Climate averages 1991–2020
Āreka weather
in December.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Āreka: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 13.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 43 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gununo (17 km away). In December its highs average 25.0°C, 1.6°C cooler than Āreka, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Āreka ranks 5th of 40 for the warmest December highs and joint 28th of 40 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 40 cities is 24.5°C; Āreka is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 23 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Gununo in DecemberEthiopia · 17 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Sodo in DecemberEthiopia · 24 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 11.8°C · 15 mm rain
- K’olīto in DecemberEthiopia · 51 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 13.2°C · 4.8 mm rain
- Hosa’ina in DecemberEthiopia · 56 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 9.1°C · 19 mm rain
- Awasa in DecemberEthiopia · 86 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 12.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Yirga ‘Alem in DecemberEthiopia · 87 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 12.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Dīla in DecemberEthiopia · 99 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.2°C · 56 mm rain
- Shashamane in DecemberEthiopia · 100 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 11.1°C · 4.2 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.