Climate averages 1991–2020
Jimma 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 Jimma: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 12.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 41 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hosa’ina (113 km away). In December its highs average 22.8°C, 2.5°C cooler than Jimma, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Jimma ranks joint 14th 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; Jimma is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 24 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
Jimma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.0°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 24 | 4.9 | 11.712 h |
| February | 27.3°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 29 | 4.9 | 11.912 h |
| March | 27.1°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 75 | 11.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.9°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 142 | 19.2 | 12.312 h |
| May | 24.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 225 | 25.8 | 12.512 h |
| June | 23.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 179 | 28.3 | 12.613 h |
| July | 22.3°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 191 | 29.4 | 12.513 h |
| August | 22.5°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 205 | 29.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 23.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 248 | 29.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.9°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 148 | 17.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 24.6°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 50 | 7.4 | 11.812 h |
| December, selected | 25.2°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 19 | 3.8 | 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
- Hosa’ina in DecemberEthiopia · 113 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 9.1°C · 19 mm rain
- Āreka in DecemberEthiopia · 117 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 13.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Gununo in DecemberEthiopia · 123 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Welk’īt’ē in DecemberEthiopia · 125 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 10.6°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Sodo in DecemberEthiopia · 137 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 11.8°C · 15 mm rain
- K’olīto in DecemberEthiopia · 143 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 13.2°C · 4.8 mm rain
- Waliso in DecemberEthiopia · 157 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 10.9°C · 4.9 mm rain
- Butajīra in DecemberEthiopia · 176 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 11.3°C · 14 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 Jimma) is explained once on the Jimma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.