Climate averages 1991–2020
Dessie weather
in August.
A mild, wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Dessie: daytime highs average 20.5°C and nights cool to about 10.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 131 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes August a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kombolcha (13 km away). In August its highs average 25.0°C, 4.5°C warmer than Dessie, with 176 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Dessie ranks joint 31st of 40 for the warmest August highs and 13th of 40 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 40 cities is 22.8°C; Dessie is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 20.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 131 mm to 59 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
Dessie climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.8°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 43 | 8.3 | 11.512 h |
| February | 19.9°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 44 | 7.9 | 11.812 h |
| March | 20.5°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 105 | 14.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 20.9°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 113 | 15.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 21.9°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 47 | 7.9 | 12.613 h |
| June | 23.6°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 8.5 | 2.0 | 12.813 h |
| July | 21.8°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 101 | 15.5 | 12.713 h |
| August, selected | 20.5°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 131 | 20.8 | 12.512 h |
| September | 20.0°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 59 | 12.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 19.3°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 33 | 6.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 19.0°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 25 | 3.7 | 11.612 h |
| December | 18.7°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 25 | 4.7 | 11.511 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
- Kombolcha in AugustEthiopia · 13 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.5°C · 176 mm rain
- Weldiya in AugustEthiopia · 77 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.0°C · 253 mm rain
- Alamata in AugustEthiopia · 143 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 16.5°C · 226 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in AugustEthiopia · 162 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 9.9°C · 579 mm rain
- Debre Mark’os in AugustEthiopia · 225 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 11.2°C · 417 mm rain
- Bahir Dar in AugustEthiopia · 250 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 15.5°C · 524 mm rain
- Addis Ababa in AugustEthiopia · 254 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 11.2°C · 407 mm rain
- Mek'ele in AugustEthiopia · 263 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 284 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 Dessie) is explained once on the Dessie year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.