Climate averages 1991–2020
Hosa’ina weather
in December.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 4th 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 Hosa’ina: daytime highs average 22.8°C and nights cool to about 9.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 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 42 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is K’olīto (36 km away). In December its highs average 25.8°C, 3.1°C warmer than Hosa’ina, with 4.8 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Hosa’ina ranks 30th of 40 for the warmest December highs and joint 30th of 40 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 40 cities is 24.5°C; Hosa’ina is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 23.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 29 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
Hosa’ina climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.2°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 29 | 4.9 | 11.712 h |
| February | 24.2°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 40 | 5.8 | 11.912 h |
| March | 24.1°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 125 | 13.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 22.6°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 286 | 21.2 | 12.312 h |
| May | 21.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 322 | 25.0 | 12.512 h |
| June | 19.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 204 | 28.3 | 12.613 h |
| July | 18.5°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 261 | 30.2 | 12.513 h |
| August | 18.7°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 284 | 30.4 | 12.412 h |
| September | 19.4°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 355 | 28.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 21.0°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 215 | 13.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 22.3°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 56 | 4.7 | 11.812 h |
| December, selected | 22.8°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 19 | 2.5 | 11.712 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
December in nearby cities
- K’olīto in DecemberEthiopia · 36 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 13.2°C · 4.8 mm rain
- Āreka in DecemberEthiopia · 56 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 13.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Gununo in DecemberEthiopia · 73 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Sodo in DecemberEthiopia · 77 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 11.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Welk’īt’ē in DecemberEthiopia · 82 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 10.6°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Butajīra in DecemberEthiopia · 85 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 11.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Awasa in DecemberEthiopia · 88 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 12.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Shashamane in DecemberEthiopia · 91 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 11.1°C · 4.2 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 Hosa’ina) is explained once on the Hosa’ina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.