Climate averages 1991–2020
Ziway weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Ziway: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 107 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mek’ī (26 km away). In August its highs average 23.4°C, 1.3°C warmer than Ziway, with 146 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Ziway ranks joint 21st of 40 for the warmest August highs and 11th of 40 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 40 cities is 22.8°C; Ziway is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 22.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 107 mm to 114 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
Ziway climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 3.3 | 0.9 | 11.712 h |
| February | 26.8°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 6.4 | 1.4 | 11.912 h |
| March | 27.2°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 28 | 5.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.7°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 56 | 9.8 | 12.312 h |
| May | 25.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 70 | 10.9 | 12.512 h |
| June | 24.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 27 | 6.2 | 12.613 h |
| July | 22.4°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 67 | 15.8 | 12.513 h |
| August, selected | 22.0°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 107 | 20.7 | 12.412 h |
| September | 22.7°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 114 | 19.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 24.4°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 50 | 6.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 24.9°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 7.3 | 1.3 | 11.812 h |
| December | 24.8°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 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
- Mek’ī in AugustEthiopia · 26 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.7°C · 146 mm rain
- Butajīra in AugustEthiopia · 44 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 12.9°C · 346 mm rain
- Arsi Negele in AugustEthiopia · 65 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 13.4°C · 248 mm rain
- Shashamane in AugustEthiopia · 83 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 13.3°C · 76 mm rain
- Nazrēt in AugustEthiopia · 91 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 15.8°C · 83 mm rain
- Bishoftu in AugustEthiopia · 96 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.8°C · 197 mm rain
- K’olīto in AugustEthiopia · 98 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 173 mm rain
- Awasa in AugustEthiopia · 100 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 14.3°C · 81 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 Ziway) is explained once on the Ziway year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.