Climate averages 1991–2020
Kombolcha weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Kombolcha: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 176 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes August a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dessie (13 km away). In August its highs average 20.5°C, 4.5°C cooler than Kombolcha, with 131 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Kombolcha ranks 8th of 40 for the warmest August highs and 17th of 40 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 40 cities is 22.8°C; Kombolcha is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 176 mm to 74 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
Kombolcha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.0°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 48 | 8.7 | 11.612 h |
| February | 23.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 49 | 8.4 | 11.812 h |
| March | 24.2°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 104 | 14.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.9°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 115 | 14.9 | 12.412 h |
| May | 26.3°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 53 | 8.6 | 12.613 h |
| June | 28.3°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 12 | 2.5 | 12.813 h |
| July | 26.5°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 130 | 17.3 | 12.713 h |
| August, selected | 25.0°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 176 | 23.0 | 12.512 h |
| September | 24.4°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 74 | 13.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.5°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 36 | 6.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 22.8°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 25 | 3.7 | 11.612 h |
| December | 22.1°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 25 | 4.5 | 11.511 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
- Dessie in AugustEthiopia · 13 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 10.5°C · 131 mm rain
- Weldiya in AugustEthiopia · 85 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.0°C · 253 mm rain
- Alamata in AugustEthiopia · 150 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 16.5°C · 226 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in AugustEthiopia · 158 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 9.9°C · 579 mm rain
- Debre Mark’os in AugustEthiopia · 234 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 11.2°C · 417 mm rain
- Addis Ababa in AugustEthiopia · 253 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 11.2°C · 407 mm rain
- Bahir Dar in AugustEthiopia · 263 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 15.5°C · 524 mm rain
- Mek'ele in AugustEthiopia · 270 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 284 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 Kombolcha) is explained once on the Kombolcha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.