Climate averages 1991–2020

Welk’īt’ē 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 25.0°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 11.5°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 7.9 mm 2 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a warm month in Welk’īt’ē: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 7.9 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 42 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Waliso (34 km away). In January its highs average 24.5°C, 0.5°C cooler than Welk’īt’ē, with 10 mm of rain.

Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Welk’īt’ē ranks 23rd of 40 for the warmest January highs and 12th of 40 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 40 cities is 25.1°C; Welk’īt’ē is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.9 mm to 11 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

Welk’īt’ē climate table

1991–2020

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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Welk’īt’ē

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 Welk’īt’ē) is explained once on the Welk’īt’ē year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.