Climate averages 1991–2020
Āreka weather
in February.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Āreka: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 14.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gununo (17 km away). In February its highs average 26.6°C, 1.5°C cooler than Āreka, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Āreka ranks 8th of 40 for the warmest February highs and joint 25th of 40 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 40 cities is 26.4°C; Āreka is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 28 mm to 93 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Gununo in FebruaryEthiopia · 17 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 14.2°C · 28 mm rain
- Sodo in FebruaryEthiopia · 24 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 13.3°C · 21 mm rain
- K’olīto in FebruaryEthiopia · 51 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 14.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Hosa’ina in FebruaryEthiopia · 56 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 10.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Awasa in FebruaryEthiopia · 86 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 14.0°C · 21 mm rain
- Yirga ‘Alem in FebruaryEthiopia · 87 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 13.5°C · 34 mm rain
- Dīla in FebruaryEthiopia · 99 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Shashamane in FebruaryEthiopia · 100 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 12.4°C · 13 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.