Chinhoyi
City in Zimbabwe: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Chinhoyi caves, Zimbabwe: Suesen, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Chinhoyi is a city in Zimbabwe, in Mashonaland West. About 90,800 people live in the city proper, making it the 9th largest city of Zimbabwe in our atlas.
It lies at 17.37° S, 30.20° E, about 1,153 m (3,783 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Harare time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Chinhoyi. Green dots: other major cities of Zimbabwe. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Chinhoyi has a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa). The warmest month is usually Oct, with average highs near 34°C (94°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 8°C (47°F). Around 853 mm (34 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jan.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
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- Harare · 104 km
- Kadoma · 111 km
- Chitungwiza · 117 km
- Ruwa · 125 km
- Kwekwe · 178 km
- Gweru · 235 km
- Mutare · 317 km
- Bulawayo · 353 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 893697 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q782743 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Chinhoyi caves, Zimbabwe: Suesen, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)