Ayikel climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Ayikel?

Ayikel has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.6 °C and it receives 2,134 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ayikel?

The hottest day measured in Ayikel between 1940 and 2025 was 8 May 2024, reaching 36.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Ayikel?

The coldest day measured in Ayikel between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 1993, at 6.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Ayikel?

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

Q: Has the climate of Ayikel warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Ayikel?

The wettest day measured in Ayikel between 1940 and 2025 was 17 October 1962, with 100 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Ayikel?

The windiest day measured in Ayikel between 1940 and 2025 was 15 April 1968, with winds reaching 24.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Ayikel?

The warmest month in Ayikel is April (24.3 °C on average); the coldest is August (18.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Ayikel?

Ayikel receives on average 2,134 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 179 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Ayikel?

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

Ayikel (Ethiopia) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.6 °C and it receives 2,134 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 (24.3 °C on average) and the coldest is August (18.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Ayikel averages 0 frost days, 71 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 179 rainy days per year.

Ayikel has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.8 °C (on 8 May 2024) and the coldest 6.4 °C (on 7 February 1993).

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

AyikelAmhara

coords: 12.55°, 37.07°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthAprilColdest monthAugustWettest monthAugustDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

20.6°C

Average daily high

26.7°C

Average daily low

15.1°C

Annual rainfall

2,134mm

Sunshine / day

10.4h

Mean relative humidity

63%

Average peak wind

11.5km/h

Seasonal range

5.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

71 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

179 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.4 °C

Average feels-like low

14.9 °C

Average peak gust

30.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

8 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.4 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

