Nek’emtē climate

Name: Nek’emtē
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Nek’emtē is warmest in March, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in November, when nights average 13 °C. September is the wettest month (1,000 mm) and January the driest (42 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Nek’emtē averages 4,365 mm of rain and 92 days above 25 °C.

Ethiopia · population 156,000 · 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 March 27 °C
Coldest month November 13 °C
Driest month January 42 mm
Wettest month September 1,000 mm
Least cloud December 44 % cloud
Hottest on record March 31 °C
Coldest on record January 9.7 °C

What to expectNek’emtē through the year

Nek’emtē has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 23 °C in November to 27 °C in March, a swing of 4.7 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 92 days a year reach 25 °C, 1 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C, in March.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 1,000 mm against 42 mm in January — 24 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	24.8 °C	42 mm	48 %
February	26.4 °C	43 mm	50 %
March	26.5 °C	110 mm	58 %
April	25.6 °C	205 mm	69 %
May	23.5 °C	473 mm	77 %
June	21.7 °C	588 mm	79 %
July	20.3 °C	564 mm	84 %
August	20.5 °C	647 mm	84 %
September	21.5 °C	1,000 mm	77 %
October	22.4 °C	521 mm	63 %
November	22.9 °C	125 mm	49 %
December	23.9 °C	47 mm	44 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	24.8 °C	13.9 °C	19.3 °C	29.5 °C	9.7 °C	14	0
February	26.4 °C	15.0 °C	20.6 °C	31.1 °C	9.8 °C	22	0
March	26.5 °C	15.5 °C	20.7 °C	31.3 °C	12.0 °C	25	1
April	25.6 °C	15.5 °C	20.2 °C	30.3 °C	12.5 °C	18	0
May	23.5 °C	14.7 °C	18.5 °C	28.9 °C	12.6 °C	5	0
June	21.7 °C	13.7 °C	16.9 °C	25.1 °C	11.1 °C	0	0
July	20.3 °C	13.2 °C	16.0 °C	24.3 °C	11.1 °C	0	0
August	20.5 °C	13.2 °C	16.1 °C	24.4 °C	10.3 °C	0	0
September	21.5 °C	13.1 °C	16.6 °C	24.0 °C	10.9 °C	0	0
October	22.4 °C	13.1 °C	17.3 °C	25.5 °C	11.0 °C	0	0
November	22.9 °C	13.0 °C	17.9 °C	26.0 °C	9.8 °C	1	0
December	23.9 °C	13.4 °C	18.6 °C	27.9 °C	9.8 °C	7	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	42 mm	6	12 h/day	48 %	51 %	8.1 km/h
February	43 mm	6	12 h/day	50 %	46 %	8.8 km/h
March	110 mm	13	12 h/day	58 %	54 %	9.6 km/h
April	205 mm	18	12 h/day	69 %	63 %	9.7 km/h
May	473 mm	27	13 h/day	77 %	78 %	8.3 km/h
June	588 mm	30	13 h/day	79 %	88 %	7.4 km/h
July	564 mm	31	13 h/day	84 %	90 %	7.3 km/h
August	647 mm	31	12 h/day	84 %	90 %	7.3 km/h
September	1,000 mm	30	12 h/day	77 %	89 %	7.0 km/h
October	521 mm	22	12 h/day	63 %	80 %	7.0 km/h
November	125 mm	12	12 h/day	49 %	68 %	7.8 km/h
December	47 mm	7	12 h/day	44 %	56 %	7.5 km/h

How Nek’emtē 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
Nek’emtē	27 °C	13 °C	4,365 mm	92
Jimma · Ethiopia	27 °C	13 °C	1,474 mm	133
Hosa’ina · Ethiopia	24 °C	9.2 °C	2,058 mm	29
Addis Ababa · Ethiopia	24 °C	8.2 °C	1,741 mm	21

Where Nek’emtē ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in January	8th of 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in December	12th of 50	96/100
The coolest places in Africa in September	15th of 50	22 °C
The coolest places in Africa in August	26th of 50	21 °C
The coolest places in Africa in October	26th of 50	22 °C
Places with the best weather in Africa in February	29th of 50	91/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Nek’emtē.

QuestionsCommon questions about Nek’emtē’s climate

When is the best time to visit Nek’emtē?

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

How hot does Nek’emtē get?

In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °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 13 °C in November, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Nek’emtē?

September, averaging 1,000 mm over 30 days with rain. The driest month is January with 42 mm. The year as a whole averages 4,365 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 Nek’emtē 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: 9.083°, 36.550° (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.