According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Zimbabwe is April to May and November. Plan 10–14 days.
Best months for Zimbabwe
- Best months
- April to May and November
- How long to stay
- 10–14 days
- Continent
- Africa
What Zimbabwe is best for
Famous for Victoria Falls, Big Five safaris in Hwange and Mana Pools, and Great Zimbabwe ruins.
- Prices
- €€ · about the same as in Slovakia
Weather in Zimbabwe by month
Monthly averages around Harare; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about 21 °C | a lot of rain (174 mm) |
| February | about 21 °C | a lot of rain (141 mm) |
| March | about 20 °C | some rain (90 mm) |
| April best | about 19 °C | some rain (30 mm) |
| May best | about 16 °C | little rain (6 mm) |
| June | about 14 °C | little rain (3 mm) |
| July | about 14 °C | little rain (18 mm) |
| August | about 16 °C | little rain (3 mm) |
| September | about 20 °C | little rain (6 mm) |
| October | about 22 °C | little rain (24 mm) |
| November best | about 23 °C | some rain (93 mm) |
| December | about 22 °C | a lot of rain (189 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Zimbabwe
- Capital
- Harare
- Languages
- Shona, English and North Ndebele
- Currencies
- US Dollar (USD) and Zimbabwean Gold (ZWG)
- Time
- UTC+2
- Plugs
- Type G · 220 V
- Driving
- On the left
- Calling code
- +263
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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