Āsasa climate — normals and trends
Āsasa (Ethiopia) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.7 °C and it receives 2,175 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 March (13.8 °C on average) and the coldest is July (11.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Āsasa averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 198 rainy days per year.
Āsasa has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 26.4 °C (on 15 March 2000) and the coldest 1.1 °C (on 7 November 1978).
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
ĀsasaOromiya
- coords
- 7.10°, 39.20°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.7°C
Average daily high
18.3°C
Average daily low
8.4°C
Annual rainfall
2,175mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
9.2km/h
Seasonal range
2.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
198 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
17.8 °C
Average feels-like low
6.8 °C
Average peak gust
28.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.89 · p = < 0.001
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
26.4 °C
15 March 2000
Coldest day
1.1 °C
7 November 1978
Wettest day
118 mm
28 March 1971
Windiest day
24.0 km/h
13 August 1943
Strongest gust
78.1 km/h
27 August 1984
Hottest feels-like
26.5 °C
1 March 2013
Coldest feels-like
-3.1 °C
7 January 2017
Sunniest day
12.0 h
15 April 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 22.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 2 mm | -23 mm |
| Feb | 23.3 °C | +2.9 °C | 1 mm | -53 mm |
| Mar | 21.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 225 mm | +76 mm |
| Apr | 20.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 141 mm | -114 mm |
| May | 20.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 152 mm | -38 mm |
| Jun | 20.4 °C | +2.6 °C | 140 mm | -82 mm |
| Jul | 17.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 489 mm | +151 mm |
| Aug | 16.5 °C | +0.6 °C | 328 mm | -43 mm |
| Sep | 17.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 457 mm | +99 mm |
| Oct | 17.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 254 mm | +102 mm |
| Nov | 19.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 5 mm | -40 mm |
| Dec | 20.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 7 mm | -10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Āsasa?
Āsasa has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.7 °C and it receives 2,175 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Āsasa?
The hottest day measured in Āsasa between 1940 and 2025 was 15 March 2000, reaching 26.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Āsasa?
The coldest day measured in Āsasa between 1940 and 2025 was 7 November 1978, at 1.1 °C.
Does it snow in Āsasa?
Almost never: Āsasa sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Āsasa warmed?
Yes: Āsasa warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Āsasa?
The wettest day measured in Āsasa between 1940 and 2025 was 28 March 1971, with 118 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Āsasa?
The windiest day measured in Āsasa between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 1943, with winds reaching 24.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Āsasa?
The warmest month in Āsasa is March (13.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (11.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Āsasa?
Āsasa receives on average 2,175 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 198 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Āsasa?
Āsasa gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Āsasa?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Āsasa.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Āsasa?
In Āsasa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 26.5 °C on 1 March 2013, and the lowest was -3.1 °C on 7 January 2017.
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