Climate averages 1991–2020
Alamata weather
in September.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Alamata: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 15.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Weldiya (66 km away). In September its highs average 26.8°C, 1.8°C cooler than Alamata, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Alamata ranks 5th of 40 for the warmest September highs and 5th of 40 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 40 cities is 23.6°C; Alamata is 5.0°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 38 mm to 8.4 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
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 | 28.1°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 226 | 26.3 | 12.513 h |
| September, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Weldiya in SeptemberEthiopia · 66 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 15.6°C · 43 mm rain
- Mek'ele in SeptemberEthiopia · 121 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 67 mm rain
- Dessie in SeptemberEthiopia · 143 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 9.7°C · 59 mm rain
- Kombolcha in SeptemberEthiopia · 150 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 13.6°C · 74 mm rain
- Adwa in SeptemberEthiopia · 207 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 75 mm rain
- Ādīgrat in SeptemberEthiopia · 207 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.8°C · 61 mm rain
- Aksum in SeptemberEthiopia · 210 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 12.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Inda Silasē in SeptemberEthiopia · 233 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 14.6°C · 253 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.