Climate averages 1991–2020
Butajīra weather
in December.
A warm, very dry month: the joint 6th 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 Butajīra: daytime highs average 23.5°C and nights cool to about 11.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 40 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ziway (44 km away). In December its highs average 24.8°C, 1.3°C warmer than Butajīra, with 1.2 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Butajīra ranks 26th of 40 for the warmest December highs and 23rd of 40 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 40 cities is 24.5°C; Butajīra is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 14 mm to 44 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
Butajīra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.0°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 44 | 5.6 | 11.712 h |
| February | 25.1°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 62 | 6.2 | 11.912 h |
| March | 25.6°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 179 | 11.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.9°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 349 | 16.5 | 12.312 h |
| May | 24.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 269 | 16.2 | 12.512 h |
| June | 22.7°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 230 | 24.4 | 12.613 h |
| July | 20.9°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 279 | 30.0 | 12.513 h |
| August | 20.9°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 346 | 30.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 21.7°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 408 | 26.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.1°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 88 | 8.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 23.5°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 23 | 2.7 | 11.812 h |
| December, selected | 23.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 14 | 2.1 | 11.712 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
- Ziway in DecemberEthiopia · 44 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 14.5°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Mek’ī in DecemberEthiopia · 50 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 14.1°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Waliso in DecemberEthiopia · 64 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 10.9°C · 4.9 mm rain
- Welk’īt’ē in DecemberEthiopia · 67 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 10.6°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Hosa’ina in DecemberEthiopia · 85 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 9.1°C · 19 mm rain
- Arsi Negele in DecemberEthiopia · 91 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 10.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Sebeta in DecemberEthiopia · 93 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 8.7°C · 5.6 mm rain
- K’olīto in DecemberEthiopia · 94 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 13.2°C · 4.8 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 Butajīra) is explained once on the Butajīra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.