Climate averages 1991–2020

Sebeta weather
in January.

A warm, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

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

Average high 22.8°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 9.5°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 14 mm 3 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a warm month in Sebeta: daytime highs average 22.8°C and nights cool to about 9.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 40 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Addis Ababa (19 km away). In January its highs average 22.3°C, about as warm as Sebeta, with 15 mm of rain.

Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Sebeta ranks 32nd of 40 for the warmest January highs and 20th of 40 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 40 cities is 25.1°C; Sebeta is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 24.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 14 mm to 18 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

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

Every month, side by side

Sebeta climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Sebeta, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	22.8°C9.5°C	9.5°C	14	3.4	11.712 h
February	24.1°C10.5°C	10.5°C	18	4.2	11.812 h
March	24.5°C11.8°C	11.8°C	65	10.0	12.112 h
April	24.1°C12.2°C	12.2°C	124	14.7	12.312 h
May	23.6°C11.7°C	11.7°C	155	14.9	12.513 h
June	21.8°C11.1°C	11.1°C	287	24.2	12.613 h
July	20.1°C11.2°C	11.2°C	403	30.9	12.613 h
August	20.1°C11.2°C	11.2°C	426	30.9	12.412 h
September	20.3°C10.2°C	10.2°C	303	26.4	12.212 h
October	21.2°C9.0°C	9.0°C	56	7.0	11.912 h
November	21.9°C9.0°C	9.0°C	12	2.2	11.712 h
December	22.1°C8.7°C	8.7°C	5.6	1.3	11.612 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

Distance from Sebeta

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 Sebeta) is explained once on the Sebeta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.