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Bulawayo

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Weather

Bulawayo is located at higher altitude. Here, summers are close to 30 degrees Celcius during the day, around 15 or 16 degrees at night. Winters (June - September) are above 20 degrees during the day, dropping to a rather chilly 7 degrees at night. Most rain falls between December and February, close to 200 mm a month in some places. June to September is almost completely dry.

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Getting There

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By Train

Since 2006, there is a thrice a week train between Francistown in Botswana and Bulawayo. The train leaves Francistown on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays around 9am and arrives approximately 6 hours later in Bulawayo. In the other direction, the train leaves Bulawayo at 9.30am on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, taking 5 and a half hours.

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Getting Around

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Sleep

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PropertyAddressTypePopularity
Bulawayo Burn Side Cottage10 Barbet lane, Burn side, BulawayoApartment-

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Coordinates
  • Latitude: -20.1499546
  • Longitude: 28.5818732

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