Hosa’ina climate

Name: Hosa’ina
Address: ET

Hosa’ina is warmest in February, with average highs of 24 °C, and coldest in December, when nights average 9.2 °C. September is the wettest month (337 mm) and December the driest (18 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Hosa’ina averages 2,058 mm of rain and 29 days above 25 °C.

Ethiopia · 2,177 m elevation · population 188,200 · 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 February 24 °C
Coldest month December 9.2 °C
Driest month December 18 mm
Wettest month September 337 mm
Least cloud December 39 % cloud
Hottest on record March 29 °C
Coldest on record November 4.5 °C

What to expectHosa’ina through the year

Hosa’ina has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 23 °C in December to 24 °C in February, a swing of 3.8 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 29 days a year reach 25 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 29 °C, in March.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 337 mm against 18 mm in December — 19 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	23.1 °C	29 mm	46 %
February	24.1 °C	36 mm	48 %
March	24.0 °C	118 mm	57 %
April	22.5 °C	262 mm	71 %
May	21.1 °C	297 mm	74 %
June	19.4 °C	194 mm	74 %
July	18.4 °C	258 mm	79 %
August	18.7 °C	273 mm	78 %
September	19.4 °C	337 mm	72 %
October	20.9 °C	190 mm	59 %
November	22.2 °C	46 mm	45 %
December	22.7 °C	18 mm	39 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C
January	23.1 °C	9.9 °C	16.5 °C	26.6 °C	4.9 °C	3
February	24.1 °C	10.8 °C	17.4 °C	28.7 °C	6.5 °C	11
March	24.0 °C	12.1 °C	17.9 °C	29.2 °C	6.6 °C	11
April	22.5 °C	12.3 °C	17.0 °C	28.2 °C	9.0 °C	3
May	21.1 °C	11.7 °C	16.0 °C	27.2 °C	8.9 °C	0
June	19.4 °C	11.0 °C	14.7 °C	24.4 °C	8.2 °C	0
July	18.4 °C	10.7 °C	14.1 °C	22.4 °C	8.5 °C	0
August	18.7 °C	10.7 °C	14.2 °C	21.1 °C	7.8 °C	0
September	19.4 °C	10.6 °C	14.6 °C	22.6 °C	7.1 °C	0
October	20.9 °C	10.1 °C	15.3 °C	24.4 °C	6.0 °C	0
November	22.2 °C	9.5 °C	15.7 °C	25.1 °C	4.5 °C	0
December	22.7 °C	9.2 °C	15.8 °C	25.6 °C	4.9 °C	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	29 mm	5	12 h/day	46 %	49 %	9.5 km/h
February	36 mm	6	12 h/day	48 %	48 %	9.9 km/h
March	118 mm	13	12 h/day	57 %	55 %	9.3 km/h
April	262 mm	21	12 h/day	71 %	70 %	8.9 km/h
May	297 mm	25	12 h/day	74 %	79 %	8.7 km/h
June	194 mm	27	13 h/day	74 %	85 %	8.5 km/h
July	258 mm	30	13 h/day	79 %	88 %	9.0 km/h
August	273 mm	30	12 h/day	78 %	88 %	9.0 km/h
September	337 mm	28	12 h/day	72 %	86 %	8.3 km/h
October	190 mm	13	12 h/day	59 %	68 %	10.0 km/h
November	46 mm	5	12 h/day	45 %	54 %	10 km/h
December	18 mm	2	12 h/day	39 %	49 %	9.8 km/h

How Hosa’ina 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
Hosa’ina	24 °C	9.2 °C	2,058 mm	29
Sodo · Ethiopia	26 °C	12 °C	1,580 mm	85
Awasa · Ethiopia	28 °C	13 °C	1,017 mm	139
Shashamane · Ethiopia	25 °C	11 °C	777 mm	51
Jimma · Ethiopia	27 °C	13 °C	1,474 mm	133
Dīla · Ethiopia	28 °C	14 °C	1,930 mm	131

Where Hosa’ina ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in January	3rdof 50	96/100
The coolest places in Africa in September	5thof 50	19 °C
Places with the best weather in Africa in February	6thof 50	95/100
The coolest places in Africa in August	7thof 50	19 °C
The coolest places in Africa in October	10thof 50	21 °C
Places with the best weather in the world in January	11thof 50	96/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Hosa’ina.

QuestionsCommon questions about Hosa’ina’s climate

When is the best time to visit Hosa’ina?

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

How hot does Hosa’ina get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 24 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 29 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 9.2 °C in December, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Hosa’ina?

September, averaging 337 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is December with 18 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,058 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 Hosa’ina 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.