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Addis Ababa in December

Warm and dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Addis Ababa is warm: highs near 73°F, lows near 45°F. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 36 minutes.December in Addis Ababa is warm: highs near 23°C, lows near 7°C. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 36 minutes.

High
73°F23°Caverage
Low
45°F7°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 5% of days
Daylight
11h 36mon average

Is December a good time to visit Addis Ababa?

Yes. December is one of Addis Ababa's best months (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 December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 73°F in December, against 70°F to 77°F through the year.Highs near 23°C in December, against 21°C to 25°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

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

Cloud cover

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

Daylight

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

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

Either side

  1. November73°23°low 46°low 8°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. December73°23°low 45°low 7°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. January74°23°low 47°low 8°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Addis Ababa sits, in December

Africa/Addis Ababa
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:32 AMsets 6:08 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 December, 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 December 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.