Climate averages 1991–2020
Yirga ‘Alem weather
in August.
A mild, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Yirga ‘Alem: daytime highs average 21.2°C and nights cool to about 13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 150 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes August a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Awasa (35 km away). In August its highs average 22.2°C, 1.0°C warmer than Yirga ‘Alem, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Yirga ‘Alem ranks 26th of 40 for the warmest August highs and 15th of 40 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 40 cities is 22.8°C; Yirga ‘Alem is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 22.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 150 mm to 224 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
Yirga ‘Alem climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.4°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 26 | 4.4 | 11.812 h |
| February | 27.6°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 34 | 4.8 | 11.912 h |
| March | 27.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 98 | 11.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.2°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 211 | 20.5 | 12.312 h |
| May | 23.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 233 | 25.4 | 12.412 h |
| June | 21.6°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 131 | 25.7 | 12.513 h |
| July | 20.7°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 124 | 25.5 | 12.512 h |
| August, selected | 21.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 150 | 26.3 | 12.312 h |
| September | 22.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 224 | 26.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 22.8°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 201 | 21.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 24.1°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 74 | 9.5 | 11.812 h |
| December | 25.2°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 26 | 4.0 | 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
- Awasa in AugustEthiopia · 35 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 14.3°C · 81 mm rain
- Dīla in AugustEthiopia · 39 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 15.3°C · 97 mm rain
- Shashamane in AugustEthiopia · 54 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 13.3°C · 76 mm rain
- K’olīto in AugustEthiopia · 73 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 173 mm rain
- Arsi Negele in AugustEthiopia · 73 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 13.4°C · 248 mm rain
- Sodo in AugustEthiopia · 73 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 12.7°C · 253 mm rain
- Gununo in AugustEthiopia · 87 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 13.1°C · 260 mm rain
- Āreka in AugustEthiopia · 87 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.0°C · 260 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 Yirga ‘Alem) is explained once on the Yirga ‘Alem year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.