Climate averages 1991–2020
Ziway weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 2nd 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 Ziway: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.3 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 43 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mek’ī (26 km away). In January its highs average 26.4°C, 0.9°C warmer than Ziway, with 9.5 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Ziway ranks 18th of 40 for the warmest January highs and 6th of 40 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 40 cities is 25.1°C; Ziway is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.3 mm to 6.4 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
Ziway climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Mek’ī in JanuaryEthiopia · 26 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 14.4°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Butajīra in JanuaryEthiopia · 44 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 11.9°C · 44 mm rain
- Arsi Negele in JanuaryEthiopia · 65 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 11.3°C · 33 mm rain
- Shashamane in JanuaryEthiopia · 83 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 11.6°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Nazrēt in JanuaryEthiopia · 91 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 12.7°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Bishoftu in JanuaryEthiopia · 96 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 9.9°C · 5.7 mm rain
- K’olīto in JanuaryEthiopia · 98 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 13.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Awasa in JanuaryEthiopia · 100 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 13.2°C · 17 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.