Climate averages 1991–2020

Arsi Negele weather
in January.

A warm, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 23.2°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 11.3°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 33 mm 7 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a warm month in Arsi Negele: daytime highs average 23.2°C and nights cool to about 11.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 45 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Shashamane (19 km away). In January its highs average 23.9°C, 0.8°C warmer than Arsi Negele, with 9.2 mm of rain.

Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Arsi Negele ranks joint 30th of 40 for the warmest January highs and 31st of 40 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 40 cities is 25.1°C; Arsi Negele is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 24.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 33 mm to 40 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Arsi Negele climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Arsi Negele, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	23.2°C11.3°C	11.3°C	33	6.6	11.712 h
February	24.5°C11.9°C	11.9°C	40	6.3	11.912 h
March	24.9°C13.4°C	13.4°C	114	13.5	12.112 h
April	23.6°C14.2°C	14.2°C	263	22.3	12.312 h
May	22.4°C13.9°C	13.9°C	332	28.0	12.512 h
June	21.4°C13.4°C	13.4°C	198	28.1	12.513 h
July	20.2°C13.4°C	13.4°C	193	28.4	12.513 h
August	20.4°C13.4°C	13.4°C	248	29.1	12.412 h
September	21.0°C13.2°C	13.2°C	369	29.3	12.212 h
October	21.3°C13.1°C	13.1°C	261	22.0	12.012 h
November	21.9°C11.9°C	11.9°C	68	8.8	11.812 h
December	22.2°C10.9°C	10.9°C	27	5.4	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

Distance from Arsi Negele

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Arsi Negele) is explained once on the Arsi Negele year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.