Marondera weather in July

In July, Marondera sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.5 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 19°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% 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 Marondera's 4th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Marondera's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 2 mm; 0.5 wet days
Daylight: 11 hours; 6:29 AM – 5:30 PM
Cloud cover: 28%; 4th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 4.61 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.2; out of 10

Marondera is city in Zimbabwe, provincial capital of Mashonaland East.

Founded: 1913

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

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical July day in Marondera reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and about 3°C cooler than August.

	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	31
Avg high (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	7
2	19	7
3	19	7
4	19	7
5	19	7
6	19	7
7	19	7
8	19	7
9	19	7
10	19	7
11	19	7
12	19	7
13	19	7
14	19	7
15	19	7
16	19	7
17	20	7
18	20	7
19	20	7
20	20	7
21	20	7
22	20	7
23	20	7
24	20	7
25	20	8
26	21	8
27	21	8
28	21	8
29	21	8
30	21	8
31	21	8

Marondera 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 16°	199	18.3	13	5.4
Feb	25° / 16°	139	13.7	12.6	5.9
Mar	25° / 15°	90	11.5	12.1	6.7
Apr	24° / 13°	35	5.4	11.6	7.9
May	22° / 10°	10	1.8	11.2	8.5
Jun	20° / 8°	3	0.8	10.9	8.3
Jul	20° / 7°	2	0.5	11	8.2
Aug	23° / 9°	1	0.2	11.4	9.1
Sep	26° / 12°	5	1	11.9	8.8
Oct	27° / 14°	35	5.3	12.4	7.6
Nov	27° / 16°	111	13.3	12.9	6.1
Dec	25° / 16°	198	18.9	13.1	5.3

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%. 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	31
Clearer (%)	77	77	77	76	76	76	76	76	77	77	77	78	79	80	80	80	81	82	82	82	83	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	85
Cloudier (%)	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	22	21	20	20	20	19	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	77	23
3	77	23
4	76	24
5	76	24
6	76	24
7	76	24
8	76	24
9	77	23
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	78	22
13	79	21
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	81	19
18	82	18
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	83	17
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	84	16
28	84	16
29	84	16
30	84	16
31	85	15

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Marondera gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.5 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 2% and peaks near 3% 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	31
Rain chance (%)	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	3
6	3
7	3
8	3
9	3
10	3
11	3
12	2
13	2
14	2
15	2
16	2
17	2
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

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.

	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	31
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	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
31	100

Wind in July

Winds average 11 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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	31
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

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 6:29 AM to 6:25 AM, and sunset from 5:25 PM to 5:35 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	31
Daylight (h)	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:25	6:25
Sunset (PM)	5:25	5:25	5:25	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:35

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.9	6:29	5:25
2	10.9	6:30	5:25
3	10.9	6:30	5:25
4	10.9	6:30	5:26
5	10.9	6:30	5:26
6	10.9	6:30	5:26
7	10.9	6:30	5:27
8	11.0	6:30	5:27
9	11.0	6:30	5:27
10	11.0	6:30	5:28
11	11.0	6:30	5:28
12	11.0	6:30	5:28
13	11.0	6:30	5:29
14	11.0	6:29	5:29
15	11.0	6:29	5:29
16	11.0	6:29	5:30
17	11.0	6:29	5:30
18	11.0	6:29	5:30
19	11.0	6:29	5:31
20	11.0	6:29	5:31
21	11.1	6:28	5:31
22	11.1	6:28	5:32
23	11.1	6:28	5:32
24	11.1	6:28	5:32
25	11.1	6:27	5:33
26	11.1	6:27	5:33
27	11.1	6:27	5:33
28	11.1	6:26	5:34
29	11.1	6:26	5:34
30	11.1	6:25	5:34
31	11.2	6:25	5:35

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.61 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.54 kWh/m² to a high of 6.97 kWh/m² in October across the year — July's 4.61 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	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0
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	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.4	Bright
2	4.4	Bright
3	4.4	Bright
4	4.4	Bright
5	4.4	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.4	Bright
8	4.4	Bright
9	4.4	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.5	Bright
14	4.5	Bright
15	4.6	Bright
16	4.6	Bright
17	4.6	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.7	Bright
20	4.7	Bright
21	4.8	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.8	Bright
24	4.8	Bright
25	4.9	Bright
26	4.9	Bright
27	4.9	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.0	Bright
31	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Marondera

In seasonPeak

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

Marondera's monsoon runs November–March, 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 Marondera?

