Climate averages 1991–2020
Bahir Dar weather
in July.
A mild, very wet month: one of the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Bahir Dar: daytime highs average 21.4°C and nights cool to about 15.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 521 mm of rain on roughly 31 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 44 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Debre Mark’os (143 km away). In July its highs average 18.3°C, 3.1°C cooler than Bahir Dar, with 425 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Bahir Dar ranks 26th of 40 for the warmest July highs and 40th of 40 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 40 cities is 22.9°C; Bahir Dar is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs stay level at 21.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 521 mm to 524 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 21.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 521 | 30.9 | 12.713 h |
| August | 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
July in nearby cities
- Debre Mark’os in JulyEthiopia · 143 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 11.3°C · 425 mm rain
- Weldiya in JulyEthiopia · 241 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 15.5°C · 288 mm rain
- Dessie in JulyEthiopia · 250 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.1°C · 101 mm rain
- Alamata in JulyEthiopia · 253 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 17.1°C · 226 mm rain
- Kombolcha in JulyEthiopia · 263 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 15.2°C · 130 mm rain
- Hāgere Hiywet in JulyEthiopia · 295 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 13.4°C · 283 mm rain
- Inda Silasē in JulyEthiopia · 295 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 433 mm rain
- Mek'ele in JulyEthiopia · 310 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.4°C · 228 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.