Shashamane climate

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Shashamane is warmest in March, with average highs of 25 °C, and coldest in December, when nights average 11 °C. September is the wettest month (140 mm) and December the driest (5.5 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Shashamane averages 777 mm of rain and 51 days above 25 °C.

Ethiopia · population 208,400 · 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 25 °C
Coldest month December 11 °C
Driest month December 6 mm
Wettest month September 140 mm
Least cloud December 34 % cloud
Hottest on record April 30 °C
Coldest on record January 7.0 °C

What to expectShashamane through the year

Shashamane has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 23 °C in December to 25 °C in March, a swing of 3.2 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 51 days a year reach 25 °C, 0 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 30 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 140 mm against 6 mm in December — 25 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	23.9 °C	11 mm	39 %
February	25.1 °C	18 mm	41 %
March	25.4 °C	47 mm	50 %
April	24.0 °C	99 mm	66 %
May	22.6 °C	122 mm	66 %
June	21.3 °C	55 mm	63 %
July	20.3 °C	68 mm	71 %
August	20.5 °C	83 mm	69 %
September	21.3 °C	140 mm	62 %
October	21.6 °C	103 mm	58 %
November	22.5 °C	27 mm	41 %
December	23.0 °C	6 mm	34 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C
January	23.9 °C	11.7 °C	17.8 °C	27.8 °C	7.0 °C	7
February	25.1 °C	12.4 °C	18.9 °C	29.7 °C	8.6 °C	16
March	25.4 °C	13.8 °C	19.6 °C	29.8 °C	8.7 °C	17
April	24.0 °C	14.3 °C	18.9 °C	30.1 °C	11.8 °C	8
May	22.6 °C	13.7 °C	17.9 °C	27.7 °C	10.8 °C	1
June	21.3 °C	13.4 °C	17.0 °C	25.7 °C	10.8 °C	0
July	20.3 °C	13.3 °C	16.4 °C	23.7 °C	10.0 °C	0
August	20.5 °C	13.2 °C	16.5 °C	24.3 °C	10.7 °C	0
September	21.3 °C	12.9 °C	16.8 °C	24.0 °C	10.7 °C	0
October	21.6 °C	12.7 °C	17.0 °C	24.2 °C	9.4 °C	0
November	22.5 °C	11.7 °C	17.0 °C	25.6 °C	7.7 °C	0
December	23.0 °C	11.1 °C	17.0 °C	26.6 °C	7.6 °C	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	11 mm	2	12 h/day	39 %	58 %	12 km/h
February	18 mm	3	12 h/day	41 %	55 %	13 km/h
March	47 mm	8	12 h/day	50 %	59 %	12 km/h
April	99 mm	15	12 h/day	66 %	70 %	11 km/h
May	122 mm	18	12 h/day	66 %	78 %	10 km/h
June	55 mm	15	13 h/day	63 %	80 %	12 km/h
July	68 mm	19	13 h/day	71 %	80 %	12 km/h
August	83 mm	20	12 h/day	69 %	80 %	12 km/h
September	140 mm	24	12 h/day	62 %	81 %	9.7 km/h
October	103 mm	13	12 h/day	58 %	76 %	10 km/h
November	27 mm	4	12 h/day	41 %	67 %	12 km/h
December	6 mm	1	12 h/day	34 %	61 %	13 km/h

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

Where Shashamane ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in January	2nd of 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in December	3rd of 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in the world in January	4th of 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in February	5th of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in November	9th of 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in the world in December	9th of 50	97/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Shashamane’s climate

When is the best time to visit Shashamane?

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, March is the warmest month and December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Shashamane get?

In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 25 °C. About 0 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 30 °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 Shashamane?

September, averaging 140 mm over 24 days with rain. The driest month is December with 6 mm. The year as a whole averages 777 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 Shashamane 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: 7.200°, 38.600° (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.