Climate averages 1991–2020
Debre Birhan weather
in August.
A mild, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Debre Birhan: daytime highs average 17.3°C and nights cool to about 9.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 579 mm of rain on roughly 31 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Addis Ababa (113 km away). In August its highs average 19.8°C, 2.5°C warmer than Debre Birhan, with 407 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Debre Birhan ranks 40th of 40 for the warmest August highs and 40th of 40 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 40 cities is 22.8°C; Debre Birhan is 5.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 18.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 579 mm to 252 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Debre Birhan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.5°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 49 | 8.3 | 11.612 h |
| February | 19.6°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 56 | 9.2 | 11.812 h |
| March | 20.0°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 152 | 15.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 20.0°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 160 | 16.0 | 12.312 h |
| May | 20.8°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 78 | 9.3 | 12.613 h |
| June | 20.7°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 113 | 12.0 | 12.713 h |
| July | 17.6°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 484 | 29.6 | 12.613 h |
| August, selected | 17.3°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 579 | 30.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 18.0°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 252 | 21.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 18.3°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 47 | 6.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 18.3°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 23 | 4.2 | 11.712 h |
| December | 18.2°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 17 | 4.0 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Addis Ababa in AugustEthiopia · 113 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 11.2°C · 407 mm rain
- Bishoftu in AugustEthiopia · 120 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.8°C · 197 mm rain
- Nazrēt in AugustEthiopia · 129 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 15.8°C · 83 mm rain
- Sebeta in AugustEthiopia · 132 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 11.2°C · 426 mm rain
- Kombolcha in AugustEthiopia · 158 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.5°C · 176 mm rain
- Dessie in AugustEthiopia · 162 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 10.5°C · 131 mm rain
- Mek’ī in AugustEthiopia · 187 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.7°C · 146 mm rain
- Hāgere Hiywet in AugustEthiopia · 200 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.4°C · 290 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 Debre Birhan) is explained once on the Debre Birhan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.