Climate averages 1991–2020
Bishoftu weather
in July.
A warm, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Bishoftu: daytime highs average 22.2°C and nights cool to about 12.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 184 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 35 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nazrēt (39 km away). In July its highs average 26.8°C, 4.7°C warmer than Bishoftu, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Bishoftu ranks 18th of 40 for the warmest July highs and 18th of 40 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 40 cities is 22.9°C; Bishoftu is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 21.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 184 mm to 197 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
July in nearby cities
- Nazrēt in JulyEthiopia · 39 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Addis Ababa in JulyEthiopia · 40 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 11.2°C · 377 mm rain
- Sebeta in JulyEthiopia · 44 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 11.2°C · 403 mm rain
- Mek’ī in JulyEthiopia · 69 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 15.9°C · 107 mm rain
- Ziway in JulyEthiopia · 96 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 15.9°C · 67 mm rain
- Butajīra in JulyEthiopia · 98 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 12.9°C · 279 mm rain
- Waliso in JulyEthiopia · 114 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 12.5°C · 235 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in JulyEthiopia · 120 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 10.0°C · 484 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.