Amba Giorgis climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Amba Giorgis?

Amba Giorgis has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.5 °C and it receives 2,216 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Amba Giorgis?

The hottest day measured in Amba Giorgis between 1940 and 2025 was 11 March 2022, reaching 34.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Amba Giorgis?

The coldest day measured in Amba Giorgis between 1940 and 2025 was 19 December 1953, at 5.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Amba Giorgis?

Almost never: Amba Giorgis sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Amba Giorgis warmed?

Yes: Amba Giorgis warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Amba Giorgis?

The wettest day measured in Amba Giorgis between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 1940, with 92 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Amba Giorgis?

The windiest day measured in Amba Giorgis between 1940 and 2025 was 22 April 1983, with winds reaching 23.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Amba Giorgis?

The warmest month in Amba Giorgis is April (21.6 °C on average); the coldest is August (16.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Amba Giorgis?

Amba Giorgis receives on average 2,216 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 166 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Amba Giorgis?

Amba Giorgis gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Amba Giorgis (Ethiopia) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.5 °C and it receives 2,216 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is April (21.6 °C on average) and the coldest is August (16.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Amba Giorgis averages 0 frost days, 22 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 166 rainy days per year.

Amba Giorgis has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 34.2 °C (on 11 March 2022) and the coldest 5.8 °C (on 19 December 1953).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

Amba GiorgisAmhara

coords: 12.77°, 37.62°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwbSubtropical highland, dry winterWarmest monthAprilColdest monthAugustWettest monthAugustDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

18.5°C

Average daily high

24.7°C

Average daily low

13.0°C

Annual rainfall

2,216mm

Sunshine / day

10.4h

Mean relative humidity

59%

Average peak wind

11.8km/h

Seasonal range

5.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

22 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

166 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

25.3 °C

Average feels-like low

11.8 °C

Average peak gust

33.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

0 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.6 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.83 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

