Climate averages 1991–2020
Mek'ele weather
in July.
A warm, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Mek'ele: daytime highs average 23.1°C and nights cool to about 14.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 228 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 50 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ādīgrat (87 km away). In July its highs average 21.7°C, 1.4°C cooler than Mek'ele, with 330 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Mek'ele ranks 12th of 40 for the warmest July highs and 23rd of 40 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 40 cities is 22.9°C; Mek'ele is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 22.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 228 mm to 284 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Ādīgrat in JulyEthiopia · 87 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.7°C · 330 mm rain
- Adwa in JulyEthiopia · 97 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 229 mm rain
- Aksum in JulyEthiopia · 107 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 13.8°C · 293 mm rain
- Alamata in JulyEthiopia · 121 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 17.1°C · 226 mm rain
- Inda Silasē in JulyEthiopia · 145 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 433 mm rain
- Weldiya in JulyEthiopia · 186 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 15.5°C · 288 mm rain
- Asmara in JulyEritrea · 213 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 14.0°C · 182 mm rain
- Dessie in JulyEthiopia · 263 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.1°C · 101 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.