Climate averages 1991–2020
Āreka weather
in January.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Āreka: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 46 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gununo (17 km away). In January its highs average 25.6°C, 1.5°C cooler than Āreka, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Āreka ranks 5th of 40 for the warmest January highs and joint 24th of 40 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 40 cities is 25.1°C; Āreka is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 23 mm to 28 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Gununo in JanuaryEthiopia · 17 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 13.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Sodo in JanuaryEthiopia · 24 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 12.4°C · 18 mm rain
- K’olīto in JanuaryEthiopia · 51 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 13.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Hosa’ina in JanuaryEthiopia · 56 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 9.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Awasa in JanuaryEthiopia · 86 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 13.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Yirga ‘Alem in JanuaryEthiopia · 87 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 12.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Dīla in JanuaryEthiopia · 99 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Shashamane in JanuaryEthiopia · 100 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 11.6°C · 9.2 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.