36.8 °C

8 May 2024

Coldest day

6.4 °C

7 February 1993

Wettest day

100 mm

17 October 1962

Windiest day

24.2 km/h

15 April 1968

Strongest gust

56.5 km/h

22 April 1983

Hottest feels-like

38.1 °C

5 May 2018

Coldest feels-like

3.6 °C

6 February 1993

Sunniest day

12.6 h

21 May 1990

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.8 °C2 May 2025	10.2 °C30 December 2025	21.8 °C	1,536 mm	118
2024	36.8 °C8 May 2024	11.1 °C6 January 2024	22.0 °C	1,695 mm	120
2023	36.2 °C12 May 2023	9.4 °C22 March 2023	22.3 °C	1,172 mm	109
2022	36.4 °C11 March 2022	9.3 °C27 December 2022	21.6 °C	1,613 mm	109
2021	34.7 °C26 March 2021	10.5 °C6 February 2021	21.7 °C	1,667 mm	91
2020	35.1 °C1 April 2020	8.8 °C12 January 2020	21.7 °C	1,772 mm	112
2019	35.1 °C5 May 2019	9.3 °C26 December 2019	21.8 °C	2,425 mm	134
2018	36.2 °C5 May 2018	10.7 °C18 December 2018	21.5 °C	1,803 mm	102
2017	34.6 °C3 April 2017	9.8 °C9 January 2017	21.8 °C	2,136 mm	105
2016	36.1 °C28 March 2016	10.3 °C29 January 2016	22.0 °C	1,987 mm	116
2015	34.3 °C3 April 2015	8.7 °C15 December 2015	22.1 °C	1,361 mm	109
2014	34.0 °C8 April 2014	9.9 °C3 January 2014	21.0 °C	2,183 mm	73
2013	35.5 °C6 April 2013	8.7 °C14 December 2013	21.5 °C	1,947 mm	123
2012	35.3 °C16 April 2012	9.5 °C2 January 2012	21.5 °C	1,984 mm	119
2011	35.4 °C10 April 2011	7.8 °C29 November 2011	21.0 °C	1,811 mm	94
2010	35.0 °C24 April 2010	8.7 °C31 December 2010	21.2 °C	1,970 mm	79
2009	36.2 °C23 April 2009	10.2 °C12 January 2009	21.9 °C	1,523 mm	117
2008	33.9 °C31 March 2008	10.2 °C7 January 2008	21.0 °C	1,946 mm	84
2007	34.9 °C2 April 2007	9.3 °C14 December 2007	21.0 °C	1,869 mm	97
2006	35.4 °C1 May 2006	10.7 °C15 January 2006	21.2 °C	2,161 mm	102
2005	34.2 °C4 April 2005	9.5 °C7 January 2005	21.1 °C	2,050 mm	91
2004	35.6 °C19 May 2004	10.1 °C26 December 2004	20.8 °C	1,974 mm	84
2003	35.7 °C26 May 2003	9.1 °C4 January 2003	21.2 °C	1,900 mm	112
2002	35.9 °C23 April 2002	7.5 °C26 December 2002	21.4 °C	1,619 mm	97
2001	35.5 °C16 April 2001	9.2 °C10 January 2001	20.6 °C	1,866 mm	56
2000	35.3 °C23 March 2000	8.1 °C11 December 2000	20.4 °C	2,142 mm	78
1999	34.7 °C6 April 1999	8.8 °C14 March 1999	20.8 °C	2,252 mm	98
1998	35.3 °C20 April 1998	8.4 °C13 February 1998	21.3 °C	2,029 mm	91
1997	32.7 °C2 April 1997	9.3 °C23 January 1997	20.9 °C	2,039 mm	57
1996	33.8 °C19 April 1996	9.2 °C17 January 1996	20.9 °C	2,557 mm	86
1995	35.2 °C17 April 1995	10.0 °C16 February 1995	21.3 °C	1,949 mm	84
1994	34.2 °C12 April 1994	8.8 °C5 January 1994	21.0 °C	1,910 mm	70
1993	33.3 °C2 March 1993	6.4 °C7 February 1993	20.4 °C	2,320 mm	49
1992	34.3 °C28 May 1992	6.8 °C11 February 1992	20.3 °C	1,971 mm	64
1991	32.5 °C3 April 1991	8.2 °C12 February 1991	20.5 °C	1,767 mm	57
1990	33.4 °C11 April 1990	8.7 °C19 January 1990	20.9 °C	1,569 mm	63
1989	33.3 °C30 April 1989	8.0 °C22 January 1989	20.2 °C	2,064 mm	51
1988	34.9 °C30 April 1988	8.5 °C18 January 1988	20.9 °C	2,421 mm	79
1987	35.2 °C15 April 1987	8.7 °C4 January 1987	21.2 °C	2,071 mm	84
1986	35.6 °C24 May 1986	9.4 °C13 January 1986	21.0 °C	2,079 mm	91
1985	33.1 °C16 March 1985	9.6 °C16 February 1985	20.4 °C	2,862 mm	70
1984	34.4 °C29 April 1984	9.1 °C11 January 1984	20.9 °C	1,927 mm	84
1983	34.8 °C29 March 1983	7.0 °C27 December 1983	20.7 °C	2,068 mm	79
1982	33.9 °C24 April 1982	7.3 °C15 February 1982	20.2 °C	2,066 mm	46
