Climate averages 1991–2020
Yirga ‘Alem weather
in July.
A mild, wet month: the coolest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Yirga ‘Alem: daytime highs average 20.7°C and nights cool to about 13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 124 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes July a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Awasa (35 km away). In July its highs average 21.8°C, 1.1°C warmer than Yirga ‘Alem, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Yirga ‘Alem ranks joint 28th of 40 for the warmest July highs and 15th of 40 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 40 cities is 22.9°C; Yirga ‘Alem is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 21.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 124 mm to 150 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Awasa in JulyEthiopia · 35 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 14.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Dīla in JulyEthiopia · 39 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 15.3°C · 94 mm rain
- Shashamane in JulyEthiopia · 54 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 13.4°C · 60 mm rain
- K’olīto in JulyEthiopia · 73 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.5°C · 158 mm rain
- Arsi Negele in JulyEthiopia · 73 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 13.4°C · 193 mm rain
- Sodo in JulyEthiopia · 73 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 12.6°C · 238 mm rain
- Gununo in JulyEthiopia · 87 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 13.0°C · 236 mm rain
- Āreka in JulyEthiopia · 87 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 13.9°C · 236 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.