Climate averages 1991–2020
Yirga ‘Alem weather
in June.
A mild, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a mild month in Yirga ‘Alem: daytime highs average 21.6°C and nights cool to about 13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 131 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes June a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Awasa (35 km away). In June its highs average 22.8°C, 1.3°C warmer than Yirga ‘Alem, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Yirga ‘Alem ranks joint 30th of 40 for the warmest June highs and 25th of 40 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 40 cities is 24.5°C; Yirga ‘Alem is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 20.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 131 mm to 124 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Awasa in JuneEthiopia · 35 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 70 mm rain
- Dīla in JuneEthiopia · 39 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 15.4°C · 126 mm rain
- Shashamane in JuneEthiopia · 54 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 13.5°C · 49 mm rain
- K’olīto in JuneEthiopia · 73 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 13.9°C · 105 mm rain
- Arsi Negele in JuneEthiopia · 73 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.4°C · 198 mm rain
- Sodo in JuneEthiopia · 73 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 12.8°C · 198 mm rain
- Gununo in JuneEthiopia · 87 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 13.3°C · 193 mm rain
- Āreka in JuneEthiopia · 87 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 14.2°C · 193 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.