Awasa climate

Name: Awasa
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Awasa is warmest in March, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in December, when nights average 13 °C. May is the wettest month (172 mm) and December the driest (11 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Awasa averages 1,017 mm of rain and 139 days above 25 °C.

Ethiopia · population 422,200 · 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 March 28 °C
Coldest month December 13 °C
Driest month December 11 mm
Wettest month May 172 mm
Least cloud December 38 % cloud
Hottest on record April 33 °C
Coldest on record January 7.0 °C

What to expectAwasa through the year

Awasa has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 25 °C in December to 28 °C in March, a swing of 3.7 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 139 days a year reach 25 °C, 7 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. May averages 172 mm against 11 mm in December — 16 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	26.1 °C	17 mm	43 %
February	27.3 °C	19 mm	46 %
March	27.7 °C	70 mm	54 %
April	26.2 °C	149 mm	69 %
May	24.4 °C	172 mm	69 %
June	23.0 °C	74 mm	67 %
July	21.9 °C	72 mm	74 %
August	22.3 °C	88 mm	72 %
September	23.2 °C	168 mm	65 %
October	23.5 °C	140 mm	63 %
November	24.5 °C	37 mm	46 %
December	25.2 °C	11 mm	38 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	26.1 °C	13.2 °C	19.6 °C	30.0 °C	7.0 °C	24	0
February	27.3 °C	14.1 °C	20.7 °C	32.0 °C	9.5 °C	25	1
March	27.7 °C	15.5 °C	21.5 °C	32.0 °C	9.6 °C	27	5
April	26.2 °C	15.8 °C	20.7 °C	32.6 °C	11.4 °C	21	1
May	24.4 °C	15.1 °C	19.4 °C	30.5 °C	12.1 °C	9	0
June	23.0 °C	14.5 °C	18.4 °C	27.5 °C	12.0 °C	1	0
July	21.9 °C	14.4 °C	17.8 °C	25.8 °C	11.5 °C	0	0
August	22.3 °C	14.4 °C	18.0 °C	26.3 °C	11.3 °C	0	0
September	23.2 °C	14.3 °C	18.4 °C	26.2 °C	11.5 °C	1	0
October	23.5 °C	14.2 °C	18.7 °C	26.2 °C	9.9 °C	3	0
November	24.5 °C	13.2 °C	18.8 °C	27.8 °C	8.4 °C	10	0
December	25.2 °C	12.6 °C	18.8 °C	28.3 °C	8.2 °C	18	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	17 mm	3	12 h/day	43 %	58 %	10 km/h
February	19 mm	3	12 h/day	46 %	54 %	10 km/h
March	70 mm	10	12 h/day	54 %	58 %	9.5 km/h
April	149 mm	17	12 h/day	69 %	69 %	9.0 km/h
May	172 mm	24	12 h/day	69 %	78 %	9.3 km/h
June	74 mm	19	13 h/day	67 %	80 %	11 km/h
July	72 mm	20	12 h/day	74 %	80 %	11 km/h
August	88 mm	21	12 h/day	72 %	80 %	11 km/h
September	168 mm	25	12 h/day	65 %	80 %	9.6 km/h
October	140 mm	16	12 h/day	63 %	76 %	8.6 km/h
November	37 mm	5	12 h/day	46 %	66 %	9.5 km/h
December	11 mm	2	12 h/day	38 %	61 %	10.0 km/h

How Awasa 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
Awasa	28 °C	13 °C	1,017 mm	139
Shashamane · Ethiopia	25 °C	11 °C	777 mm	51
Dīla · Ethiopia	28 °C	14 °C	1,930 mm	131
Sodo · Ethiopia	26 °C	12 °C	1,580 mm	85
Hosa’ina · Ethiopia	24 °C	9.2 °C	2,058 mm	29
Arba Minch · Ethiopia	30 °C	18 °C	2,467 mm	290

Where Awasa ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in November	21st of 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in December	23rd of 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in January	23rd of 50	93/100
The coolest places in Africa in September	34th of 50	23 °C
Places with the best weather in Africa in February	38th of 50	90/100
The coolest places in Africa in October	49th of 50	24 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Awasa’s climate

When is the best time to visit Awasa?

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

How hot does Awasa get?

In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 7 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 13 °C in December, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Awasa?

May, averaging 172 mm over 24 days with rain. The driest month is December with 11 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,017 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 Awasa 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
Data point: 7.062°, 38.476° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.