Climate averages 1991–2020
K’olīto weather
in September.
A warm, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in K’olīto: daytime highs average 22.9°C and nights cool to about 13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 163 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes September a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hosa’ina (36 km away). In September its highs average 19.4°C, 3.4°C cooler than K’olīto, with 355 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, K’olīto ranks 21st of 40 for the warmest September highs and 21st of 40 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 40 cities is 23.6°C; K’olīto is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 163 mm to 69 mm.
The annual picture
September 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 | 22.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 173 | 27.8 | 12.412 h |
| September, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Hosa’ina in SeptemberEthiopia · 36 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 10.6°C · 355 mm rain
- Āreka in SeptemberEthiopia · 51 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 13.9°C · 267 mm rain
- Awasa in SeptemberEthiopia · 52 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.2°C · 171 mm rain
- Shashamane in SeptemberEthiopia · 58 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.0°C · 136 mm rain
- Sodo in SeptemberEthiopia · 62 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 12.7°C · 227 mm rain
- Gununo in SeptemberEthiopia · 64 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 13.1°C · 267 mm rain
- Arsi Negele in SeptemberEthiopia · 65 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 13.2°C · 369 mm rain
- Yirga ‘Alem in SeptemberEthiopia · 73 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.1°C · 224 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.