Harare is the largest city and capital of Zimbabwe. It has an estimated population of 1,600,000. Harare is the site of the University of Zimbabwe, the largest institution of higher learning in Zimbabwe. Harare has a pleasant and healthy Subtropical highland climate. The average annual temperature is 17.95 °C, rather low for the tropics.

Here are three main seasons: a warm, wet season from November to March/April; a cool, dry season from May to August; and a hot, dry season in September October. Daily temperature ranges are about 7 °C to 20 °C in July (the coldest month), about 13 °C to 28 °C in October (the hottest month) and about 15.5 °C to 25 °C in January (midsummer). The hottest year on record was 1914 (19.73 °C) and the coldest year was 1965 (17.13 °C). The average annual rainfall is about 825 mm in the southwest, rising to 855 mm on the higher land of the northeast (from around Borrowdale to Glen Lorne). Very little rain typically falls during the period May to September, although sporadic showers occur most years.