Climate averages 1991–2020
Bishoftu weather
in December.
A warm, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Bishoftu: daytime highs average 23.1°C and nights cool to about 9.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes December a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 37 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nazrēt (39 km away). In December its highs average 25.6°C, 2.5°C warmer than Bishoftu, with 2.0 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Bishoftu ranks joint 28th of 40 for the warmest December highs and joint 5th of 40 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 40 cities is 24.5°C; Bishoftu is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.1 mm to 5.7 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Nazrēt in DecemberEthiopia · 39 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 12.2°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Addis Ababa in DecemberEthiopia · 40 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 8.4°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Sebeta in DecemberEthiopia · 44 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 8.7°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Mek’ī in DecemberEthiopia · 69 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 14.1°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Ziway in DecemberEthiopia · 96 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 14.5°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Butajīra in DecemberEthiopia · 98 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 11.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Waliso in DecemberEthiopia · 114 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 10.9°C · 4.9 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in DecemberEthiopia · 120 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 6.9°C · 17 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.