Norton weather in April

In April, Norton sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 26 mm of rain across 4.1 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 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 49% 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 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Norton's 7th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Norton's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 26 mm; 4.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 6:10 AM – 5:45 PM
Cloud cover: 43%; 7th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.47 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.9; out of 10

Norton is town in Mashonaland West Province, Zimbabwe.

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 26°C through the month.

A typical April day in Norton reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°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)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25
Avg low (°C)	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

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

Norton 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	27° / 18°	192	19	13	5.1
Feb	27° / 17°	125	14.3	12.6	5.6
Mar	27° / 17°	80	10.9	12.1	6.5
Apr	26° / 14°	26	4.1	11.6	7.9
May	24° / 11°	7	1.2	11.2	9.0
Jun	22° / 9°	2	0.2	10.9	8.9
Jul	22° / 9°	1	0.3	11	8.9
Aug	25° / 11°	0	0.1	11.4	9.3
Sep	28° / 14°	3	0.7	11.9	7.9
Oct	30° / 16°	26	4.2	12.4	6.3
Nov	29° / 18°	87	12.7	12.8	5.4
Dec	27° / 18°	171	19.2	13.1	5.1

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 49% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 26%. 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 (%)	64	64	64	65	65	65	65	66	66	68	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	76	77	77	79	80	81	82	82	84	84	84	86	86
Cloudier (%)	36	36	36	35	35	35	35	34	34	32	32	31	30	29	28	27	26	24	23	23	21	20	19	18	18	16	16	16	14	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	69	31
13	70	30
14	71	29
15	72	28
16	73	27
17	74	26
18	76	24
19	77	23
20	77	23
21	79	21
22	80	20
23	81	19
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	84	16
27	84	16
28	84	16
29	86	14
30	86	14

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Norton gets around 26 mm of rain over 4.1 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 14% and peaks near 22% 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 (%)	22	21	20	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	9	9	8	8	7	7

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

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 58% 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 (%)	32	34	36	38	40	42	44	46	47	49	50	52	54	55	57	58	60	62	63	64	67	68	71	72	74	77	78	80	82	84
Comfortable (%)	43	43	43	42	42	41	41	40	40	39	38	37	36	35	34	33	31	30	29	28	26	25	23	22	21	19	18	17	15	14
Humid (%)	26	24	22	20	18	17	15	14	13	12	12	11	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	4	4	3	3	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	32	43	26
2	34	43	24
3	36	43	22
4	38	42	20
5	40	42	18
6	42	41	17
7	44	41	15
8	46	40	14
9	47	40	13
10	49	39	12
11	50	38	12
12	52	37	11
13	54	36	10
14	55	35	10
15	57	34	9
16	58	33	9
17	60	31	9
18	62	30	8
19	63	29	8
20	64	28	8
21	67	26	7
22	68	25	7
23	71	23	6
24	72	22	6
25	74	21	5
26	77	19	4
27	78	18	4
28	80	17	3
29	82	15	3
30	84	14	2

Wind in April

Winds average 10 km/h in April.

Across April, 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.

	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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
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12	10	calm
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14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	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

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of April to 11 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:06 AM to 6:13 AM, and sunset from 5:57 PM to 5:36 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	11.8	11.7	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	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:13
Sunset (PM)	5:57	5:56	5:56	5:55	5:54	5:53	5:52	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	5:37	5:36	5:36

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.8	6:06	5:57
2	11.8	6:07	5:56
3	11.8	6:07	5:56
4	11.8	6:07	5:55
5	11.8	6:07	5:54
6	11.8	6:07	5:53
7	11.7	6:08	5:52
8	11.7	6:08	5:52
9	11.7	6:08	5:51
10	11.7	6:08	5:50
11	11.7	6:08	5:49
12	11.7	6:09	5:48
13	11.6	6:09	5:48
14	11.6	6:09	5:47
15	11.6	6:09	5:46
16	11.6	6:10	5:45
17	11.6	6:10	5:45
18	11.6	6:10	5:44
19	11.5	6:10	5:43
20	11.5	6:11	5:42
21	11.5	6:11	5:42
22	11.5	6:11	5:41
23	11.5	6:11	5:40
24	11.5	6:12	5:40
25	11.5	6:12	5:39
26	11.4	6:12	5:38
27	11.4	6:12	5:38
28	11.4	6:13	5:37
29	11.4	6:13	5:36
30	11.4	6:13	5:36

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.47 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 — April's 5.47 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)	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4
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	5.6	Bright
2	5.6	Bright
3	5.6	Bright
4	5.6	Bright
5	5.6	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.5	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.5	Bright
17	5.5	Bright
18	5.5	Bright
19	5.5	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.5	Bright
26	5.5	Bright
27	5.5	Bright
28	5.4	Bright
29	5.4	Bright
30	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Norton

In seasonPeak

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

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

Monsoon

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Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Norton?

