Climate averages 1991–2020
K’olīto weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the 11th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in K’olīto: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 173 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes August a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hosa’ina (36 km away). In August its highs average 18.7°C, 3.3°C cooler than K’olīto, with 284 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, K’olīto ranks joint 21st of 40 for the warmest August highs and 16th of 40 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 40 cities is 22.8°C; K’olīto is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 22.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 173 mm to 163 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
K’olīto climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 11 | 2.3 | 11.712 h |
| February | 27.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 17 | 3.1 | 11.912 h |
| March | 27.7°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 52 | 8.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.2°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 121 | 15.0 | 12.312 h |
| May | 24.5°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 140 | 20.5 | 12.512 h |
| June | 22.8°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 105 | 23.9 | 12.513 h |
| July | 21.7°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 158 | 27.4 | 12.513 h |
| August, selected | 22.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 173 | 27.8 | 12.412 h |
| September | 22.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 163 | 25.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.9°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 69 | 9.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 25.3°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 16 | 3.0 | 11.812 h |
| December | 25.8°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 4.8 | 1.1 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Hosa’ina in AugustEthiopia · 36 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 10.7°C · 284 mm rain
- Āreka in AugustEthiopia · 51 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.0°C · 260 mm rain
- Awasa in AugustEthiopia · 52 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 14.3°C · 81 mm rain
- Shashamane in AugustEthiopia · 58 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 13.3°C · 76 mm rain
- Sodo in AugustEthiopia · 62 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 12.7°C · 253 mm rain
- Gununo in AugustEthiopia · 64 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 13.1°C · 260 mm rain
- Arsi Negele in AugustEthiopia · 65 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 13.4°C · 248 mm rain
- Yirga ‘Alem in AugustEthiopia · 73 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 150 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 K’olīto) is explained once on the K’olīto year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.