Climate averages 1991–2020
Kombolcha weather
in January.
A warm, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Kombolcha: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 11.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 33 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dessie (13 km away). In January its highs average 18.8°C, 3.2°C cooler than Kombolcha, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Kombolcha ranks 37th of 40 for the warmest January highs and 37th of 40 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 40 cities is 25.1°C; Kombolcha is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 23.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 48 mm to 49 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Dessie in JanuaryEthiopia · 13 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 7.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Weldiya in JanuaryEthiopia · 85 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 12.0°C · 69 mm rain
- Alamata in JanuaryEthiopia · 150 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 12.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in JanuaryEthiopia · 158 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 7.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Debre Mark’os in JanuaryEthiopia · 234 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 9.6°C · 13 mm rain
- Addis Ababa in JanuaryEthiopia · 253 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 9.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Bahir Dar in JanuaryEthiopia · 263 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.5°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Mek'ele in JanuaryEthiopia · 270 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 10.9°C · 23 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.