34.2 °C

11 March 2022

Coldest day

5.8 °C

19 December 1953

Wettest day

92 mm

28 July 1940

Windiest day

23.9 km/h

22 April 1983

Strongest gust

63.0 km/h

27 April 2005

Hottest feels-like

34.4 °C

12 April 2024

Coldest feels-like

2.0 °C

8 December 1973

Sunniest day

12.6 h

18 May 1956

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.8 °C2 May 2025	9.5 °C27 January 2025	19.8 °C	2,066 mm	38
2024	33.6 °C12 April 2024	9.6 °C8 December 2024	19.9 °C	2,215 mm	60
2023	33.3 °C13 May 2023	8.3 °C4 January 2023	19.9 °C	1,746 mm	51
2022	34.2 °C11 March 2022	8.3 °C27 December 2022	19.5 °C	1,973 mm	50
2021	32.0 °C25 March 2021	9.0 °C7 February 2021	19.3 °C	1,990 mm	28
2020	33.2 °C1 April 2020	7.6 °C12 January 2020	19.6 °C	2,095 mm	50
2019	33.4 °C5 May 2019	8.1 °C8 January 2019	19.6 °C	2,788 mm	50
2018	33.1 °C4 May 2018	9.0 °C16 January 2018	19.3 °C	2,206 mm	47
2017	31.9 °C3 April 2017	7.9 °C9 January 2017	19.5 °C	2,320 mm	26
2016	33.7 °C28 March 2016	8.8 °C8 December 2016	19.8 °C	2,248 mm	56
2015	32.5 °C3 April 2015	8.1 °C15 December 2015	19.9 °C	1,592 mm	46
2014	31.7 °C20 April 2014	8.7 °C3 January 2014	19.0 °C	2,411 mm	15
2013	33.3 °C6 April 2013	7.5 °C8 December 2013	19.4 °C	1,999 mm	58
2012	32.7 °C22 May 2012	8.4 °C3 January 2012	19.4 °C	2,344 mm	56
2011	32.8 °C18 April 2011	7.0 °C29 November 2011	18.9 °C	1,979 mm	44
2010	32.2 °C12 March 2010	7.9 °C31 December 2010	19.2 °C	2,224 mm	34
2009	33.6 °C23 April 2009	8.5 °C9 November 2009	19.9 °C	1,752 mm	56
2008	31.3 °C5 April 2008	8.7 °C7 January 2008	18.8 °C	2,057 mm	29
2007	32.4 °C2 April 2007	7.5 °C14 December 2007	18.8 °C	2,260 mm	39
2006	31.6 °C30 April 2006	8.6 °C6 November 2006	19.1 °C	2,399 mm	33
2005	31.4 °C5 April 2005	8.2 °C5 December 2005	18.9 °C	2,418 mm	22
2004	33.2 °C7 May 2004	8.6 °C22 October 2004	18.8 °C	2,031 mm	29
2003	33.0 °C26 May 2003	7.8 °C28 December 2003	19.2 °C	2,146 mm	47
2002	34.0 °C14 May 2002	7.4 °C26 December 2002	19.4 °C	1,843 mm	50
2001	33.0 °C18 April 2001	8.1 °C14 January 2001	18.6 °C	2,086 mm	17
2000	32.8 °C23 March 2000	7.6 °C10 December 2000	18.3 °C	2,296 mm	17
1999	32.8 °C6 April 1999	7.3 °C2 January 1999	18.7 °C	2,439 mm	50
1998	33.3 °C19 April 1998	7.0 °C31 December 1998	19.4 °C	2,095 mm	50
1997	31.0 °C3 May 1997	8.7 °C23 January 1997	19.0 °C	2,230 mm	7
1996	31.7 °C16 March 1996	9.0 °C17 January 1996	18.8 °C	2,600 mm	23
1995	32.4 °C17 April 1995	8.6 °C10 November 1995	19.4 °C	2,022 mm	33
1994	32.6 °C7 April 1994	6.8 °C5 January 1994	19.2 °C	2,152 mm	19
1993	31.1 °C4 May 1993	6.0 °C7 February 1993	18.2 °C	2,226 mm	6
1992	32.6 °C28 May 1992	6.6 °C11 February 1992	18.3 °C	1,791 mm	24
1991	30.7 °C3 March 1991	8.5 °C12 February 1991	18.8 °C	1,997 mm	8
1990	31.7 °C6 May 1990	7.8 °C19 January 1990	19.0 °C	1,745 mm	22
1989	31.2 °C30 April 1989	6.8 °C22 January 1989	18.1 °C	2,012 mm	5
1988	32.7 °C30 April 1988	7.8 °C18 January 1988	18.9 °C	2,553 mm	42
1987	32.5 °C1 May 1987	7.8 °C4 January 1987	19.0 °C	2,109 mm	28
1986	33.0 °C27 March 1986	8.5 °C13 January 1986	18.8 °C	2,325 mm	31
1985	30.4 °C10 March 1985	7.7 °C16 February 1985	18.3 °C	2,889 mm	5
1984	32.9 °C5 April 1984	8.2 °C6 January 1984	18.9 °C	1,973 mm	33
1983	32.1 °C1 April 1983	7.2 °C26 December 1983	18.8 °C	1,919 mm	35
1982	31.4 °C26 March 1982	7.5 °C13 January 1982	18.3 °C	2,023 mm	14
1981	31.5 °C6 May 1981	6.6 °C3 December 1981	18.6 °C	1,901 mm	16
1980	31.3 °C11 April 1980	6.6 °C2 November 1980	18.6 °C	2,534 mm	8
1979	32.1 °C15 April 1979	9.2 °C31 January 1979	18.5 °C	2,176 mm	19
1978	30.9 °C13 April 1978	8.1 °C18 January 1978	18.3 °C	2,031 mm	10
1977	32.9 °C20 April 1977	8.6 °C22 January 1977	18.4 °C	2,471 mm	20
1976	30.5 °C15 March 1976	8.3 °C5 January 1976	18.0 °C	2,101 mm	3
1975	31.2 °C15 May 1975	7.3 °C30 December 1975	17.7 °C	2,764 mm	7
1974	31.9 °C24 April 1974	8.6 °C9 November 1974	17.8 °C	2,439 mm	13
1973	31.6 °C5 April 1973	6.7 °C8 December 1973	18.3 °C	2,263 mm	25
1972	31.7 °C6 March 1972	7.5 °C9 February 1972	18.4 °C	2,460 mm	11
1971	31.0 °C4 April 1971	7.0 °C29 December 1971	17.8 °C	2,253 mm	13
1970	32.4 °C8 May 1970	8.1 °C16 November 1970	18.4 °C	2,139 mm	18
1969	31.6 °C9 April 1969	8.5 °C22 January 1969	18.4 °C	2,042 mm	8
1968	30.6 °C30 April 1968	7.6 °C8 January 1968	17.9 °C	1,887 mm	7
1967	29.9 °C8 June 1967	7.5 °C22 October 1967	17.5 °C	1,587 mm	0
1966	30.4 °C5 June 1966	7.2 °C9 December 1966	18.2 °C	1,255 mm	4
1965	30.5 °C16 May 1965	6.2 °C4 January 1965	18.2 °C	1,561 mm	10
1964	31.1 °C14 April 1964	7.2 °C3 November 1964	18.0 °C	1,602 mm	19
1963	31.1 °C25 March 1963	6.1 °C25 December 1963	17.9 °C	1,509 mm	11
1962	31.4 °C2 April 1962	8.0 °C3 January 1962	17.7 °C	1,813 mm	11
1961	32.9 °C15 May 1961	9.3 °C14 October 1961	18.1 °C	2,176 mm	18
1960	30.8 °C25 April 1960	8.5 °C20 January 1960	17.8 °C	2,606 mm	3
1959	32.0 °C4 April 1959	8.5 °C22 January 1959	17.7 °C	2,320 mm	11
1958	31.8 °C21 April 1958	7.9 °C15 February 1958	18.2 °C	2,440 mm	22
1957	31.1 °C26 April 1957	6.6 °C25 January 1957	18.1 °C	1,872 mm	4
1956	30.6 °C12 March 1956	7.1 °C6 November 1956	17.5 °C	2,562 mm	5
1955	29.7 °C19 April 1955	8.3 °C20 October 1955	17.5 °C	2,733 mm	0
1954	32.3 °C21 April 1954	7.8 °C12 January 1954	17.5 °C	2,584 mm	13
1953	31.6 °C29 March 1953	5.8 °C19 December 1953	17.4 °C	3,105 mm	14
1952	30.1 °C22 February 1952	7.2 °C10 November 1952	17.4 °C	3,119 mm	1
1951	30.5 °C5 April 1951	8.1 °C23 January 1951	17.4 °C	2,445 mm	6
1950	28.3 °C5 March 1950	7.0 °C5 November 1950	16.4 °C	2,936 mm	0
1949	30.3 °C24 March 1949	7.0 °C3 November 1949	16.7 °C	3,235 mm	1
1948	30.3 °C6 May 1948	6.8 °C12 November 1948	17.2 °C	2,723 mm	1
1947	29.7 °C26 April 1947	6.1 °C18 October 1947	17.0 °C	2,805 mm	0
1946	31.0 °C31 March 1946	6.6 °C11 December 1946	17.5 °C	2,087 mm	9
1945	30.4 °C24 April 1945	7.3 °C10 December 1945	17.4 °C	2,071 mm	7
1944	30.8 °C14 April 1944	6.8 °C11 January 1944	17.3 °C	2,384 mm	3
1943	29.4 °C27 April 1943	6.8 °C13 November 1943	16.7 °C	2,965 mm	0
1942	30.0 °C22 May 1942	6.3 °C28 November 1942	17.4 °C	2,107 mm	1
1941	32.0 °C28 March 1941	7.5 °C15 January 1941	18.1 °C	2,010 mm	18
1940	29.9 °C7 April 1940	6.5 °C10 December 1940	17.3 °C	1,924 mm	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.9 °C

