Climate averages 1991–2020
Aksum weather
in July.
A warm, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Aksum: daytime highs average 22.6°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 293 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 52 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Adwa (20 km away). In July its highs average 23.9°C, 1.3°C warmer than Aksum, with 229 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Aksum ranks joint 14th of 40 for the warmest July highs and 33rd of 40 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 40 cities is 22.9°C; Aksum is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 22.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 293 mm to 297 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Adwa in JulyEthiopia · 20 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 229 mm rain
- Inda Silasē in JulyEthiopia · 48 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 433 mm rain
- Ādīgrat in JulyEthiopia · 81 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.7°C · 330 mm rain
- Mek'ele in JulyEthiopia · 107 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.4°C · 228 mm rain
- Asmara in JulyEritrea · 137 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 14.0°C · 182 mm rain
- Keren in JulyEritrea · 187 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 18.1°C · 86 mm rain
- Alamata in JulyEthiopia · 210 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 17.1°C · 226 mm rain
- Weldiya in JulyEthiopia · 272 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 15.5°C · 288 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.