Climate averages 1991–2020
Aksum weather
in December.
A warm, very dry month: the joint 8th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Aksum: daytime highs average 24.6°C and nights cool to about 9.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.4 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes December a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 19 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Adwa (20 km away). In December its highs average 25.7°C, 1.1°C warmer than Aksum, with 2.1 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Aksum ranks joint 21st of 40 for the warmest December highs and 3rd of 40 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 40 cities is 24.5°C; Aksum is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.4 mm to 3.0 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
Aksum climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.4°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 3.0 | 0.5 | 11.411 h |
| February | 27.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 11.712 h |
| March | 28.5°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 15 | 2.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.0°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 21 | 4.9 | 12.412 h |
| May | 28.5°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 42 | 6.5 | 12.813 h |
| June | 26.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 118 | 15.5 | 12.913 h |
| July | 22.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 293 | 30.2 | 12.913 h |
| August | 22.2°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 297 | 30.4 | 12.613 h |
| September | 23.9°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 87 | 12.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 24.9°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 9.7 | 1.8 | 11.812 h |
| November | 24.6°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 7.4 | 1.5 | 11.511 h |
| December, selected | 24.6°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 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 · 20 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 9.4°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Inda Silasē in DecemberEthiopia · 48 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 12.8°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Ādīgrat in DecemberEthiopia · 81 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 9.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Mek'ele in DecemberEthiopia · 107 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.4°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Asmara in DecemberEritrea · 137 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.1°C · 36 mm rain
- Keren in DecemberEritrea · 187 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 14.5°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Alamata in DecemberEthiopia · 210 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 12.8°C · 19 mm rain
- Weldiya in DecemberEthiopia · 272 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 Aksum) is explained once on the Aksum year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.