Climate averages 1991–2020
Mek'ele weather
in June.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a warm month in Mek'ele: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 14.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes June a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 54 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ādīgrat (87 km away). In June its highs average 24.3°C, 2.5°C cooler than Mek'ele, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Mek'ele ranks 11th of 40 for the warmest June highs and 17th of 40 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 40 cities is 24.5°C; Mek'ele is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 3.7°C to 23.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 72 mm to 228 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Ādīgrat in JuneEthiopia · 87 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.0°C · 79 mm rain
- Adwa in JuneEthiopia · 97 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Aksum in JuneEthiopia · 107 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 118 mm rain
- Alamata in JuneEthiopia · 121 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Inda Silasē in JuneEthiopia · 145 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 16.4°C · 215 mm rain
- Weldiya in JuneEthiopia · 186 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 15.2°C · 36 mm rain
- Asmara in JuneEritrea · 213 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 14.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Dessie in JuneEthiopia · 263 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 10.7°C · 8.5 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.