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Harare in April

Warm and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Harare is warm: highs near 78°F, lows near 57°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 20 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Harare is warm: highs near 26°C, lows near 14°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 20 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
78°F26°Caverage
Low
57°F14°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 23% of days
Daylight
11h 42mon average

Is April a good time to visit Harare?

A good month, just outside Harare's best months, which run from May to August.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How April sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 78°F in April, against 71°F to 86°F through the year.Highs near 26°C in April, against 22°C to 30°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

23% of days in April, against 1% to 70% through the year.

Cloud cover

36% cover in April, against 10% to 75% through the year.

Daylight

11h 42m in April, against 11h 05m to 13h 11m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with April shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. March79°26°low 60°low 16°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. April78°26°low 57°low 14°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. May76°24°low 52°low 11°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Harare sits, in April

Africa/Harare
this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
6:05 AMsets 5:47 PM
Above the sea
1,470 mupland
Latitude
17.8°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Victoria Falls553 km west

The land around Harare, shaded by its typical high in April, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Zimbabwe in April

high · low · wet days
See April on the planning mapThe whole year in Harare

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Harare. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.