Masvingo weather in February

In February, Masvingo sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 106 mm of rain across 12.8 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in February, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 54 min at the start of February to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Masvingo's 10th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Masvingo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 106 mm; 12.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 42 min; 5:51 AM – 6:32 PM
Cloud cover: 58%; 10th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 6 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.8; out of 10

Masvingo is formerly known as Fort Victoria until 1982, is a city in southeastern Zimbabwe and the capital of Masvingo Province.

Density: 2,376/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1890

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

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month.

A typical February day in Masvingo reaches about 27°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 23°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and about 1°C warmer than March.

	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
Avg high (°C)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

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

Masvingo weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 6th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 18°	127	15.4	13.1	5.6
Feb	27° / 18°	106	12.8	12.7	5.8
Mar	27° / 17°	84	11.5	12.1	6.5
Apr	26° / 14°	27	5	11.6	7.8
May	24° / 11°	9	2.2	11.1	8.9
Jun	22° / 9°	6	1.1	10.8	8.7
Jul	22° / 9°	7	1.7	10.9	8.5
Aug	25° / 11°	2	0.7	11.3	9.1
Sep	28° / 14°	5	1.2	11.9	7.8
Oct	29° / 16°	22	4.6	12.5	6.3
Nov	29° / 18°	93	11.4	13	5.3
Dec	28° / 18°	145	16.1	13.2	5.3

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 48%.

	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
Clearer (%)	49	50	50	51	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	51	51	51	51	51	51	52	52	52	52	52	52	53	53	54	55
Cloudier (%)	51	50	50	49	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	49	49	49	49	49	49	48	48	48	48	48	48	47	47	46	45

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	50	50
3	50	50
4	51	49
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	51	49
18	51	49
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	52	48
22	52	48
23	52	48
24	52	48
25	53	47
26	53	47
27	54	46
28	55	45

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Masvingo gets around 106 mm of rain over 12.8 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 46% and peaks near 47% 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
Rain chance (%)	46	46	45	45	45	44	44	45	45	45	46	46	46	46	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	46	45	45	44

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	46
3	45
4	45
5	45
6	44
7	44
8	45
9	45
10	45
11	46
12	46
13	46
14	46
15	47
16	47
17	47
18	47
19	47
20	47
21	47
22	47
23	47
24	47
25	46
26	45
27	45
28	44

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, February lands in the humid band about 39% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 31% of them.

	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
Dry (%)	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5
Comfortable (%)	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	28	28
Humid (%)	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	39	39	40	40	41	41	42	42
Muggy (%)	33	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	30	29	28	28	27	26	25

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	25	39	33
2	3	25	39	32
3	4	25	39	32
4	4	25	39	32
5	4	25	39	31
6	4	26	39	31
7	4	26	39	31
8	5	26	39	31
9	5	26	38	31
10	5	26	38	31
11	5	26	38	31
12	5	26	38	31
13	5	26	38	31
14	5	26	38	31
15	5	26	38	32
16	5	26	38	32
17	5	26	38	32
18	4	26	38	32
19	4	26	38	32
20	4	26	38	31
21	4	26	39	31
22	4	26	39	30
23	4	27	40	29
24	4	27	40	28
25	4	27	41	28
26	5	27	41	27
27	5	28	42	26
28	5	28	42	25

Wind in February

Winds average 11 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 11 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
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	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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

	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	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 54 min at the start of February to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 30 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 5:43 AM to 5:57 AM, and sunset from 6:37 PM to 6:24 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
Daylight (h)	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57
Sunset (PM)	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:24

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.9	5:43	6:37
2	12.9	5:44	6:37
3	12.9	5:44	6:37
4	12.9	5:45	6:36
5	12.8	5:46	6:36
6	12.8	5:46	6:36
7	12.8	5:47	6:35
8	12.8	5:47	6:35
9	12.8	5:48	6:35
10	12.8	5:48	6:34
11	12.7	5:49	6:34
12	12.7	5:49	6:33
13	12.7	5:50	6:33
14	12.7	5:50	6:32
15	12.7	5:51	6:32
16	12.7	5:51	6:31
17	12.6	5:52	6:31
18	12.6	5:52	6:30
19	12.6	5:53	6:29
20	12.6	5:53	6:29
21	12.6	5:54	6:28
22	12.6	5:54	6:28
23	12.5	5:55	6:27
24	12.5	5:55	6:26
25	12.5	5:55	6:26
26	12.5	5:56	6:25
27	12.5	5:56	6:24
28	12.4	5:57	6:24

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 6 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.18 kWh/m² to a high of 6.61 kWh/m² in October across the year — February's 6 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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.1	Intense
2	6.1	Intense
3	6.1	Intense
4	6.1	Intense
5	6.1	Intense
6	6.1	Intense
7	6.1	Intense
8	6.1	Intense
9	6.1	Intense
10	6.0	Intense
11	6.0	Intense
12	6.0	Intense
13	6.0	Bright
14	6.0	Bright
15	6.0	Bright
16	5.9	Bright
17	5.9	Bright
18	5.9	Bright
19	5.9	Bright
20	5.9	Bright
21	5.8	Bright
22	5.8	Bright
23	5.8	Bright
24	5.8	Bright
25	5.8	Bright
26	5.8	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Masvingo

In seasonPeak

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

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

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Masvingo?

