Climate averages 1991–2020
Bahir Dar weather
in August.
A mild, very wet month: one of the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Bahir Dar: daytime highs average 21.4°C and nights cool to about 15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 524 mm of rain on roughly 31 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Debre Mark’os (143 km away). In August its highs average 18.4°C, 3.0°C cooler than Bahir Dar, with 417 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Bahir Dar ranks 25th of 40 for the warmest August highs and 39th of 40 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 40 cities is 22.8°C; Bahir Dar is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 22.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 524 mm to 248 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
Bahir Dar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 2.9 | 0.7 | 11.512 h |
| February | 27.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 3.8 | 0.9 | 11.812 h |
| March | 28.0°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 16 | 3.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.0°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 26 | 5.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 26.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 102 | 15.0 | 12.713 h |
| June | 23.5°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 284 | 26.0 | 12.813 h |
| July | 21.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 521 | 30.9 | 12.713 h |
| August, selected | 21.4°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 524 | 30.9 | 12.513 h |
| September | 22.5°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 248 | 26.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 58 | 11.2 | 11.912 h |
| November | 24.1°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 15 | 3.5 | 11.612 h |
| December | 24.7°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 3.6 | 1.0 | 11.511 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
- Debre Mark’os in AugustEthiopia · 143 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 11.2°C · 417 mm rain
- Weldiya in AugustEthiopia · 241 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.0°C · 253 mm rain
- Dessie in AugustEthiopia · 250 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 10.5°C · 131 mm rain
- Alamata in AugustEthiopia · 253 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 16.5°C · 226 mm rain
- Kombolcha in AugustEthiopia · 263 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.5°C · 176 mm rain
- Hāgere Hiywet in AugustEthiopia · 295 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.4°C · 290 mm rain
- Inda Silasē in AugustEthiopia · 295 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 15.2°C · 507 mm rain
- Mek'ele in AugustEthiopia · 310 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.4°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 Bahir Dar) is explained once on the Bahir Dar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.