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Harare in January

Warm and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Harare is warm: highs near 79°F, lows near 62°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, and the days shorten by 11 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Harare is warm: highs near 26°C, lows near 17°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, and the days shorten by 11 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
79°F26°Caverage
Low
62°F17°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 70% of days
Daylight
13h 04mon average

Is January a good time to visit Harare?

January sits outside Harare's best months, which run from May to August. Expect warm days and rain on about five days a week.

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 January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 79°F in January, against 71°F to 86°F through the year.Highs near 26°C in January, against 22°C to 30°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

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

Cloud cover

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

Daylight

13h 04m in January, against 11h 05m to 13h 11m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. December81°27°low 62°low 17°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. January79°26°low 62°low 17°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. February80°27°low 62°low 17°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Harare sits, in January

Africa/Harare
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
5:32 AMsets 6:37 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 January, 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 January

high · low · wet days
See January 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.