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

5.8

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

6.1

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Masvingo for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Masvingo in February

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

In February, Masvingo sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Masvingo in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Masvingo peaks around January 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 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	8	10	12	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	8	Very high
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Air quality in Masvingo in February

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Masvingo is worst in September — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.9× the cleanest month (December, 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)	5	6	6	7	9	10	11	13	17	13	7	4
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	5	Good
Feb	6	Good
Mar	6	Good
Apr	7	Good
May	9	Good
Jun	10	Good
Jul	11	Good
Aug	13	Moderate
Sep	17	Moderate
Oct	13	Moderate
Nov	7	Good
Dec	4	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Masvingo?

Masvingo sits at 20.1°S, 30.8°E, 1,091 m above sea level, in Zimbabwe. The nearest listed city is Zvishavane, 85 km away.

Topography around Masvingo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Masvingo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 72 m around an average of 1,081 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 548 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,028 m.

The land around Masvingo is covered by grassland (41%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, shrubs (45%), trees (26%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and shrubs (39%), trees (24%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

72 m

grassland 41%

16 km

548 m

shrubs 45%

80 km

1,028 m

shrubs 39%

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← January Masvingo year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Zvishavane 85 km · Shurugwi 96 km · Gweru 126 km · Chiredzi 140 km · Redcliff 158 km · Kwekwe 165 km · Chipinge 188 km · Gwanda 213 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 Masvingo (-20.0637°, 30.8277°, elevation 1,091 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	28	18
2	28	18
3	28	18
4	28	18
5	28	18
6	28	18
7	28	18
8	28	18
9	28	18
10	28	18
11	28	18
12	28	18
13	28	18
14	28	18
15	28	18
16	27	18
17	27	18
18	27	18
19	27	18
20	27	18
21	27	18
22	27	18
23	27	18
24	27	18
25	27	18
26	27	18
27	27	18
28	27	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	50	50
3	50	50
4	51	49
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	51	49
18	51	49
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	52	48
22	52	48
23	52	48
24	52	48
25	53	47
26	53	47
27	54	46
28	55	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	46
3	45
4	45
5	45
6	44
7	44
8	45
9	45
10	45
11	46
12	46
13	46
14	46
15	47
16	47
17	47
18	47
19	47
20	47
21	47
22	47
23	47
24	47
25	46
26	45
27	45
28	44

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	25	39	33
2	3	25	39	32
3	4	25	39	32
4	4	25	39	32
5	4	25	39	31
6	4	26	39	31
7	4	26	39	31
8	5	26	39	31
9	5	26	38	31
10	5	26	38	31
11	5	26	38	31
12	5	26	38	31
13	5	26	38	31
14	5	26	38	31
15	5	26	38	32
16	5	26	38	32
17	5	26	38	32
18	4	26	38	32
19	4	26	38	32
20	4	26	38	31
21	4	26	39	31
22	4	26	39	30
23	4	27	40	29
24	4	27	40	28
25	4	27	41	28
26	5	27	41	27
27	5	28	42	26
28	5	28	42	25

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	50	50
3	50	50
4	51	49
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	51	49
18	51	49
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	52	48
22	52	48
23	52	48
24	52	48
25	53	47
26	53	47
27	54	46
28	55	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	46
3	45
4	45
5	45
6	44
7	44
8	45
9	45
10	45
11	46
12	46
13	46
14	46
15	47
16	47
17	47
18	47
19	47
20	47
21	47
22	47
23	47
24	47
25	46
26	45
27	45
28	44

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	25	39	33
2	3	25	39	32
3	4	25	39	32
4	4	25	39	32
5	4	25	39	31
6	4	26	39	31
7	4	26	39	31
8	5	26	39	31
9	5	26	38	31
10	5	26	38	31
11	5	26	38	31
12	5	26	38	31
13	5	26	38	31
14	5	26	38	31
15	5	26	38	32
16	5	26	38	32
17	5	26	38	32
18	4	26	38	32
19	4	26	38	32
20	4	26	38	31
21	4	26	39	31
22	4	26	39	30
23	4	27	40	29
24	4	27	40	28
25	4	27	41	28
26	5	27	41	27
27	5	28	42	26
28	5	28	42	25

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	50	50
3	50	50
4	51	49
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	51	49
18	51	49
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	52	48
22	52	48
23	52	48
24	52	48
25	53	47
26	53	47
27	54	46
28	55	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	46
3	45
4	45
5	45
6	44
7	44
8	45
9	45
10	45
11	46
12	46
13	46
14	46
15	47
16	47
17	47
18	47
19	47
20	47
21	47
22	47
23	47
24	47
25	46
26	45
27	45
28	44

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	25	39	33
2	3	25	39	32
3	4	25	39	32
4	4	25	39	32
5	4	25	39	31
6	4	26	39	31
7	4	26	39	31
8	5	26	39	31
9	5	26	38	31
10	5	26	38	31
11	5	26	38	31
12	5	26	38	31
13	5	26	38	31
14	5	26	38	31
15	5	26	38	32
16	5	26	38	32
17	5	26	38	32
18	4	26	38	32
19	4	26	38	32
20	4	26	38	31
21	4	26	39	31
22	4	26	39	30
23	4	27	40	29
24	4	27	40	28
25	4	27	41	28
26	5	27	41	27
27	5	28	42	26
28	5	28	42	25