Climate averages 1991–2020
Āreka weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Āreka: daytime highs average 22.1°C and nights cool to about 14.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 260 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gununo (17 km away). In August its highs average 21.1°C, 1.0°C cooler than Āreka, with 260 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Āreka ranks 20th of 40 for the warmest August highs and joint 26th of 40 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 40 cities is 22.8°C; Āreka is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 260 mm to 267 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
Āreka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.1°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 23 | 4.1 | 11.812 h |
| February | 28.1°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 28 | 5.1 | 11.912 h |
| March | 27.8°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 93 | 12.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.9°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 210 | 22.3 | 12.312 h |
| May | 24.2°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 241 | 26.5 | 12.412 h |
| June | 22.6°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 193 | 26.1 | 12.513 h |
| July | 21.8°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 236 | 27.8 | 12.512 h |
| August, selected | 22.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 260 | 28.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 23.0°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 267 | 27.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 24.3°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 160 | 18.5 | 12.012 h |
| November | 25.8°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 47 | 5.9 | 11.812 h |
| December | 26.5°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 18 | 2.7 | 11.712 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
- Gununo in AugustEthiopia · 17 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 13.1°C · 260 mm rain
- Sodo in AugustEthiopia · 24 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 12.7°C · 253 mm rain
- K’olīto in AugustEthiopia · 51 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 173 mm rain
- Hosa’ina in AugustEthiopia · 56 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 10.7°C · 284 mm rain
- Awasa in AugustEthiopia · 86 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 14.3°C · 81 mm rain
- Yirga ‘Alem in AugustEthiopia · 87 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 150 mm rain
- Dīla in AugustEthiopia · 99 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 15.3°C · 97 mm rain
- Shashamane in AugustEthiopia · 100 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 13.3°C · 76 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 Āreka) is explained once on the Āreka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Gununo lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.