Climate averages 1991–2020

Debre Mark’os weather
in July.

A mild, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.

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

Average high 18.3°C Daytime mean, July
Average low 11.3°C Night-time mean, July
Rainfall 425 mm 31 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Debre Mark’os · average highYear overview

July is a mild month in Debre Mark’os: daytime highs average 18.3°C and nights cool to about 11.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 425 mm of rain on roughly 31 days, which makes July a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 40 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Bahir Dar (143 km away). In July its highs average 21.4°C, 3.1°C warmer than Debre Mark’os, with 521 mm of rain.

Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Debre Mark’os ranks 39th of 40 for the warmest July highs and 37th of 40 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 40 cities is 22.9°C; Debre Mark’os is 4.6°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 18.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 425 mm to 417 mm.

The annual picture

July 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 4500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Debre Mark’os climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Debre Mark’os, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 22.6°C9.6°C9.6°C133.011.612 h
February 24.1°C10.7°C10.7°C204.111.812 h
March 24.2°C11.6°C11.6°C6811.512.112 h
April 24.0°C12.3°C12.3°C13714.812.412 h
May 22.8°C11.8°C11.8°C26921.412.613 h
June 20.2°C11.3°C11.3°C38029.312.713 h
July, selected 18.3°C11.3°C11.3°C42530.912.713 h
August 18.4°C11.2°C11.2°C41731.012.512 h
September 19.6°C10.5°C10.5°C39028.112.212 h
October 21.0°C9.6°C9.6°C12611.511.912 h
November 21.4°C9.1°C9.1°C466.811.712 h
December 21.8°C8.9°C8.9°C122.911.512 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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Debre Mark’os

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