Climate averages 1991–2020
Yirga ‘Alem weather
in January.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and one of the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Yirga ‘Alem: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 12.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 47 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Awasa (35 km away). In January its highs average 26.1°C, about as warm as Yirga ‘Alem, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Yirga ‘Alem ranks joint 11th of 40 for the warmest January highs and 29th of 40 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 40 cities is 25.1°C; Yirga ‘Alem is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 34 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Awasa in JanuaryEthiopia · 35 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 13.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Dīla in JanuaryEthiopia · 39 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Shashamane in JanuaryEthiopia · 54 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 11.6°C · 9.2 mm rain
- K’olīto in JanuaryEthiopia · 73 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 13.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Arsi Negele in JanuaryEthiopia · 73 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 11.3°C · 33 mm rain
- Sodo in JanuaryEthiopia · 73 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 12.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Gununo in JanuaryEthiopia · 87 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 13.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Āreka in JanuaryEthiopia · 87 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 13.8°C · 23 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.