Climate averages 1991–2020
Aksum weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the 6th 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 Aksum: daytime highs average 25.4°C and nights cool to about 9.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 23 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Adwa (20 km away). In January its highs average 26.5°C, 1.1°C warmer than Aksum, with 4.8 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Aksum ranks joint 19th of 40 for the warmest January highs and 5th of 40 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 40 cities is 25.1°C; Aksum is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 3.0 mm to 1.5 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
Aksum climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Adwa in JanuaryEthiopia · 20 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 10.0°C · 4.8 mm rain
- Inda Silasē in JanuaryEthiopia · 48 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 12.6°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Ādīgrat in JanuaryEthiopia · 81 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 9.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Mek'ele in JanuaryEthiopia · 107 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 10.9°C · 23 mm rain
- Asmara in JanuaryEritrea · 137 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 9.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Keren in JanuaryEritrea · 187 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 14.0°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Alamata in JanuaryEthiopia · 210 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 12.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Weldiya in JanuaryEthiopia · 272 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 12.0°C · 69 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.