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

8.2

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

4.1

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

July is one of the better times to visit Marondera for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Marondera in July

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

In July, Marondera sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Marondera in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Marondera peaks around January 17 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 8 (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	11	9	8	8	9	11	11	14	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Marondera 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 Marondera is worst in August — around 41 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.2× the cleanest month (January, 10 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)	10	13	14	19	27	30	37	41	39	28	14	10
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	10	Good
Feb	13	Moderate
Mar	14	Moderate
Apr	19	Moderate
May	27	Moderate
Jun	30	Moderate
Jul	37	Poor
Aug	41	Poor
Sep	39	Poor
Oct	28	Moderate
Nov	14	Moderate
Dec	10	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Marondera?

Marondera sits at 18.2°S, 31.6°E, 1,668 m above sea level, in Zimbabwe. The nearest listed city is Ruwa, 46 km away.

Topography around Marondera

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Marondera has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 111 m around an average of 1,648 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 277 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 866 m.

The land around Marondera is covered by cropland (34%), artificial surfaces (25%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, grassland (37%), trees (23%) and cropland (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (40%), cropland (22%) and shrubs (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

111 m

cropland 34%

16 km

277 m

grassland 37%

80 km

866 m

grassland 40%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

← June Marondera year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: Ruwa 46 km · Chitungwiza 54 km · Epworth 54 km · Harare 66 km · Rusape 72 km · Harare Western Suburbs 81 km · Mount Hampden 81 km · Norton 96 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 Marondera (-18.1853°, 31.5519°, elevation 1,668 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	19	7
2	19	7
3	19	7
4	19	7
5	19	7
6	19	7
7	19	7
8	19	7
9	19	7
10	19	7
11	19	7
12	19	7
13	19	7
14	19	7
15	19	7
16	19	7
17	20	7
18	20	7
19	20	7
20	20	7
21	20	7
22	20	7
23	20	7
24	20	7
25	20	8
26	21	8
27	21	8
28	21	8
29	21	8
30	21	8
31	21	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	77	23
3	77	23
4	76	24
5	76	24
6	76	24
7	76	24
8	76	24
9	77	23
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	78	22
13	79	21
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	81	19
18	82	18
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	83	17
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	84	16
28	84	16
29	84	16
30	84	16
31	85	15

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	3
6	3
7	3
8	3
9	3
10	3
11	3
12	2
13	2
14	2
15	2
16	2
17	2
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	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
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	7
2	19	7
3	19	7
4	19	7
5	19	7
6	19	7
7	19	7
8	19	7
9	19	7
10	19	7
11	19	7
12	19	7
13	19	7
14	19	7
15	19	7
16	19	7
17	20	7
18	20	7
19	20	7
20	20	7
21	20	7
22	20	7
23	20	7
24	20	7
25	20	8
26	21	8
27	21	8
28	21	8
29	21	8
30	21	8
31	21	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	77	23
3	77	23
4	76	24
5	76	24
6	76	24
7	76	24
8	76	24
9	77	23
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	78	22
13	79	21
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	81	19
18	82	18
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	83	17
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	84	16
28	84	16
29	84	16
30	84	16
31	85	15

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	3
6	3
7	3
8	3
9	3
10	3
11	3
12	2
13	2
14	2
15	2
16	2
17	2
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	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
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	7
2	19	7
3	19	7
4	19	7
5	19	7
6	19	7
7	19	7
8	19	7
9	19	7
10	19	7
11	19	7
12	19	7
13	19	7
14	19	7
15	19	7
16	19	7
17	20	7
18	20	7
19	20	7
20	20	7
21	20	7
22	20	7
23	20	7
24	20	7
25	20	8
26	21	8
27	21	8
28	21	8
29	21	8
30	21	8
31	21	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	77	23
3	77	23
4	76	24
5	76	24
6	76	24
7	76	24
8	76	24
9	77	23
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	78	22
13	79	21
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	81	19
18	82	18
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	83	17
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	84	16
28	84	16
29	84	16
30	84	16
31	85	15

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	3
6	3
7	3
8	3
9	3
10	3
11	3
12	2
13	2
14	2
15	2
16	2
17	2
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	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
31	100