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

7.9

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

7.4

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Norton in April

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

In April, Norton sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Norton in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Norton 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	16	14	14	11	9	8	8	9	10	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	10	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Air quality in Norton 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 Norton 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).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	11	15	17	23	34	39	48	53	43	29	17	12
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	11	Good
Feb	15	Moderate
Mar	17	Moderate
Apr	23	Moderate
May	34	Moderate
Jun	39	Poor
Jul	48	Poor
Aug	53	Poor
Sep	43	Poor
Oct	29	Moderate
Nov	17	Moderate
Dec	12	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Norton?

Norton sits at 17.9°S, 30.7°E, 1,364 m above sea level, in Zimbabwe. The nearest listed city is Harare Western Suburbs, 19 km away.

Topography around Norton

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Norton has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 36 m around an average of 1,358 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 174 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 777 m.

The land around Norton is covered by grassland (42%) and cropland (29%) within 3 km, grassland (45%) and cropland (25%) within 16 km, and grassland (40%), cropland (23%) and shrubs (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

36 m

grassland 42%

16 km

174 m

grassland 45%

80 km

777 m

grassland 40%

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

April weather nearby: Harare Western Suburbs 19 km · Mount Hampden 30 km · Harare 38 km · Chitungwiza 42 km · Epworth 47 km · Ruwa 58 km · Chegutu 65 km · Chinhoyi 78 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 Norton (-17.8833°, 30.7°, elevation 1,364 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	26	16
2	26	15
3	26	15
4	26	15
5	26	15
6	26	15
7	26	15
8	26	15
9	26	15
10	26	15
11	26	15
12	26	14
13	26	14
14	26	14
15	26	14
16	26	14
17	26	14
18	26	14
19	26	14
20	26	14
21	26	14
22	26	14
23	26	14
24	26	13
25	26	13
26	26	13
27	25	13
28	25	13
29	25	13
30	25	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	69	31
13	70	30
14	71	29
15	72	28
16	73	27
17	74	26
18	76	24
19	77	23
20	77	23
21	79	21
22	80	20
23	81	19
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	84	16
27	84	16
28	84	16
29	86	14
30	86	14

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	32	43	26
2	34	43	24
3	36	43	22
4	38	42	20
5	40	42	18
6	42	41	17
7	44	41	15
8	46	40	14
9	47	40	13
10	49	39	12
11	50	38	12
12	52	37	11
13	54	36	10
14	55	35	10
15	57	34	9
16	58	33	9
17	60	31	9
18	62	30	8
19	63	29	8
20	64	28	8
21	67	26	7
22	68	25	7
23	71	23	6
24	72	22	6
25	74	21	5
26	77	19	4
27	78	18	4
28	80	17	3
29	82	15	3
30	84	14	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	69	31
13	70	30
14	71	29
15	72	28
16	73	27
17	74	26
18	76	24
19	77	23
20	77	23
21	79	21
22	80	20
23	81	19
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	84	16
27	84	16
28	84	16
29	86	14
30	86	14

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	32	43	26
2	34	43	24
3	36	43	22
4	38	42	20
5	40	42	18
6	42	41	17
7	44	41	15
8	46	40	14
9	47	40	13
10	49	39	12
11	50	38	12
12	52	37	11
13	54	36	10
14	55	35	10
15	57	34	9
16	58	33	9
17	60	31	9
18	62	30	8
19	63	29	8
20	64	28	8
21	67	26	7
22	68	25	7
23	71	23	6
24	72	22	6
25	74	21	5
26	77	19	4
27	78	18	4
28	80	17	3
29	82	15	3
30	84	14	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	69	31
13	70	30
14	71	29
15	72	28
16	73	27
17	74	26
18	76	24
19	77	23
20	77	23
21	79	21
22	80	20
23	81	19
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	84	16
27	84	16
28	84	16
29	86	14
30	86	14

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	32	43	26
2	34	43	24
3	36	43	22
4	38	42	20
5	40	42	18
6	42	41	17
7	44	41	15
8	46	40	14
9	47	40	13
10	49	39	12
11	50	38	12
12	52	37	11
13	54	36	10
14	55	35	10
15	57	34	9
16	58	33	9
17	60	31	9
18	62	30	8
19	63	29	8
20	64	28	8
21	67	26	7
22	68	25	7
23	71	23	6
24	72	22	6
25	74	21	5
26	77	19	4
27	78	18	4
28	80	17	3
29	82	15	3
30	84	14	2