Climate averages 1991–2020
Alamata weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 5th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Alamata: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 16.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 226 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes August a very wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Weldiya (66 km away). In August its highs average 26.9°C, 1.3°C cooler than Alamata, with 253 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Alamata ranks 5th of 40 for the warmest August highs and 21st of 40 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 40 cities is 22.8°C; Alamata is 5.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 226 mm to 38 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Alamata climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.3°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 38 | 7.5 | 11.511 h |
| February | 24.7°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 36 | 6.9 | 11.712 h |
| March | 26.0°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 67 | 12.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.6°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 57 | 11.1 | 12.412 h |
| May | 30.0°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 27 | 4.9 | 12.713 h |
| June | 31.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 45 | 7.8 | 12.813 h |
| July | 29.0°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 226 | 26.6 | 12.813 h |
| August, selected | 28.1°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 226 | 26.3 | 12.513 h |
| September | 28.6°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 38 | 6.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.1°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 8.4 | 2.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 25.4°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 13 | 2.7 | 11.612 h |
| December | 24.0°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 19 | 2.9 | 11.411 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
August in nearby cities
- Weldiya in AugustEthiopia · 66 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.0°C · 253 mm rain
- Mek'ele in AugustEthiopia · 121 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 284 mm rain
- Dessie in AugustEthiopia · 143 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 10.5°C · 131 mm rain
- Kombolcha in AugustEthiopia · 150 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.5°C · 176 mm rain
- Adwa in AugustEthiopia · 207 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 270 mm rain
- Ādīgrat in AugustEthiopia · 207 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.8°C · 311 mm rain
- Aksum in AugustEthiopia · 210 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 14.0°C · 297 mm rain
- Inda Silasē in AugustEthiopia · 233 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 15.2°C · 507 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 Alamata) is explained once on the Alamata year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.