Ruwa
City in Zimbabwe: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Ruwa is a city in Zimbabwe, in Mashonaland East Province. About 94,083 people live in the city proper, making it the 8th largest city of Zimbabwe in our atlas.
It lies at 17.89° S, 31.24° E, about 1,562 m (5,125 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Harare time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Ruwa. Green dots: other major cities of Zimbabwe. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Ruwa 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.
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- Harare · 21 km
- Chitungwiza · 22 km
- Chinhoyi · 125 km
- Kadoma · 149 km
- Kwekwe · 190 km
- Mutare · 193 km
- Gweru · 230 km
- Bulawayo · 377 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 882009 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1972938 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.