Climate averages 1991–2020
Ādīgrat weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Ādīgrat: daytime highs average 20.6°C and nights cool to about 9.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 18 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Adwa (62 km away). In December its highs average 25.7°C, 5.0°C warmer than Ādīgrat, with 2.1 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Ādīgrat ranks 38th of 40 for the warmest December highs and 38th of 40 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 40 cities is 24.5°C; Ādīgrat is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 20.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 31 mm to 54 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Adwa in DecemberEthiopia · 62 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 9.4°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Aksum in DecemberEthiopia · 81 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 9.4°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Mek'ele in DecemberEthiopia · 87 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.4°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Inda Silasē in DecemberEthiopia · 129 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 12.8°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Asmara in DecemberEritrea · 131 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.1°C · 36 mm rain
- Keren in DecemberEritrea · 199 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 14.5°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Alamata in DecemberEthiopia · 207 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 12.8°C · 19 mm rain
- Weldiya in DecemberEthiopia · 273 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 11.4°C · 39 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.