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Addis Ababa in January

Warm and dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Addis Ababa is warm: highs near 74°F, lows near 47°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 39 minutes.January in Addis Ababa is warm: highs near 23°C, lows near 8°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 39 minutes.

High
74°F23°Caverage
Low
47°F8°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 11% of days
Daylight
11h 39mon average

Is January a good time to visit Addis Ababa?

Yes. January 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 January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 74°F in January, against 70°F to 77°F through the year.Highs near 23°C in January, against 21°C to 25°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

11% of days in January, against 5% to 100% through the year.

Cloud cover

53% cover in January, against 45% to 74% through the year.

Daylight

11h 39m in January, against 11h 36m to 12h 38m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. December73°23°low 45°low 7°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. January74°23°low 47°low 8°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. February76°24°low 48°low 9°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Addis Ababa sits, in January

Africa/Addis Ababa
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:44 AMsets 6:23 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 January, 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 January 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.