Climate averages 1991–2020
Kombolcha weather
in February.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Kombolcha: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 11.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 46 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dessie (13 km away). In February its highs average 19.9°C, 3.4°C cooler than Kombolcha, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Kombolcha ranks 37th of 40 for the warmest February highs and 36th of 40 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 40 cities is 26.4°C; Kombolcha is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 24.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 104 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Dessie in FebruaryEthiopia · 13 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 8.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Weldiya in FebruaryEthiopia · 85 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 12.7°C · 77 mm rain
- Alamata in FebruaryEthiopia · 150 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 13.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in FebruaryEthiopia · 158 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 8.2°C · 56 mm rain
- Debre Mark’os in FebruaryEthiopia · 234 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 10.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Addis Ababa in FebruaryEthiopia · 253 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 10.1°C · 19 mm rain
- Bahir Dar in FebruaryEthiopia · 263 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 15.8°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Mek'ele in FebruaryEthiopia · 270 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 11.6°C · 21 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.