Climate averages 1991–2020
Negēlē weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 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 Negēlē: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 16.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.6 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dīla (186 km away). In January its highs average 26.7°C, 1.1°C cooler than Negēlē, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Negēlē ranks 4th of 40 for the warmest January highs and 15th of 40 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 40 cities is 25.1°C; Negēlē is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.6 mm to 12 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
Negēlē climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 27.8°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 9.6 | 1.4 | 11.812 h |
| February | 29.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 12 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| March | 27.8°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 73 | 8.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.8°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 219 | 22.9 | 12.212 h |
| May | 23.2°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 141 | 21.8 | 12.412 h |
| June | 22.1°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 19 | 6.0 | 12.412 h |
| July | 22.0°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 13 | 4.4 | 12.412 h |
| August | 23.1°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 10 | 3.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 24.7°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 27 | 4.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.2°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 207 | 22.5 | 12.012 h |
| November | 23.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 94 | 13.0 | 11.912 h |
| December | 26.0°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 16 | 3.0 | 11.812 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
- Dīla in JanuaryEthiopia · 186 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Yirga ‘Alem in JanuaryEthiopia · 205 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 12.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Awasa in JanuaryEthiopia · 229 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 13.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Shashamane in JanuaryEthiopia · 236 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 11.6°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Arsi Negele in JanuaryEthiopia · 248 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 11.3°C · 33 mm rain
- Sodo in JanuaryEthiopia · 265 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 12.4°C · 18 mm rain
- K’olīto in JanuaryEthiopia · 277 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 13.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Gununo in JanuaryEthiopia · 278 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 13.3°C · 23 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 Negēlē) is explained once on the Negēlē year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.