Climate averages 1991–2020
Hāgere Hiywet weather
in January.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Hāgere Hiywet: daytime highs average 25.3°C and nights cool to about 12.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 40 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Waliso (52 km away). In January its highs average 24.5°C, 0.9°C cooler than Hāgere Hiywet, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Hāgere Hiywet ranks joint 21st of 40 for the warmest January highs and 32nd of 40 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 40 cities is 25.1°C; Hāgere Hiywet is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 35 mm to 42 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Waliso in JanuaryEthiopia · 52 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.6°C · 10 mm rain
- Welk’īt’ē in JanuaryEthiopia · 78 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 11.5°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Sebeta in JanuaryEthiopia · 85 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 9.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Addis Ababa in JanuaryEthiopia · 99 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 9.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Butajīra in JanuaryEthiopia · 112 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 11.9°C · 44 mm rain
- Bishoftu in JanuaryEthiopia · 127 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 9.9°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Mek’ī in JanuaryEthiopia · 141 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 14.4°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Ziway in JanuaryEthiopia · 151 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.8°C · 3.3 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.