Climate averages 1991–2020
Bishoftu weather
in August.
A mild, very wet month: 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 Bishoftu: daytime highs average 21.8°C and nights cool to about 12.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 197 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 24 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nazrēt (39 km away). In August its highs average 26.1°C, 4.4°C warmer than Bishoftu, with 83 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Bishoftu ranks 23rd of 40 for the warmest August highs and 18th of 40 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 40 cities is 22.8°C; Bishoftu is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 22.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 197 mm to 126 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
Bishoftu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.9°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 5.7 | 1.7 | 11.712 h |
| February | 25.4°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 8.6 | 2.3 | 11.812 h |
| March | 26.2°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 29 | 6.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.1°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 52 | 10.3 | 12.312 h |
| May | 26.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 64 | 10.4 | 12.513 h |
| June | 24.3°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 107 | 19.1 | 12.613 h |
| July | 22.2°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 184 | 29.0 | 12.613 h |
| August, selected | 21.8°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 197 | 29.7 | 12.412 h |
| September | 22.1°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 126 | 20.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.0°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 26 | 4.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 23.2°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 6.1 | 1.2 | 11.712 h |
| December | 23.1°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 2.1 | 0.6 | 11.612 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
- Nazrēt in AugustEthiopia · 39 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 15.8°C · 83 mm rain
- Addis Ababa in AugustEthiopia · 40 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 11.2°C · 407 mm rain
- Sebeta in AugustEthiopia · 44 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 11.2°C · 426 mm rain
- Mek’ī in AugustEthiopia · 69 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.7°C · 146 mm rain
- Ziway in AugustEthiopia · 96 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 15.7°C · 107 mm rain
- Butajīra in AugustEthiopia · 98 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 12.9°C · 346 mm rain
- Waliso in AugustEthiopia · 114 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 12.4°C · 243 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in AugustEthiopia · 120 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 9.9°C · 579 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 Bishoftu) is explained once on the Bishoftu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.