (%)
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Wind in July

Winds average 10 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 54 min at the start of July to 11 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 6:32 AM to 6:27 AM, and sunset from 5:28 PM to 5:38 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.96:325:28
210.96:325:28
311.06:325:29
411.06:325:29
511.06:325:29
611.06:325:30
711.06:325:30
811.06:325:30
911.06:325:31
1011.06:325:31
1111.06:325:31
1211.06:325:32
1311.06:325:32
1411.06:325:32
1511.06:315:33
1611.06:315:33
1711.06:315:33
1811.06:315:34
1911.16:315:34
2011.16:315:34
2111.16:305:35
2211.16:305:35
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2411.16:305:36
2511.16:295:36
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2711.16:295:37
2811.16:285:37
2911.26:285:37
3011.26:285:38
3111.26:275:38

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.8 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.67 kWh/m² to a high of 7.02 kWh/m² in October across the year — July's 4.8 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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275.1Bright
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Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Harare Western Suburbs

In seasonPeak

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

Harare Western Suburbs's monsoon runs December–February, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is July a good time to visit Harare Western Suburbs?

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

8.7
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
5.4
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

July is one of the better times to visit Harare Western Suburbs for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Harare Western Suburbs in July

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

In July, Harare Western Suburbs sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: sun protection.

sun protection

UV index in Harare Western Suburbs in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Harare Western Suburbs peaks around January 17 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeJan 17UV 16Jun 21UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan16Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep10Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Harare Western Suburbs in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Harare Western Suburbs is worst in August — around 53 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.7× the cleanest month (January, 11 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateAug 1452 µg/m³Jan 1111 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb15Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr23Moderate
May34Moderate
Jun39Poor
Jul48Poor
Aug53Poor
Sep43Poor
Oct29Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec12Good
Location & terrain

Where is Harare Western Suburbs?

Harare Western Suburbs sits at 17.8°S, 30.9°E, 1,460 m above sea level, in Zimbabwe. The nearest listed city is Mount Hampden, 13 km away.

BinduraMarondera

Topography around Harare Western Suburbs

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Harare Western Suburbs has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 85 m around an average of 1,426 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 199 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 759 m.

The land around Harare Western Suburbs is covered by cropland (47%), grassland (23%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, grassland (33%) and cropland (31%) within 16 km, and grassland (42%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
85 m
16 km
199 m
80 km
759 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Mount Hampden 13 km · Harare 19 km · Norton 19 km · Chitungwiza 28 km · Epworth 29 km · Ruwa 39 km · Bindura 77 km · Marondera 81 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
Apostolic Sect 40%Pentecostal 17%Protestant 14%none 8%

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 Harare Western Suburbs (-17.8415°, 30.8767°, elevation 1,460 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).