Climate averages 1991–2020
Mek'ele weather
in January.
A warm, fairly dry month: the joint 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Mek'ele: daytime highs average 22.7°C and nights cool to about 10.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 25 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ādīgrat (87 km away). In January its highs average 20.9°C, 1.8°C cooler than Mek'ele, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Mek'ele ranks 33rd of 40 for the warmest January highs and joint 24th of 40 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 40 cities is 25.1°C; Mek'ele is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 24.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 23 mm to 21 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
Mek'ele climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Ādīgrat in JanuaryEthiopia · 87 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 9.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Adwa in JanuaryEthiopia · 97 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 10.0°C · 4.8 mm rain
- Aksum in JanuaryEthiopia · 107 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 9.9°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Alamata in JanuaryEthiopia · 121 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 12.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Inda Silasē in JanuaryEthiopia · 145 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 12.6°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Weldiya in JanuaryEthiopia · 186 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 12.0°C · 69 mm rain
- Asmara in JanuaryEritrea · 213 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 9.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Dessie in JanuaryEthiopia · 263 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 7.7°C · 43 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.