Climate averages 1991–2020

Debre Birhan weather
in January.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.

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

Average high 18.5°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 7.4°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 49 mm 8 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a mild month in Debre Birhan: daytime highs average 18.5°C and nights cool to about 7.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 37 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Addis Ababa (113 km away). In January its highs average 22.3°C, 3.7°C warmer than Debre Birhan, with 15 mm of rain.

Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Debre Birhan ranks 40th of 40 for the warmest January highs and 38th of 40 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 40 cities is 25.1°C; Debre Birhan is 6.5°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 19.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 56 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Debre Birhan, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	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	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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Debre Birhan

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 Debre Birhan) is explained once on the Debre Birhan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.