Climate averages 1991–2020

Mek’ī weather
in July.

A warm, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 23.8°C Daytime mean, July
Average low 15.9°C Night-time mean, July
Rainfall 107 mm 24 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Mek’ī · average highYear overview

July is a warm month in Mek’ī: daytime highs average 23.8°C and nights cool to about 15.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 107 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes July a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Ziway (26 km away). In July its highs average 22.4°C, 1.3°C cooler than Mek’ī, with 67 mm of rain.

Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Mek’ī ranks joint 10th of 40 for the warmest July highs and 13th of 40 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 40 cities is 22.9°C; Mek’ī is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 23.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 107 mm to 146 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Mek’ī climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Mek’ī, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 26.4°C14.4°C14.4°C9.52.011.712 h
February 27.7°C15.5°C15.5°C112.211.912 h
March 28.3°C16.8°C16.8°C406.112.112 h
April 28.1°C17.2°C17.2°C669.712.312 h
May 27.5°C16.9°C16.9°C6610.012.512 h
June 25.8°C16.5°C16.5°C4410.512.613 h
July, selected 23.8°C15.9°C15.9°C10723.812.513 h
August 23.4°C15.7°C15.7°C14627.112.412 h
September 24.4°C15.6°C15.6°C11119.712.212 h
October 26.1°C15.5°C15.5°C324.711.912 h
November 26.1°C14.9°C14.9°C7.51.311.812 h
December 25.8°C14.1°C14.1°C2.50.711.712 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

Distance from Mek’ī

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Mek’ī) is explained once on the Mek’ī year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.