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Addis Ababa in August

Mild and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Addis Ababa is mild: highs near 70°F, lows near 52°F. Rain falls on almost every day, and the days shorten by 13 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Addis Ababa is mild: highs near 21°C, lows near 11°C. Rain falls on almost every day, and the days shorten by 13 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
70°F21°Caverage
Low
52°F11°Caverage
Wet days
7a week · 100% of days
Daylight
12h 24mon average

Is August a good time to visit Addis Ababa?

A good month, just outside Addis Ababa's best months, which run from November to February.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 70°F in August, against 70°F to 77°F through the year.Highs near 21°C in August, against 21°C to 25°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

100% of days in August, against 5% to 100% through the year.

Cloud cover

72% cover in August, against 45% to 74% through the year.

Daylight

12h 24m in August, against 11h 36m to 12h 38m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July70°21°low 51°low 11°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  2. August70°21°low 52°low 11°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  3. September71°22°low 50°low 10°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.

Where Addis Ababa sits, in August

Africa/Addis Ababa
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:17 AMsets 6:43 PM
Above the sea
2,460 mhigh country
Latitude
9.0°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Addis Ababa, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Addis Ababa is our one place in Ethiopia so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Addis Ababa

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Addis Ababa. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (2,460 m) against the climate model's (2,390 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (2,460 m) against the climate model's (2,390 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.