Climate averages 1991–2020
Jimma weather
in July.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Jimma: daytime highs average 22.3°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 191 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 31 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hosa’ina (113 km away). In July its highs average 18.5°C, 3.8°C cooler than Jimma, with 261 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Jimma ranks 17th of 40 for the warmest July highs and 19th of 40 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 40 cities is 22.9°C; Jimma is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 22.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 191 mm to 205 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Hosa’ina in JulyEthiopia · 113 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 10.7°C · 261 mm rain
- Āreka in JulyEthiopia · 117 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 13.9°C · 236 mm rain
- Gununo in JulyEthiopia · 123 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 13.0°C · 236 mm rain
- Welk’īt’ē in JulyEthiopia · 125 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 13.3°C · 214 mm rain
- Sodo in JulyEthiopia · 137 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 12.6°C · 238 mm rain
- K’olīto in JulyEthiopia · 143 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.5°C · 158 mm rain
- Waliso in JulyEthiopia · 157 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 12.5°C · 235 mm rain
- Butajīra in JulyEthiopia · 176 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 12.9°C · 279 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.