Climate averages 1991–2020
Welk’īt’ē weather
in February.
A warm, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Welk’īt’ē: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 12.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes February a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Waliso (34 km away). In February its highs average 25.7°C, 0.6°C cooler than Welk’īt’ē, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Welk’īt’ē ranks 23rd of 40 for the warmest February highs and joint 12th of 40 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 40 cities is 26.4°C; Welk’īt’ē is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 42 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Waliso in FebruaryEthiopia · 34 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 12.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Butajīra in FebruaryEthiopia · 67 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 12.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Hāgere Hiywet in FebruaryEthiopia · 78 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 12.6°C · 42 mm rain
- Hosa’ina in FebruaryEthiopia · 82 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 10.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Ziway in FebruaryEthiopia · 110 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 15.8°C · 6.4 mm rain
- K’olīto in FebruaryEthiopia · 112 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 14.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Mek’ī in FebruaryEthiopia · 115 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 15.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Sebeta in FebruaryEthiopia · 116 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 10.5°C · 18 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.