Arba Minch climate

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Arba Minch is warmest in February, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 18 °C. April is the wettest month (414 mm) and February the driest (65 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Arba Minch averages 2,467 mm of rain and 290 days above 25 °C.

Ethiopia · population 201,000 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month February 30 °C
Coldest month July 18 °C
Driest month February 65 mm
Wettest month April 414 mm
Least cloud December 48 % cloud
Hottest on record March 35 °C
Coldest on record January 12 °C

What to expectArba Minch through the year

Arba Minch has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 24 °C in July to 30 °C in February, a swing of 4.6 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 290 days a year reach 25 °C, 47 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in March.

Rain is strongly seasonal. April averages 414 mm against 65 mm in February — 6.4 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	29.1 °C	73 mm	50 %
February	30.3 °C	65 mm	52 %
March	30.1 °C	176 mm	61 %
April	27.7 °C	414 mm	78 %
May	26.0 °C	413 mm	77 %
June	25.2 °C	155 mm	74 %
July	24.5 °C	120 mm	79 %
August	25.2 °C	125 mm	76 %
September	26.5 °C	179 mm	68 %
October	26.1 °C	409 mm	73 %
November	26.9 °C	237 mm	58 %
December	28.0 °C	101 mm	48 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	29.1 °C	21.0 °C	25.0 °C	32.8 °C	12.4 °C	30	9
February	30.3 °C	22.0 °C	26.0 °C	33.7 °C	15.5 °C	28	17
March	30.1 °C	21.9 °C	25.8 °C	34.8 °C	17.0 °C	31	17
April	27.7 °C	20.5 °C	23.7 °C	33.7 °C	17.3 °C	27	3
May	26.0 °C	19.4 °C	22.4 °C	30.4 °C	16.9 °C	24	0
June	25.2 °C	18.9 °C	22.0 °C	28.8 °C	15.8 °C	17	0
July	24.5 °C	18.3 °C	21.4 °C	28.4 °C	15.0 °C	12	0
August	25.2 °C	18.5 °C	21.8 °C	29.4 °C	15.4 °C	17	0
September	26.5 °C	19.4 °C	22.8 °C	30.8 °C	15.9 °C	24	0
October	26.1 °C	19.3 °C	22.3 °C	29.5 °C	16.1 °C	24	0
November	26.9 °C	19.4 °C	23.0 °C	30.2 °C	15.7 °C	27	0
December	28.0 °C	20.0 °C	24.0 °C	31.2 °C	13.6 °C	30	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	73 mm	7	12 h/day	50 %	49 %	6.7 km/h
February	65 mm	6	12 h/day	52 %	47 %	6.9 km/h
March	176 mm	14	12 h/day	61 %	53 %	7.2 km/h
April	414 mm	24	12 h/day	78 %	68 %	7.2 km/h
May	413 mm	28	12 h/day	77 %	75 %	7.5 km/h
June	155 mm	22	12 h/day	74 %	71 %	7.9 km/h
July	120 mm	22	12 h/day	79 %	70 %	8.2 km/h
August	125 mm	21	12 h/day	76 %	68 %	8.2 km/h
September	179 mm	21	12 h/day	68 %	66 %	7.7 km/h
October	409 mm	27	12 h/day	73 %	71 %	6.7 km/h
November	237 mm	17	12 h/day	58 %	65 %	6.5 km/h
December	101 mm	9	12 h/day	48 %	55 %	6.5 km/h

How Arba Minch compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Arba Minch	30 °C	18 °C	2,467 mm	290
Sodo · Ethiopia	26 °C	12 °C	1,580 mm	85
Dīla · Ethiopia	28 °C	14 °C	1,930 mm	131
Awasa · Ethiopia	28 °C	13 °C	1,017 mm	139
Hosa’ina · Ethiopia	24 °C	9.2 °C	2,058 mm	29
Shashamane · Ethiopia	25 °C	11 °C	777 mm	51
Jimma · Ethiopia	27 °C	13 °C	1,474 mm	133

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Arba Minch.

QuestionsCommon questions about Arba Minch’s climate

When is the best time to visit Arba Minch?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, February is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Arba Minch get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 47 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 18 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Arba Minch?

April, averaging 414 mm over 24 days with rain. The driest month is February with 65 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,467 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Arba Minch rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.