Climate averages 1991–2020

Alamata weather
in January.

A warm, fairly dry month: the coolest and the joint 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 23.3°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 12.9°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 38 mm 8 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a warm month in Alamata: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 12.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 29 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Weldiya (66 km away). In January its highs average 22.1°C, 1.2°C cooler than Alamata, with 69 mm of rain.

Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Alamata ranks 29th of 40 for the warmest January highs and 33rd of 40 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 40 cities is 25.1°C; Alamata is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 38 mm to 36 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Alamata, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	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	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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Alamata

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 limits

How 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.