Harare
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Harare is the capital and largest city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of 982.3 km2 (379.3 sq mi), a population of 1,849,600 as of the 2022 census, and an estimated 2,487,209 people in its metropolitan province. The city is situated in north-eastern Zimbabwe in the country's Mashonaland region. Harare Metropolitan Province incorporates the city and the municipalities of Chitungwiza, Epworth and Ruwa. The city sits on a plateau at an elevation of 1,483 metres above sea level, and its climate falls into the subtropical highland category.
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The next week in Harare
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Partly cloudy
24° / 14°
UV High
Sat
Overcast
24° / 13°
UV High
Sun
Overcast
23° / 13°
UV High
Mon
Drizzle
23° / 13°
0.8 mm
UV High
Tue
Drizzle
22° / 13°
UV High
Wed
Drizzle
23° / 14°
0.9 mm
UV High
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
30° / 5°
Typical high / low
0 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
11.3h
06:13 – 17:30local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Harare
1 commercial airport within 100 km. Closest is Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport (HRE) at 12 km.
Getting around Harare
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
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- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
Public domain, Fvasconcellos (talk · contribs).
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.