Climate averages 1991–2020

Bishoftu weather
in November.

A warm, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 23.2°C Daytime mean, November
Average low 9.6°C Night-time mean, November
Rainfall 6.1 mm 1 day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Bishoftu · average highYear overview

November is a warm month in Bishoftu: daytime highs average 23.2°C and nights cool to about 9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 6.1 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes November a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 44 min on an average November day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Nazrēt (39 km away). In November its highs average 26.1°C, 2.9°C warmer than Bishoftu, with 6.1 mm of rain.

Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Bishoftu ranks 29th of 40 for the warmest November highs and joint 1st of 40 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 40 cities is 24.3°C; Bishoftu is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.

From November to December, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 23.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 6.1 mm to 2.1 mm.

The annual picture

November in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 51015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Bishoftu, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 23.9°C9.9°C9.9°C5.71.711.712 h
February 25.4°C11.1°C11.1°C8.62.311.812 h
March 26.2°C12.9°C12.9°C296.712.112 h
April 26.1°C13.7°C13.7°C5210.312.312 h
May 26.0°C13.4°C13.4°C6410.412.513 h
June 24.3°C12.9°C12.9°C10719.112.613 h
July 22.2°C12.9°C12.9°C18429.012.613 h
August 21.8°C12.8°C12.8°C19729.712.412 h
September 22.1°C12.1°C12.1°C12620.512.212 h
October 23.0°C10.4°C10.4°C264.411.912 h
November, selected 23.2°C9.6°C9.6°C6.11.211.712 h
December 23.1°C9.0°C9.0°C2.10.611.612 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

November in nearby cities

Distance from Bishoftu

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 limits

How 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.