Climate averages 1991–2020
Weldiya weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Weldiya: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 253 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 31 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Alamata (66 km away). In August its highs average 28.1°C, 1.3°C warmer than Weldiya, with 226 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Weldiya ranks 6th of 40 for the warmest August highs and joint 24th of 40 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 40 cities is 22.8°C; Weldiya is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs stay level at 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 253 mm to 43 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
Weldiya climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.1°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 69 | 12.6 | 11.512 h |
| February | 23.4°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 77 | 11.9 | 11.712 h |
| March | 24.3°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 189 | 19.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 167 | 18.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 27.5°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 59 | 9.3 | 12.713 h |
| June | 29.3°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 36 | 6.1 | 12.813 h |
| July | 28.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 288 | 22.9 | 12.713 h |
| August, selected | 26.9°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 253 | 24.4 | 12.513 h |
| September | 26.8°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 43 | 9.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 25.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 25 | 5.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 23.9°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 34 | 5.8 | 11.612 h |
| December | 22.6°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 39 | 6.9 | 11.411 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
- Alamata in AugustEthiopia · 66 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 16.5°C · 226 mm rain
- Dessie in AugustEthiopia · 77 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 10.5°C · 131 mm rain
- Kombolcha in AugustEthiopia · 85 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.5°C · 176 mm rain
- Mek'ele in AugustEthiopia · 186 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 284 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in AugustEthiopia · 239 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 9.9°C · 579 mm rain
- Bahir Dar in AugustEthiopia · 241 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 15.5°C · 524 mm rain
- Debre Mark’os in AugustEthiopia · 261 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 11.2°C · 417 mm rain
- Adwa in AugustEthiopia · 270 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 270 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 Weldiya) is explained once on the Weldiya year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.