Climate averages 1991–2020
Awasa weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Awasa: daytime highs average 22.2°C and nights cool to about 14.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 8th 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 Shashamane (21 km away). In August its highs average 20.5°C, 1.6°C cooler than Awasa, with 76 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Awasa ranks joint 18th of 40 for the warmest August highs and joint 6th of 40 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 40 cities is 22.8°C; Awasa is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 23.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 81 mm to 171 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
Awasa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.1°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 17 | 3.2 | 11.812 h |
| February | 27.4°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 21 | 3.4 | 11.912 h |
| March | 27.8°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 72 | 9.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.2°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 156 | 17.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 24.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 177 | 23.6 | 12.412 h |
| June | 22.8°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 70 | 18.8 | 12.513 h |
| July | 21.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 63 | 19.2 | 12.512 h |
| August, selected | 22.2°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 81 | 21.2 | 12.312 h |
| September | 23.1°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 171 | 25.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.5°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 155 | 17.4 | 12.012 h |
| November | 24.4°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 39 | 5.3 | 11.812 h |
| December | 25.1°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 11 | 2.3 | 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
- Shashamane in AugustEthiopia · 21 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 13.3°C · 76 mm rain
- Yirga ‘Alem in AugustEthiopia · 35 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 150 mm rain
- Arsi Negele in AugustEthiopia · 39 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 13.4°C · 248 mm rain
- K’olīto in AugustEthiopia · 52 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 173 mm rain
- Dīla in AugustEthiopia · 74 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 15.3°C · 97 mm rain
- Sodo in AugustEthiopia · 82 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 12.7°C · 253 mm rain
- Āreka in AugustEthiopia · 86 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.0°C · 260 mm rain
- Hosa’ina in AugustEthiopia · 88 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 10.7°C · 284 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 Awasa) is explained once on the Awasa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.