Gonder climate

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Gonder is warmest in April, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in December, when nights average 11 °C. August is the wettest month (523 mm) and January the driest (4.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Gonder averages 1,916 mm of rain and 123 days above 25 °C.

Ethiopia · population 466,000 · 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 April 27 °C
Coldest month December 11 °C
Driest month January 4 mm
Wettest month August 523 mm
Least cloud December 24 % cloud
Hottest on record March 32 °C
Coldest on record February 5.6 °C

What to expectGonder through the year

Gonder has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 24 °C in December to 27 °C in April, a swing of 4.7 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 123 days a year reach 25 °C, 4 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 32 °C, in March.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 523 mm against 4 mm in January — 123 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	24.7 °C	4 mm	27 %
February	26.4 °C	5 mm	31 %
March	27.2 °C	23 mm	38 %
April	27.4 °C	39 mm	43 %
May	26.0 °C	108 mm	52 %
June	23.0 °C	264 mm	60 %
July	20.5 °C	443 mm	81 %
August	20.6 °C	523 mm	83 %
September	21.8 °C	401 mm	62 %
October	22.9 °C	86 mm	43 %
November	23.5 °C	15 mm	28 %
December	24.0 °C	4 mm	24 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	24.7 °C	10.7 °C	17.7 °C	28.2 °C	7.1 °C	12	0
February	26.4 °C	12.1 °C	19.4 °C	30.1 °C	5.6 °C	23	0
March	27.2 °C	13.5 °C	20.5 °C	32.1 °C	7.4 °C	28	1
April	27.4 °C	14.8 °C	21.1 °C	31.8 °C	10.1 °C	27	2
May	26.0 °C	14.9 °C	20.3 °C	31.5 °C	11.1 °C	21	1
June	23.0 °C	13.9 °C	18.0 °C	30.0 °C	11.3 °C	5	0
July	20.5 °C	13.3 °C	16.4 °C	24.1 °C	10.7 °C	0	0
August	20.6 °C	13.3 °C	16.4 °C	23.4 °C	11.1 °C	0	0
September	21.8 °C	12.7 °C	16.8 °C	24.9 °C	8.9 °C	0	0
October	22.9 °C	11.8 °C	17.1 °C	25.7 °C	8.6 °C	0	0
November	23.5 °C	11.2 °C	17.2 °C	26.2 °C	7.3 °C	2	0
December	24.0 °C	10.6 °C	17.3 °C	26.5 °C	7.5 °C	5	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	4 mm	1	11 h/day	27 %	43 %	13 km/h
February	5 mm	1	12 h/day	31 %	37 %	14 km/h
March	23 mm	5	12 h/day	38 %	37 %	14 km/h
April	39 mm	8	12 h/day	43 %	41 %	14 km/h
May	108 mm	13	13 h/day	52 %	55 %	14 km/h
June	264 mm	25	13 h/day	60 %	77 %	14 km/h
July	443 mm	31	13 h/day	81 %	89 %	12 km/h
August	523 mm	31	13 h/day	83 %	91 %	11 km/h
September	401 mm	23	12 h/day	62 %	84 %	9.9 km/h
October	86 mm	7	12 h/day	43 %	68 %	11 km/h
November	15 mm	3	12 h/day	28 %	56 %	12 km/h
December	4 mm	1	11 h/day	24 %	49 %	12 km/h

Where Gonder ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in November	5thof 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in December	8thof 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in January	14thof 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in the world in November	18thof 50	97/100
The coolest places in Africa in September	20thof 50	22 °C
Places with the best weather in Africa in October	22ndof 50	93/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Gonder’s climate

When is the best time to visit Gonder?

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

How hot does Gonder get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °C. About 4 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 32 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 11 °C in December, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Gonder?

August, averaging 523 mm over 31 days with rain. The driest month is January with 4 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,916 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 Gonder 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.