Climate averages 1991–2020
Waliso weather
in August.
A mild, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Waliso: daytime highs average 19.3°C and nights cool to about 12.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 243 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 24 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Welk’īt’ē (34 km away). In August its highs average 19.7°C, about as warm as Waliso, with 222 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Waliso ranks 37th of 40 for the warmest August highs and 22nd of 40 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 40 cities is 22.8°C; Waliso is 3.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 20.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 243 mm to 286 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
Waliso climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.5°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 10 | 2.7 | 11.712 h |
| February | 25.7°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 15 | 3.4 | 11.812 h |
| March | 25.9°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 56 | 8.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.1°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 97 | 13.6 | 12.312 h |
| May | 23.6°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 176 | 19.9 | 12.513 h |
| June | 20.6°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 186 | 28.2 | 12.613 h |
| July | 19.1°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 235 | 30.3 | 12.613 h |
| August, selected | 19.3°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 243 | 30.4 | 12.412 h |
| September | 20.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 286 | 28.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 22.4°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 73 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 23.5°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 16 | 2.8 | 11.712 h |
| December | 23.9°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 4.9 | 1.1 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Welk’īt’ē in AugustEthiopia · 34 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 13.1°C · 222 mm rain
- Hāgere Hiywet in AugustEthiopia · 52 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.4°C · 290 mm rain
- Butajīra in AugustEthiopia · 64 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 12.9°C · 346 mm rain
- Sebeta in AugustEthiopia · 83 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 11.2°C · 426 mm rain
- Addis Ababa in AugustEthiopia · 102 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 11.2°C · 407 mm rain
- Mek’ī in AugustEthiopia · 103 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.7°C · 146 mm rain
- Ziway in AugustEthiopia · 106 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 15.7°C · 107 mm rain
- Hosa’ina in AugustEthiopia · 110 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 10.7°C · 284 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 Waliso) is explained once on the Waliso year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.