Climate averages 1991–2020
Shashamane weather
in August.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Shashamane: daytime highs average 20.5°C and nights cool to about 13.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arsi Negele (19 km away). In August its highs average 20.4°C, about as warm as Shashamane, with 248 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Shashamane ranks joint 31st of 40 for the warmest August highs and 5th of 40 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 40 cities is 22.8°C; Shashamane is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 21.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 76 mm to 136 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Shashamane climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.9°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 9.2 | 2.1 | 11.812 h |
| February | 25.2°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 13 | 2.6 | 11.912 h |
| March | 25.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 40 | 7.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.1°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 89 | 14.2 | 12.312 h |
| May | 22.7°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 112 | 17.4 | 12.412 h |
| June | 21.3°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 49 | 14.1 | 12.513 h |
| July | 20.3°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 60 | 17.6 | 12.512 h |
| August, selected | 20.5°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 76 | 19.4 | 12.412 h |
| September | 21.4°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 136 | 23.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 21.6°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 96 | 12.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 22.5°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 19 | 3.3 | 11.812 h |
| December | 23.1°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 4.2 | 1.3 | 11.712 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
August in nearby cities
- Arsi Negele in AugustEthiopia · 19 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 13.4°C · 248 mm rain
- Awasa in AugustEthiopia · 21 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 14.3°C · 81 mm rain
- Yirga ‘Alem in AugustEthiopia · 54 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 150 mm rain
- K’olīto in AugustEthiopia · 58 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 173 mm rain
- Ziway in AugustEthiopia · 83 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 15.7°C · 107 mm rain
- Hosa’ina in AugustEthiopia · 91 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 10.7°C · 284 mm rain
- Dīla in AugustEthiopia · 93 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 15.3°C · 97 mm rain
- Sodo in AugustEthiopia · 100 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 12.7°C · 253 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 Shashamane) is explained once on the Shashamane year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.