Climate averages 1991–2020
Welk’īt’ē weather
in September.
A mild, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a mild month in Welk’īt’ē: daytime highs average 20.4°C and nights cool to about 11.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 294 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes September a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Waliso (34 km away). In September its highs average 20.3°C, about as warm as Welk’īt’ē, with 286 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Welk’īt’ē ranks 33rd of 40 for the warmest September highs and 34th of 40 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 40 cities is 23.6°C; Welk’īt’ē is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 294 mm to 96 mm.
The annual picture
September 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 | 19.7°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 222 | 28.9 | 12.412 h |
| September, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Waliso in SeptemberEthiopia · 34 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 11.3°C · 286 mm rain
- Butajīra in SeptemberEthiopia · 67 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 12.9°C · 408 mm rain
- Hāgere Hiywet in SeptemberEthiopia · 78 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 13.3°C · 434 mm rain
- Hosa’ina in SeptemberEthiopia · 82 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 10.6°C · 355 mm rain
- Ziway in SeptemberEthiopia · 110 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 15.6°C · 114 mm rain
- K’olīto in SeptemberEthiopia · 112 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 13.6°C · 163 mm rain
- Mek’ī in SeptemberEthiopia · 115 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 111 mm rain
- Sebeta in SeptemberEthiopia · 116 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.2°C · 303 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.