Climate averages 1991–2020
Jimma weather
in February.
A warm, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Jimma: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 14.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hosa’ina (113 km away). In February its highs average 24.2°C, 3.0°C cooler than Jimma, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Jimma ranks joint 16th of 40 for the warmest February highs and 27th of 40 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 40 cities is 26.4°C; Jimma is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 29 mm to 75 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Hosa’ina in FebruaryEthiopia · 113 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 10.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Āreka in FebruaryEthiopia · 117 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 14.6°C · 28 mm rain
- Gununo in FebruaryEthiopia · 123 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 14.2°C · 28 mm rain
- Welk’īt’ē in FebruaryEthiopia · 125 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 12.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Sodo in FebruaryEthiopia · 137 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 13.3°C · 21 mm rain
- K’olīto in FebruaryEthiopia · 143 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 14.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Waliso in FebruaryEthiopia · 157 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 12.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Butajīra in FebruaryEthiopia · 176 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 12.8°C · 62 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.