Climate averages 1991–2020
Mek'ele weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Mek'ele: daytime highs average 22.7°C and nights cool to about 14.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 284 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ādīgrat (87 km away). In August its highs average 21.7°C, 1.0°C cooler than Mek'ele, with 311 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Mek'ele ranks joint 13th of 40 for the warmest August highs and joint 29th of 40 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 40 cities is 22.8°C; Mek'ele is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 24.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 284 mm to 67 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
Mek'ele climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.7°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 23 | 6.1 | 11.411 h |
| February | 24.1°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 21 | 5.6 | 11.712 h |
| March | 25.0°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 60 | 11.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 61 | 11.6 | 12.412 h |
| May | 26.9°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 26 | 5.6 | 12.713 h |
| June | 26.8°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 72 | 11.7 | 12.913 h |
| July | 23.1°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 228 | 29.1 | 12.813 h |
| August, selected | 22.7°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 284 | 30.1 | 12.613 h |
| September | 24.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 67 | 11.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.7°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 12 | 2.4 | 11.812 h |
| November | 22.9°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 13 | 3.1 | 11.512 h |
| December | 22.4°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 9.8 | 2.7 | 11.311 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
- Ādīgrat in AugustEthiopia · 87 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.8°C · 311 mm rain
- Adwa in AugustEthiopia · 97 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 270 mm rain
- Aksum in AugustEthiopia · 107 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 14.0°C · 297 mm rain
- Alamata in AugustEthiopia · 121 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 16.5°C · 226 mm rain
- Inda Silasē in AugustEthiopia · 145 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 15.2°C · 507 mm rain
- Weldiya in AugustEthiopia · 186 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.0°C · 253 mm rain
- Asmara in AugustEritrea · 213 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.3°C · 211 mm rain
- Dessie in AugustEthiopia · 263 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 10.5°C · 131 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 Mek'ele) is explained once on the Mek'ele year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.