Bishoftu climate

Name: Bishoftu
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Bishoftu is warmest in March, with average highs of 26 °C, and coldest in December, when nights average 9.1 °C. August is the wettest month (195 mm) and December the driest (2.1 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Bishoftu averages 808 mm of rain and 105 days above 25 °C.

Ethiopia · population 207,400 · 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 26 °C
Coldest month December 9.1 °C
Driest month December 2 mm
Wettest month August 195 mm
Least cloud December 29 % cloud
Hottest on record May 31 °C
Coldest on record January 3.0 °C

What to expectBishoftu through the year

Bishoftu has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 23 °C in December to 26 °C in March, a swing of 3.7 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 105 days a year reach 25 °C, 1 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 195 mm against 2 mm in December — 95 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	24.0 °C	6 mm	36 %
February	25.4 °C	9 mm	37 %
March	26.2 °C	30 mm	44 %
April	26.2 °C	55 mm	55 %
May	26.1 °C	65 mm	54 %
June	24.3 °C	107 mm	53 %
July	22.2 °C	184 mm	64 %
August	21.8 °C	195 mm	64 %
September	22.1 °C	124 mm	50 %
October	23.1 °C	24 mm	39 %
November	23.3 °C	6 mm	30 %
December	23.2 °C	2 mm	29 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C
January	24.0 °C	9.9 °C	16.8 °C	28.7 °C	3.0 °C	8
February	25.4 °C	11.2 °C	18.3 °C	30.6 °C	5.3 °C	18
March	26.2 °C	13.0 °C	19.5 °C	31.3 °C	5.0 °C	23
April	26.2 °C	13.7 °C	19.8 °C	30.5 °C	8.8 °C	22
May	26.1 °C	13.4 °C	19.6 °C	31.4 °C	9.0 °C	21
June	24.3 °C	13.0 °C	18.2 °C	30.3 °C	10.5 °C	9
July	22.2 °C	12.9 °C	16.8 °C	26.0 °C	10.2 °C	0
August	21.8 °C	12.8 °C	16.7 °C	24.2 °C	10.2 °C	0
September	22.1 °C	12.1 °C	16.8 °C	25.2 °C	6.2 °C	0
October	23.1 °C	10.4 °C	16.9 °C	26.4 °C	5.7 °C	2
November	23.3 °C	9.6 °C	16.6 °C	26.7 °C	4.2 °C	2
December	23.2 °C	9.1 °C	16.1 °C	26.8 °C	4.3 °C	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	6 mm	1	12 h/day	36 %	56 %	17 km/h
February	9 mm	2	12 h/day	37 %	51 %	17 km/h
March	30 mm	6	12 h/day	44 %	53 %	17 km/h
April	55 mm	10	12 h/day	55 %	60 %	18 km/h
May	65 mm	11	13 h/day	54 %	62 %	18 km/h
June	107 mm	19	13 h/day	53 %	73 %	13 km/h
July	184 mm	29	13 h/day	64 %	83 %	13 km/h
August	195 mm	29	12 h/day	64 %	84 %	12 km/h
September	124 mm	20	12 h/day	50 %	80 %	12 km/h
October	24 mm	4	12 h/day	39 %	62 %	18 km/h
November	6 mm	1	12 h/day	30 %	54 %	18 km/h
December	2 mm	1	12 h/day	29 %	55 %	17 km/h

How Bishoftu 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
Bishoftu	26 °C	9.1 °C	808 mm	105
Nazrēt · Ethiopia	29 °C	12 °C	354 mm	315
Addis Ababa · Ethiopia	24 °C	8.2 °C	1,741 mm	21
Shashamane · Ethiopia	25 °C	11 °C	777 mm	51
Hosa’ina · Ethiopia	24 °C	9.2 °C	2,058 mm	29

Where Bishoftu ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in October	11thof 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in January	15thof 50	94/100
The coolest places in Africa in September	22ndof 50	22 °C
Places with the best weather in Africa in February	25thof 50	93/100
Places with the best weather in Africa year-round	31stof 50	85/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in December	34thof 50	94/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Bishoftu.

QuestionsCommon questions about Bishoftu’s climate

When is the best time to visit Bishoftu?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. March, 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 Bishoftu get?

In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 26 °C. About 1 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 9.1 °C in December, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Bishoftu?

August, averaging 195 mm over 29 days with rain. The driest month is December with 2 mm. The year as a whole averages 808 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 Bishoftu 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.