Climate averages 1991–2020
Jimma 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 Jimma: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 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 Hosa’ina (113 km away). In January its highs average 23.2°C, 2.8°C cooler than Jimma, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Jimma ranks 16th of 40 for the warmest January highs and joint 27th of 40 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 40 cities is 25.1°C; Jimma is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 24 mm to 29 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
Jimma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Hosa’ina in JanuaryEthiopia · 113 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 9.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Āreka in JanuaryEthiopia · 117 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 13.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Gununo in JanuaryEthiopia · 123 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 13.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Welk’īt’ē in JanuaryEthiopia · 125 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 11.5°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Sodo in JanuaryEthiopia · 137 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 12.4°C · 18 mm rain
- K’olīto in JanuaryEthiopia · 143 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 13.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Waliso in JanuaryEthiopia · 157 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.6°C · 10 mm rain
- Butajīra in JanuaryEthiopia · 176 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 11.9°C · 44 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.