Climate averages 1991–2020

Hosa’ina weather
in August.

A mild, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.

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

Average high 18.7°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 10.7°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 284 mm 30 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Hosa’ina · average highYear overview

August is a mild month in Hosa’ina: daytime highs average 18.7°C and nights cool to about 10.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 284 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is K’olīto (36 km away). In August its highs average 22.0°C, 3.3°C warmer than Hosa’ina, with 173 mm of rain.

Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Hosa’ina ranks 38th of 40 for the warmest August highs and joint 29th of 40 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 40 cities is 22.8°C; Hosa’ina is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.

From August to September, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 19.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 284 mm to 355 mm.

The annual picture

August 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 4000

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

Every month, side by side

Hosa’ina climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Hosa’ina, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 23.2°C9.9°C9.9°C294.911.712 h
February 24.2°C10.8°C10.8°C405.811.912 h
March 24.1°C12.2°C12.2°C12513.712.112 h
April 22.6°C12.3°C12.3°C28621.212.312 h
May 21.2°C11.8°C11.8°C32225.012.512 h
June 19.5°C11.0°C11.0°C20428.312.613 h
July 18.5°C10.7°C10.7°C26130.212.513 h
August, selected 18.7°C10.7°C10.7°C28430.412.412 h
September 19.4°C10.6°C10.6°C35528.712.212 h
October 21.0°C10.1°C10.1°C21513.612.012 h
November 22.3°C9.4°C9.4°C564.711.812 h
December 22.8°C9.1°C9.1°C192.511.712 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

Distance from Hosa’ina

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 Hosa’ina) is explained once on the Hosa’ina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.