Climate averages 1991–2020
Adwa weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Adwa: daytime highs average 23.4°C and nights cool to about 14.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 270 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 36 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aksum (20 km away). In August its highs average 22.2°C, 1.2°C cooler than Adwa, with 297 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Adwa ranks joint 10th of 40 for the warmest August highs and 28th of 40 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 40 cities is 22.8°C; Adwa is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 270 mm to 75 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
Adwa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.5°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 4.8 | 0.7 | 11.411 h |
| February | 28.4°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 2.6 | 0.6 | 11.712 h |
| March | 29.4°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 17 | 3.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.8°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 22 | 5.6 | 12.412 h |
| May | 29.6°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 32 | 6.3 | 12.813 h |
| June | 27.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 58 | 11.2 | 12.913 h |
| July | 23.9°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 229 | 28.4 | 12.913 h |
| August, selected | 23.4°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 270 | 29.6 | 12.613 h |
| September | 25.2°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 75 | 10.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 26.0°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 9.5 | 1.6 | 11.812 h |
| November | 25.7°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 7.4 | 1.4 | 11.511 h |
| December | 25.7°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 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
- Aksum in AugustEthiopia · 20 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 14.0°C · 297 mm rain
- Ādīgrat in AugustEthiopia · 62 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.8°C · 311 mm rain
- Inda Silasē in AugustEthiopia · 67 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 15.2°C · 507 mm rain
- Mek'ele in AugustEthiopia · 97 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 284 mm rain
- Asmara in AugustEritrea · 131 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.3°C · 211 mm rain
- Keren in AugustEritrea · 186 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 · 270 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 Adwa) is explained once on the Adwa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.