Climate averages 1991–2020
Kombolcha weather
in December.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Kombolcha: daytime highs average 22.1°C and nights cool to about 10.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 29 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dessie (13 km away). In December its highs average 18.7°C, 3.4°C cooler than Kombolcha, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Kombolcha ranks joint 34th of 40 for the warmest December highs and joint 34th of 40 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 40 cities is 24.5°C; Kombolcha is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 22.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 25 mm to 48 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Dessie in DecemberEthiopia · 13 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 6.8°C · 25 mm rain
- Weldiya in DecemberEthiopia · 85 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 11.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Alamata in DecemberEthiopia · 150 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 12.8°C · 19 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in DecemberEthiopia · 158 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 6.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Debre Mark’os in DecemberEthiopia · 234 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 8.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Addis Ababa in DecemberEthiopia · 253 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 8.4°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Bahir Dar in DecemberEthiopia · 263 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.1°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Mek'ele in DecemberEthiopia · 270 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.4°C · 9.8 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.