Climate averages 1991–2020
Addis Ababa weather
in August.
A mild, very wet month: one of the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Addis Ababa: daytime highs average 19.8°C and nights cool to about 11.2°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 407 mm of rain on roughly 31 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sebeta (19 km away). In August its highs average 20.1°C, about as warm as Addis Ababa, with 426 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Addis Ababa ranks 35th of 40 for the warmest August highs and 35th of 40 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 40 cities is 22.8°C; Addis Ababa is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 20.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 407 mm to 275 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Addis Ababa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 15 | 3.3 | 11.712 h |
| February | 23.5°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 19 | 4.2 | 11.812 h |
| March | 23.7°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 65 | 9.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 23.3°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 142 | 13.6 | 12.312 h |
| May | 22.9°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 177 | 13.6 | 12.513 h |
| June | 21.3°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 267 | 23.5 | 12.613 h |
| July | 19.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 377 | 30.9 | 12.613 h |
| August, selected | 19.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 407 | 31.0 | 12.412 h |
| September | 20.0°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 275 | 24.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 20.8°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 48 | 6.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 21.6°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 9.5 | 1.8 | 11.712 h |
| December | 21.7°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 5.8 | 1.2 | 11.612 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Sebeta in AugustEthiopia · 19 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 11.2°C · 426 mm rain
- Bishoftu in AugustEthiopia · 40 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.8°C · 197 mm rain
- Nazrēt in AugustEthiopia · 78 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 15.8°C · 83 mm rain
- Mek’ī in AugustEthiopia · 98 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.7°C · 146 mm rain
- Hāgere Hiywet in AugustEthiopia · 99 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.4°C · 290 mm rain
- Waliso in AugustEthiopia · 102 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 12.4°C · 243 mm rain
- Butajīra in AugustEthiopia · 109 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 12.9°C · 346 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in AugustEthiopia · 113 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 9.9°C · 579 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Addis Ababa) is explained once on the Addis Ababa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.