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Addis Ababa in September

Warm and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

September in Addis Ababa is warm: highs near 71°F, lows near 50°F. Rain falls on about six days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 11 minutes from the first week to the last.September in Addis Ababa is warm: highs near 22°C, lows near 10°C. Rain falls on about six days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 11 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
71°F22°Caverage
Low
50°F10°Caverage
Wet days
6a week · 90% of days
Daylight
12h 09mon average

Is September a good time to visit Addis Ababa?

September sits outside Addis Ababa's best months, which run from November to February. Expect warm days and rain on about six days a week.

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 September sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 71°F in September, against 70°F to 77°F through the year.Highs near 22°C in September, against 21°C to 25°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

90% of days in September, against 5% to 100% through the year.

Cloud cover

60% cover in September, against 45% to 74% through the year.

Daylight

12h 09m in September, against 11h 36m to 12h 38m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. August70°21°low 52°low 11°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  2. September71°22°low 50°low 10°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  3. October71°22°low 47°low 8°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Addis Ababa sits, in September

Africa/Addis Ababa
this place
typical high in September 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-September
6:15 AMsets 6:26 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 September, 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 September 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.