Harare
Capital of Zimbabwe: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Harare skyline: Radozw at Serbian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Harare is the capital of Zimbabwe. About 1.5 million people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Zimbabwe in our atlas.
It lies at 17.83° S, 31.05° E, about 1,494 m (4,902 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Harare time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Harare. Green dots: other major cities of Zimbabwe. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Harare 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.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in ZimbabweNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Chitungwiza · 21 km
- Ruwa · 21 km
- Chinhoyi · 104 km
- Kadoma · 133 km
- Kwekwe · 179 km
- Mutare · 213 km
- Gweru · 222 km
- Bulawayo · 367 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 890299 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q3921 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Harare skyline: Radozw at Serbian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- National Gallery Zimbabwe: Awinda, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 1970s National Museum in Salisbury, Rhodesia 6847123932: Rob from United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Euphorbia cooperi, Harare: Steven Haw, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 1997 Harare Zimbabwe 3140056352: damien_farrell, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
