Climate averages 1991–2020
Addis Ababa weather
in February.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Addis Ababa: daytime highs average 23.5°C and nights cool to about 10.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sebeta (19 km away). In February its highs average 24.1°C, 0.6°C warmer than Addis Ababa, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Addis Ababa ranks 35th of 40 for the warmest February highs and 20th of 40 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 40 cities is 26.4°C; Addis Ababa is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 65 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Sebeta in FebruaryEthiopia · 19 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 10.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Bishoftu in FebruaryEthiopia · 40 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 11.1°C · 8.6 mm rain
- Nazrēt in FebruaryEthiopia · 78 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 14.0°C · 5.0 mm rain
- Mek’ī in FebruaryEthiopia · 98 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 15.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Hāgere Hiywet in FebruaryEthiopia · 99 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 12.6°C · 42 mm rain
- Waliso in FebruaryEthiopia · 102 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 12.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Butajīra in FebruaryEthiopia · 109 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 12.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in FebruaryEthiopia · 113 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 8.2°C · 56 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.