Climate averages 1991–2020

Waliso weather
in January.

A warm, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

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

Average high 24.5°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 11.6°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 10 mm 3 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a warm month in Waliso: daytime highs average 24.5°C and nights cool to about 11.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 10 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 41 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Welk’īt’ē (34 km away). In January its highs average 25.0°C, 0.5°C warmer than Waliso, with 7.9 mm of rain.

Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Waliso ranks 24th of 40 for the warmest January highs and 16th of 40 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 40 cities is 25.1°C; Waliso is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 10 mm to 15 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

Waliso climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Waliso, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	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	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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Waliso

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