Climate averages 1991–2020
Aksum weather
in June.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a warm month in Aksum: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 118 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes June a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 57 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Adwa (20 km away). In June its highs average 27.9°C, 1.4°C warmer than Aksum, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Aksum ranks 12th of 40 for the warmest June highs and 22nd of 40 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 40 cities is 24.5°C; Aksum is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 3.9°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 118 mm to 293 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Adwa in JuneEthiopia · 20 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Inda Silasē in JuneEthiopia · 48 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 16.4°C · 215 mm rain
- Ādīgrat in JuneEthiopia · 81 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.0°C · 79 mm rain
- Mek'ele in JuneEthiopia · 107 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 14.9°C · 72 mm rain
- Asmara in JuneEritrea · 137 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 14.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Keren in JuneEritrea · 187 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 19.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Alamata in JuneEthiopia · 210 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Weldiya in JuneEthiopia · 272 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 15.2°C · 36 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.