Āsela climate — normals and trends
Āsela (Ethiopia) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.2 °C and it receives 1,903 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 (15.6 °C on average) and the coldest is December (13.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Āsela averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 197 rainy days per year.
Āsela 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 28.4 °C (on 11 April 2011) and the coldest 0.9 °C (on 7 January 2017).
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
ĀselaOromiya
- coords
- 7.95°, 39.13°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.2°C
Average daily high
20.0°C
Average daily low
9.0°C
Annual rainfall
1,903mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
11.0km/h
Seasonal range
2.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
197 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
20.2 °C
Average feels-like low
7.3 °C
Average peak gust
34.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.87 · 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
28.4 °C
11 April 2011
Coldest day
0.9 °C
7 January 2017
Wettest day
80 mm
7 April 1963
Windiest day
25.3 km/h
26 October 1995
Strongest gust
80.3 km/h
19 April 2002
Hottest feels-like
28.7 °C
21 March 2017
Coldest feels-like
-3.8 °C
7 January 2017
Sunniest day
12.0 h
14 May 2004
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 22.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 3 mm | -14 mm |
| Feb | 24.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 0 mm | -33 mm |
| Mar | 23.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 114 mm | +21 mm |
| Apr | 23.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 76 mm | -92 mm |
| May | 22.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 146 mm | -43 mm |
| Jun | 22.7 °C | +3.0 °C | 67 mm | -87 mm |
| Jul | 19.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 332 mm | +52 mm |
| Aug | 18.2 °C | +0.3 °C | 311 mm | -69 mm |
| Sep | 19.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 510 mm | +101 mm |
| Oct | 19.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 88 mm | -51 mm |
| Nov | 20.5 °C | +0.6 °C | 5 mm | -24 mm |
| Dec | 21.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 6 mm | -6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Āsela?
Āsela has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.2 °C and it receives 1,903 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Āsela?
The hottest day measured in Āsela between 1940 and 2025 was 11 April 2011, reaching 28.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Āsela?
The coldest day measured in Āsela between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2017, at 0.9 °C.
Does it snow in Āsela?
Almost never: Āsela sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Āsela warmed?
Yes: Āsela warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Āsela?
The wettest day measured in Āsela between 1940 and 2025 was 7 April 1963, with 80 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Āsela?
The windiest day measured in Āsela between 1940 and 2025 was 26 October 1995, with winds reaching 25.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Āsela?
The warmest month in Āsela is March (15.6 °C on average); the coldest is December (13.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Āsela?
Āsela receives on average 1,903 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 197 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Āsela?
Āsela gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Āsela?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Āsela.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Āsela?
In Āsela, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 28.7 °C on 21 March 2017, and the lowest was -3.8 °C on 7 January 2017.
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