Climate averages 1991–2020
Ziway weather
in February.
A warm, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Ziway: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.4 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes February a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mek’ī (26 km away). In February its highs average 27.7°C, 1.0°C warmer than Ziway, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Ziway ranks 19th of 40 for the warmest February highs and 8th of 40 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 40 cities is 26.4°C; Ziway is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.4 mm to 28 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Mek’ī in FebruaryEthiopia · 26 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 15.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Butajīra in FebruaryEthiopia · 44 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 12.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Arsi Negele in FebruaryEthiopia · 65 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Shashamane in FebruaryEthiopia · 83 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 12.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Nazrēt in FebruaryEthiopia · 91 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 14.0°C · 5.0 mm rain
- Bishoftu in FebruaryEthiopia · 96 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 11.1°C · 8.6 mm rain
- K’olīto in FebruaryEthiopia · 98 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 14.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Awasa in FebruaryEthiopia · 100 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 14.0°C · 21 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.