Chitungwiza
City in Zimbabwe: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Chitungwiza Shopping Center: Tatenda Chipwanya, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Chitungwiza is a city in Zimbabwe, in Harare. About 371,246 people live in the city proper, making it the 3rd largest city of Zimbabwe in our atlas.
It lies at 18.01° S, 31.08° E, about 1,435 m (4,708 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Harare time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Chitungwiza. Green dots: other major cities of Zimbabwe. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Chitungwiza has a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa). The warmest month is usually Oct, with average highs near 31°C (87°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 6°C (43°F). Around 788 mm (31 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Dec.
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.
What to eat in ZimbabweNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Harare · 21 km
- Ruwa · 22 km
- Chinhoyi · 117 km
- Kadoma · 128 km
- Kwekwe · 167 km
- Mutare · 199 km
- Gweru · 208 km
- Bulawayo · 354 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1106542 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q399119 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Chitungwiza Shopping Center: Tatenda Chipwanya, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)