Climate averages 1991–2020
Ziway weather
in July.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Ziway: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 15.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mek’ī (26 km away). In July its highs average 23.8°C, 1.3°C warmer than Ziway, with 107 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Ziway ranks 16th of 40 for the warmest July highs and 9th of 40 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 40 cities is 22.9°C; Ziway is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 22.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 67 mm to 107 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
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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Mek’ī in JulyEthiopia · 26 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 15.9°C · 107 mm rain
- Butajīra in JulyEthiopia · 44 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 12.9°C · 279 mm rain
- Arsi Negele in JulyEthiopia · 65 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 13.4°C · 193 mm rain
- Shashamane in JulyEthiopia · 83 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 13.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Nazrēt in JulyEthiopia · 91 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Bishoftu in JulyEthiopia · 96 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 184 mm rain
- K’olīto in JulyEthiopia · 98 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.5°C · 158 mm rain
- Awasa in JulyEthiopia · 100 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 14.3°C · 63 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.