Kadoma
City in Zimbabwe: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Kadoma Townhall: Lindeiner, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Kadoma is a city in Zimbabwe, in Mashonaland West. About 117,381 people live in the city proper, making it the 7th largest city of Zimbabwe in our atlas.
It lies at 18.33° S, 29.92° E, about 1,176 m (3,858 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Harare time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Kadoma. Green dots: other major cities of Zimbabwe. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Kadoma has a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa). The warmest month is usually Oct, with average highs near 34°C (93°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 7°C (45°F). Around 708 mm (28 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
- Kwekwe · 67 km
- Chinhoyi · 111 km
- Gweru · 124 km
- Chitungwiza · 127 km
- Harare · 132 km
- Ruwa · 148 km
- Bulawayo · 246 km
- Mutare · 299 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 889453 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q381560 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Kadoma Townhall: Lindeiner, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)