+1.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

38 d/yr

+16

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2066 mm

-150 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.6 °C	+1.7 °C	0 mm	-7 mm
Feb	29.0 °C	+1.7 °C	4 mm	-7 mm
Mar	29.6 °C	+1.3 °C	7 mm	-20 mm
Apr	29.3 °C	+0.7 °C	38 mm	-2 mm
May	28.9 °C	+2.1 °C	33 mm	-103 mm
Jun	26.6 °C	+2.9 °C	88 mm	-211 mm
Jul	22.0 °C	+1.3 °C	627 mm	+64 mm
Aug	20.5 °C	-0.1 °C	750 mm	+115 mm
Sep	22.9 °C	+0.9 °C	459 mm	+97 mm
Oct	23.4 °C	-0.1 °C	57 mm	-43 mm
Nov	25.4 °C	+1.0 °C	3 mm	-24 mm
Dec	26.0 °C	+0.9 °C	0 mm	-9 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.8 °C

2 May 2025

Coldest day

9.5 °C

27 Jan 2025

Wettest day

46.9 mm

9 Aug 2025

Windiest day

18.7 km/h

8 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

47.5 km/h

4 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

33.4 °C

2 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

6.4 °C

27 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.4 h

18 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Amba Giorgis?

Amba Giorgis has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.5 °C and it receives 2,216 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Amba Giorgis?

The hottest day measured in Amba Giorgis between 1940 and 2025 was 11 March 2022, reaching 34.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Amba Giorgis?

The coldest day measured in Amba Giorgis between 1940 and 2025 was 19 December 1953, at 5.8 °C.

Does it snow in Amba Giorgis?

Almost never: Amba Giorgis sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Amba Giorgis warmed?

Yes: Amba Giorgis warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Amba Giorgis?

The wettest day measured in Amba Giorgis between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 1940, with 92 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Amba Giorgis?

The windiest day measured in Amba Giorgis between 1940 and 2025 was 22 April 1983, with winds reaching 23.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Amba Giorgis?

The warmest month in Amba Giorgis is April (21.6 °C on average); the coldest is August (16.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Amba Giorgis?

Amba Giorgis receives on average 2,216 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 166 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Amba Giorgis?

Amba Giorgis gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Amba Giorgis?

Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Amba Giorgis.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Amba Giorgis?

In Amba Giorgis, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.4 °C on 12 April 2024, and the lowest was 2.0 °C on 8 December 1973.

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