Climate averages 1991–2020
Sebeta weather
in September.
A mild, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a mild month in Sebeta: daytime highs average 20.3°C and nights cool to about 10.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 303 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes September a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Addis Ababa (19 km away). In September its highs average 20.0°C, about as warm as Sebeta, with 275 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Sebeta ranks joint 34th of 40 for the warmest September highs and 35th of 40 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 40 cities is 23.6°C; Sebeta is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 21.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 303 mm to 56 mm.
The annual picture
September 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
Sebeta climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Addis Ababa in SeptemberEthiopia · 19 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 10.3°C · 275 mm rain
- Bishoftu in SeptemberEthiopia · 44 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 12.1°C · 126 mm rain
- Nazrēt in SeptemberEthiopia · 82 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Waliso in SeptemberEthiopia · 83 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 11.3°C · 286 mm rain
- Hāgere Hiywet in SeptemberEthiopia · 85 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 13.3°C · 434 mm rain
- Mek’ī in SeptemberEthiopia · 88 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 111 mm rain
- Butajīra in SeptemberEthiopia · 93 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 12.9°C · 408 mm rain
- Ziway in SeptemberEthiopia · 110 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 15.6°C · 114 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 Sebeta) is explained once on the Sebeta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.