Kwekwe weather in January

In January, Kwekwe sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 146 mm of rain across 16 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in January, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 06 min at the start of January to 12 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Kwekwe's 11th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kwekwe's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
6th warmest
Overnight low
18°
12th coldest
Rainfall
146 mm
16 wet days
Daylight
13 hours
5:39 AM – 6:41 PM
Cloud cover
66%
11th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
6.06 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.0
out of 10

Kwekwe is city in Zimbabwe.

Founded
1898

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical January day in Kwekwe reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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22818
32818
42818
52818
62818
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122818
132818
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Kwekwe weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 6th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 18°14616135.0
Feb28° / 18°10812.112.65.3
Mar28° / 17°639.112.16.2
Apr27° / 15°202.911.67.9
May26° / 12°51.311.18.9
Jun23° / 20.510.99.2
Jul23° / 10.3119.1
Aug26° / 11°00.111.49.1
Sep30° / 14°30.711.96.9
Oct31° / 17°244.312.45.3
Nov30° / 18°8211.412.94.7
Dec29° / 18°16317.513.14.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 60%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13565
23664
33664
43664
53763
63862
73961
83961
93961
104060
113961
124060
134060
144060
154060
164060
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184060
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204060
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224159
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264159
274258
284258
294357
304258
314258

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Kwekwe gets around 146 mm of rain over 16 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 52% and peaks near 55% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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252
351
450
550
649
749
849
949
1050
1150
1251
1352
1452
1553
1654
1754
1854
1955
2055
2155
2255
2354
2454
2553
2652
2752
2851
2951
3050
3150

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the humid band about 41% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 25% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
110234424
210234324
310234224
411244224
511244124
612244024
712244024
812243924
912243924
1012244025
1112234025
1212234025
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1411224225
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1710224326
1810224326
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209234326
219234226
229244226
238254126
248264126
258264025
268273925
278283825
288293825
298293726
309293726
319303625

Wind in January

Winds average 10 km/h in January.

Across January, 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 January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 06 min at the start of January to 12 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:30 AM to 5:48 AM, and sunset from 6:38 PM to 6:40 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.15:306:38
213.15:316:38
313.15:316:38
413.15:326:38
513.15:336:39
613.15:336:39
713.15:346:39
813.15:346:40
913.15:356:40
1013.15:366:40
1113.15:366:40
1213.15:376:40
1313.15:376:40
1413.05:386:41
1513.05:396:41
1613.05:396:41
1713.05:406:41
1813.05:416:41
1913.05:416:41
2013.05:426:41
2113.05:426:41
2213.05:436:41
2313.05:446:41
2412.95:446:41
2512.95:456:41
2612.95:456:41
2712.95:466:40
2812.95:476:40
2912.95:476:40
3012.95:486:40
3112.95:486:40

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 6.06 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.55 kWh/m² to a high of 7.04 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 6.06 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.1Intense
26.1Intense
36.1Intense
46.1Intense
56.1Intense
66.1Intense
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126.1Intense
136.0Intense
146.0Intense
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216.0Intense
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246.0Intense
256.1Intense
266.1Intense
276.1Intense
286.1Intense
296.1Intense
306.1Intense
316.1Intense
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Kwekwe

In seasonPeak

In January, Kwekwe sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Kwekwe'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 January a good time to visit Kwekwe?

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

5.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
5.9
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Kwekwe for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kwekwe in January

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

In January, Kwekwe sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kwekwe in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 16 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kwekwe 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeJan 16UV 16Jun 19UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan16Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May9Very high
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep10Very high
Oct12Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Kwekwe in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Kwekwe is worst in September — around 26 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.8× the cleanest month (January, 5 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1625 µg/m³Jan 15 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan5Good
Feb7Good
Mar6Good
Apr7Good
May9Good
Jun10Good
Jul12Good
Aug18Moderate
Sep26Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov9Good
Dec5Good
Location & terrain

Where is Kwekwe?

Kwekwe sits at 18.9°S, 29.8°E, 1,203 m above sea level, in Zimbabwe. The nearest listed city is Redcliff, 12 km away.

GweruKadomaShurugwiChegutuGokweNortonZvishavane

Topography around Kwekwe

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kwekwe has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 67 m around an average of 1,211 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 252 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 626 m.

The land around Kwekwe is covered by shrubs (30%) and trees (25%) within 3 km, shrubs (41%) and trees (40%) within 16 km, and shrubs (49%) and trees (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
67 m
16 km
252 m
80 km
626 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
January weather nearby: Redcliff 12 km · Gweru 58 km · Kadoma 67 km · Shurugwi 85 km · Chegutu 95 km · Gokwe 123 km · Norton 149 km · Zvishavane 158 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 Kwekwe (-18.9281°, 29.8149°, elevation 1,203 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).