Climate averages 1991–2020
Ādīgrat weather
in August.
A mild, very wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Ādīgrat: daytime highs average 21.7°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 311 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 36 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Adwa (62 km away). In August its highs average 23.4°C, 1.7°C warmer than Ādīgrat, with 270 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Ādīgrat ranks 24th of 40 for the warmest August highs and 33rd of 40 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 40 cities is 22.8°C; Ādīgrat is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 311 mm to 61 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
Ādīgrat climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.9°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 54 | 12.1 | 11.411 h |
| February | 22.1°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 56 | 11.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 23.0°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 109 | 16.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 148 | 16.5 | 12.412 h |
| May | 23.9°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 68 | 9.8 | 12.813 h |
| June | 24.3°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 79 | 11.4 | 13.013 h |
| July | 21.7°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 330 | 29.4 | 12.913 h |
| August, selected | 21.7°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 311 | 28.1 | 12.613 h |
| September | 22.6°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 61 | 7.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 21.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 24 | 4.0 | 11.812 h |
| November | 21.1°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 33 | 5.6 | 11.511 h |
| December | 20.6°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 31 | 6.0 | 11.311 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
- Adwa in AugustEthiopia · 62 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 270 mm rain
- Aksum in AugustEthiopia · 81 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 14.0°C · 297 mm rain
- Mek'ele in AugustEthiopia · 87 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 284 mm rain
- Inda Silasē in AugustEthiopia · 129 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 15.2°C · 507 mm rain
- Asmara in AugustEritrea · 131 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.3°C · 211 mm rain
- Keren in AugustEritrea · 199 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 193 mm rain
- Alamata in AugustEthiopia · 207 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 16.5°C · 226 mm rain
- Weldiya in AugustEthiopia · 273 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.0°C · 253 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 Ādīgrat) is explained once on the Ādīgrat year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.