Climate averages 1991–2020
Aksum weather
in September.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Aksum: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 12.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Adwa (20 km away). In September its highs average 25.2°C, 1.3°C warmer than Aksum, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Aksum ranks 15th of 40 for the warmest September highs and 15th of 40 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 40 cities is 23.6°C; Aksum is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 87 mm to 9.7 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Adwa in SeptemberEthiopia · 20 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 75 mm rain
- Inda Silasē in SeptemberEthiopia · 48 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 14.6°C · 253 mm rain
- Ādīgrat in SeptemberEthiopia · 81 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.8°C · 61 mm rain
- Mek'ele in SeptemberEthiopia · 107 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 67 mm rain
- Asmara in SeptemberEritrea · 137 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 13.4°C · 38 mm rain
- Keren in SeptemberEritrea · 187 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 123 mm rain
- Alamata in SeptemberEthiopia · 210 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 15.6°C · 38 mm rain
- Weldiya in SeptemberEthiopia · 272 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 15.6°C · 43 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.