Climate averages 1991–2020
Butajīra weather
in January.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Butajīra: daytime highs average 24.0°C and nights cool to about 11.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 42 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ziway (44 km away). In January its highs average 25.5°C, 1.5°C warmer than Butajīra, with 3.3 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Butajīra ranks joint 25th of 40 for the warmest January highs and 36th of 40 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 40 cities is 25.1°C; Butajīra is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 25.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 44 mm to 62 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Ziway in JanuaryEthiopia · 44 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.8°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Mek’ī in JanuaryEthiopia · 50 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 14.4°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Waliso in JanuaryEthiopia · 64 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.6°C · 10 mm rain
- Welk’īt’ē in JanuaryEthiopia · 67 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 11.5°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Hosa’ina in JanuaryEthiopia · 85 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 9.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Arsi Negele in JanuaryEthiopia · 91 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 11.3°C · 33 mm rain
- Sebeta in JanuaryEthiopia · 93 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 9.5°C · 14 mm rain
- K’olīto in JanuaryEthiopia · 94 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 13.8°C · 11 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.