Climate averages 1991–2020
Welk’īt’ē weather
in August.
A mild, very wet month: one of the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Welk’īt’ē: daytime highs average 19.7°C and nights cool to about 13.1°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 222 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Waliso (34 km away). In August its highs average 19.3°C, about as warm as Welk’īt’ē, with 243 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Welk’īt’ē ranks 36th of 40 for the warmest August highs and 20th of 40 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 40 cities is 22.8°C; Welk’īt’ē is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 20.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 222 mm to 294 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
Welk’īt’ē climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.0°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 7.9 | 1.9 | 11.712 h |
| February | 26.3°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 11 | 2.6 | 11.912 h |
| March | 26.5°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 42 | 7.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.7°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 82 | 13.2 | 12.312 h |
| May | 23.6°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 185 | 20.7 | 12.512 h |
| June | 20.9°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 187 | 27.7 | 12.613 h |
| July | 19.7°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 214 | 29.2 | 12.613 h |
| August, selected | 19.7°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 222 | 28.9 | 12.412 h |
| September | 20.4°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 294 | 28.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 22.6°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 96 | 11.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 23.9°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 17 | 3.0 | 11.812 h |
| December | 24.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 4.1 | 1.2 | 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
- Waliso in AugustEthiopia · 34 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 12.4°C · 243 mm rain
- Butajīra in AugustEthiopia · 67 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 12.9°C · 346 mm rain
- Hāgere Hiywet in AugustEthiopia · 78 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.4°C · 290 mm rain
- Hosa’ina in AugustEthiopia · 82 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 10.7°C · 284 mm rain
- Ziway in AugustEthiopia · 110 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 15.7°C · 107 mm rain
- K’olīto in AugustEthiopia · 112 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 173 mm rain
- Mek’ī in AugustEthiopia · 115 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.7°C · 146 mm rain
- Sebeta in AugustEthiopia · 116 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 11.2°C · 426 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 Welk’īt’ē) is explained once on the Welk’īt’ē year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.