Climate averages 1991–2020
Hāgere Hiywet weather
in December.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Hāgere Hiywet: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 11.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 37 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Waliso (52 km away). In December its highs average 23.9°C, 1.0°C cooler than Hāgere Hiywet, with 4.9 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Hāgere Hiywet ranks 18th of 40 for the warmest December highs and joint 25th of 40 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 40 cities is 24.5°C; Hāgere Hiywet is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 35 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Waliso in DecemberEthiopia · 52 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 10.9°C · 4.9 mm rain
- Welk’īt’ē in DecemberEthiopia · 78 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 10.6°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Sebeta in DecemberEthiopia · 85 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 8.7°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Addis Ababa in DecemberEthiopia · 99 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 8.4°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Butajīra in DecemberEthiopia · 112 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 11.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Bishoftu in DecemberEthiopia · 127 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 9.0°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Mek’ī in DecemberEthiopia · 141 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 14.1°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Ziway in DecemberEthiopia · 151 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 14.5°C · 1.2 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.