Weather and climate

Gonarezhou National Park weather

What it is doing right now, what the next two weeks look like, and what each month of the year means for the game viewing.

Right now in the park

—

The next two weeks

Straight from the forecast, updated when you open this page. Useful if you are packing. Not useful for choosing a month, which is what the year below is for.

Loading the forecast

The year at a glance

Bars are rainfall, the line is the daytime high. Thirty-year averages. The green band marks the months this park is at its driest, which is when most people want to be here.

Rainfall in millimetres along the bottom. Highest month 98 mm, daytime highs from 13.3 to 32.5 degrees.

Every month, and what it means for the wildlife

The temperature tells you what to pack. The rainfall column decides what you will see.

Month	Day	Night	Rain	Wet days	What that means here
January	31.9°C	21.9°C	98 mm	11	The park is officially closed to tourists. These are the Trust's own exact dates; do not plan around them.
February	31.1°C	21.7°C	74 mm	9	The park is officially closed to tourists. These are the Trust's own exact dates; do not plan around them.
March	30.6°C	21.0°C	46 mm	7	The park is officially closed to tourists. These are the Trust's own exact dates; do not plan around them.
April	29.7°C	19.2°C	18 mm	3	The Trust's own peak season: cool, dry, comfortable days, everything open, and the best months for camping in comfort.
May	26.9°C	16.2°C	13 mm	2	The Trust's own peak season: cool, dry, comfortable days, everything open, and the best months for camping in comfort.
June prime	24.7°C	13.9°C	8 mm	2	The Trust's own peak season: cool, dry, comfortable days, everything open, and the best months for camping in comfort.
July prime	24.4°C	13.3°C	5 mm	1	The Trust's own peak season: cool, dry, comfortable days, everything open, and the best months for camping in comfort.
August prime	27.1°C	14.7°C	3 mm	1	The Trust's own peak season: cool, dry, comfortable days, everything open, and the best months for camping in comfort.
September prime	30.3°C	17.3°C	11 mm	2	Peak dry season and the best game viewing of the year, as animals concentrate on the remaining water. October and November are the hottest months.
October	32.5°C	19.5°C	26 mm	4	Peak dry season and the best game viewing of the year, as animals concentrate on the remaining water. October and November are the hottest months.
November	30.8°C	20.3°C	78 mm	9	Peak dry season and the best game viewing of the year, as animals concentrate on the remaining water. October and November are the hottest months.
December	30.8°C	21.2°C	95 mm	11	The rains arrive, remote and bush camps begin to close, game disperses and access tightens. The green landscape is beautiful but the practical window is narrowing.

Climate figures are Open-Meteo climate normals, 1991 to 2020, taken at -21.65, 31.85. The wildlife column is ours, from the sources on the best time to visit page. Averages hide bad years: a dry January still happens, and so does a wet July.