Climate averages 1991–2020
Addis Ababa weather
in January.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Addis Ababa: daytime highs average 22.3°C and nights cool to about 9.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 40 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sebeta (19 km away). In January its highs average 22.8°C, about as warm as Addis Ababa, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Addis Ababa ranks 35th of 40 for the warmest January highs and 21st of 40 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 40 cities is 25.1°C; Addis Ababa is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 23.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 19 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Sebeta in JanuaryEthiopia · 19 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 9.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Bishoftu in JanuaryEthiopia · 40 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 9.9°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Nazrēt in JanuaryEthiopia · 78 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 12.7°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Mek’ī in JanuaryEthiopia · 98 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 14.4°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Hāgere Hiywet in JanuaryEthiopia · 99 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 12.0°C · 35 mm rain
- Waliso in JanuaryEthiopia · 102 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.6°C · 10 mm rain
- Butajīra in JanuaryEthiopia · 109 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 11.9°C · 44 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in JanuaryEthiopia · 113 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 7.4°C · 49 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.