Mutare
City in Zimbabwe: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Mutare aerial: Seabifar, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Mutare is a city in Zimbabwe, in Manicaland. About 224,802 people live in the city proper, making it the 4th largest city of Zimbabwe in our atlas.
It lies at 18.97° S, 32.67° E, about 1,116 m (3,661 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Harare time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Mutare. Green dots: other major cities of Zimbabwe. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Mutare has a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa). The warmest month is usually Oct, with average highs near 30°C (87°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 8°C (46°F). Around 1,062 mm (42 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
- Ruwa · 192 km
- Chitungwiza · 198 km
- Harare · 212 km
- Kadoma · 298 km
- Kwekwe · 300 km
- Gweru · 304 km
- Chinhoyi · 315 km
- Bulawayo · 449 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 884979 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q399322 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Mutare aerial: Seabifar, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)