Climate averages 1991–2020
Hāgere Hiywet weather
in August.
A mild, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Hāgere Hiywet: daytime highs average 20.8°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 290 mm of rain on roughly 31 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Waliso (52 km away). In August its highs average 19.3°C, 1.5°C cooler than Hāgere Hiywet, with 243 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Hāgere Hiywet ranks 29th of 40 for the warmest August highs and 31st of 40 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 40 cities is 22.8°C; Hāgere Hiywet is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 21.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 290 mm to 434 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
Hāgere Hiywet climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.3°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 35 | 5.8 | 11.712 h |
| February | 26.4°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 42 | 6.6 | 11.812 h |
| March | 26.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 119 | 13.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.8°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 187 | 17.3 | 12.312 h |
| May | 24.8°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 391 | 23.1 | 12.513 h |
| June | 22.3°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 284 | 29.4 | 12.613 h |
| July | 20.6°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 283 | 30.9 | 12.613 h |
| August, selected | 20.8°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 290 | 31.0 | 12.412 h |
| September | 21.9°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 434 | 28.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.6°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 189 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 24.5°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 59 | 4.3 | 11.712 h |
| December | 24.9°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 16 | 3.1 | 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
- Waliso in AugustEthiopia · 52 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 12.4°C · 243 mm rain
- Welk’īt’ē in AugustEthiopia · 78 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 13.1°C · 222 mm rain
- Sebeta in AugustEthiopia · 85 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 11.2°C · 426 mm rain
- Addis Ababa in AugustEthiopia · 99 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 11.2°C · 407 mm rain
- Butajīra in AugustEthiopia · 112 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 12.9°C · 346 mm rain
- Bishoftu in AugustEthiopia · 127 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.8°C · 197 mm rain
- Mek’ī in AugustEthiopia · 141 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.7°C · 146 mm rain
- Ziway in AugustEthiopia · 151 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 15.7°C · 107 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 Hāgere Hiywet) is explained once on the Hāgere Hiywet year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.