Climate averages 1991–2020
Hosa’ina weather
in January.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 3rd 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 Hosa’ina: daytime highs average 23.2°C and nights cool to about 9.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 44 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is K’olīto (36 km away). In January its highs average 26.5°C, 3.3°C warmer than Hosa’ina, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Hosa’ina ranks joint 30th of 40 for the warmest January highs and 30th of 40 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 40 cities is 25.1°C; Hosa’ina is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 24.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 29 mm to 40 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
Hosa’ina climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- K’olīto in JanuaryEthiopia · 36 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 13.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Āreka in JanuaryEthiopia · 56 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 13.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Gununo in JanuaryEthiopia · 73 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 13.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Sodo in JanuaryEthiopia · 77 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 12.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Welk’īt’ē in JanuaryEthiopia · 82 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 11.5°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Butajīra in JanuaryEthiopia · 85 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 11.9°C · 44 mm rain
- Awasa in JanuaryEthiopia · 88 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 13.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Shashamane in JanuaryEthiopia · 91 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 11.6°C · 9.2 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.