1981	34.1 °C29 April 1981	9.0 °C14 December 1981	20.6 °C	1,851 mm	66
1980	34.0 °C11 April 1980	9.2 °C2 November 1980	20.6 °C	2,397 mm	51
1979	35.0 °C16 April 1979	10.2 °C11 January 1979	20.6 °C	2,170 mm	66
1978	33.9 °C12 April 1978	9.3 °C18 January 1978	20.3 °C	2,244 mm	62
1977	35.9 °C20 April 1977	9.2 °C22 January 1977	20.5 °C	2,362 mm	65
1976	32.7 °C17 April 1976	9.8 °C1 January 1976	20.1 °C	2,247 mm	38
1975	33.5 °C25 March 1975	8.6 °C30 December 1975	19.9 °C	2,779 mm	61
1974	33.4 °C26 February 1974	9.9 °C5 January 1974	19.8 °C	2,340 mm	41
1973	33.7 °C25 April 1973	8.7 °C13 December 1973	20.3 °C	2,218 mm	81
1972	33.7 °C25 May 1972	8.5 °C8 February 1972	20.4 °C	2,130 mm	58
1971	33.3 °C4 April 1971	7.0 °C24 December 1971	19.8 °C	2,453 mm	73
1970	35.7 °C8 May 1970	9.0 °C24 January 1970	20.4 °C	2,136 mm	71
1969	33.7 °C9 April 1969	10.0 °C22 January 1969	20.4 °C	2,077 mm	35
1968	33.2 °C6 May 1968	7.9 °C26 February 1968	20.0 °C	1,994 mm	41
1967	32.5 °C13 February 1967	9.6 °C28 December 1967	19.6 °C	1,684 mm	24
1966	33.0 °C14 May 1966	10.9 °C14 December 1966	20.7 °C	1,354 mm	100
1965	32.8 °C29 May 1965	8.8 °C4 January 1965	20.7 °C	1,363 mm	88
1964	33.3 °C31 May 1964	10.8 °C6 November 1964	20.3 °C	1,791 mm	90
1963	33.1 °C25 March 1963	9.1 °C25 December 1963	20.0 °C	1,797 mm	38
1962	33.0 °C24 April 1962	9.7 °C4 January 1962	19.7 °C	2,300 mm	47
1961	35.0 °C15 May 1961	10.8 °C7 December 1961	20.2 °C	2,298 mm	74
1960	32.6 °C25 April 1960	9.7 °C31 January 1960	19.8 °C	2,872 mm	24
1959	33.6 °C17 March 1959	9.2 °C22 January 1959	19.5 °C	2,503 mm	26
1958	33.0 °C5 March 1958	8.4 °C15 February 1958	20.0 °C	2,666 mm	52
1957	33.0 °C7 May 1957	8.1 °C25 January 1957	20.2 °C	2,223 mm	34
1956	33.1 °C13 March 1956	8.6 °C18 January 1956	19.6 °C	2,665 mm	55
1955	32.0 °C19 April 1955	9.9 °C27 January 1955	19.5 °C	2,919 mm	42
1954	34.5 °C21 April 1954	9.9 °C3 January 1954	19.7 °C	2,553 mm	64
1953	33.9 °C29 March 1953	7.5 °C21 December 1953	19.6 °C	3,290 mm	56
1952	32.5 °C21 February 1952	10.4 °C5 January 1952	19.6 °C	3,086 mm	46
1951	32.9 °C26 April 1951	9.6 °C25 December 1951	19.6 °C	2,661 mm	58
1950	30.5 °C27 February 1950	10.0 °C11 January 1950	18.6 °C	2,868 mm	5
1949	32.9 °C24 March 1949	9.1 °C12 December 1949	18.9 °C	3,160 mm	20
1948	33.0 °C16 April 1948	9.3 °C17 January 1948	19.6 °C	2,748 mm	48
1947	32.7 °C15 April 1947	8.9 °C12 February 1947	19.1 °C	2,721 mm	15
1946	33.7 °C1 April 1946	8.0 °C10 December 1946	19.8 °C	2,114 mm	82
1945	33.0 °C26 April 1945	8.7 °C17 January 1945	19.7 °C	1,902 mm	52
1944	33.5 °C13 April 1944	8.3 °C2 December 1944	19.6 °C	2,154 mm	40
1943	32.5 °C27 April 1943	9.1 °C26 January 1943	19.0 °C	2,786 mm	41
1942	31.1 °C4 April 1942	8.0 °C10 December 1942	19.5 °C	1,867 mm	16
1941	34.0 °C28 March 1941	8.7 °C15 January 1941	20.0 °C	1,933 mm	63
1940	32.1 °C10 April 1940	7.8 °C3 March 1940	19.5 °C	1,813 mm	33

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.1 °C

+1.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

118 d/yr

+47

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1537 mm

-598 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.1 °C	+1.4 °C	0 mm	-5 mm
Feb	30.7 °C	+1.5 °C	5 mm	-2 mm
Mar	31.9 °C	+1.2 °C	1 mm	-16 mm
Apr	31.9 °C	+0.8 °C	17 mm	-27 mm
May	31.3 °C	+2.7 °C	23 mm	-145 mm
Jun	29.2 °C	+3.6 °C	58 mm	-248 mm
Jul	24.4 °C	+1.5 °C	366 mm	-117 mm
Aug	22.7 °C	0.0 °C	623 mm	+115 mm
Sep	25.0 °C	+1.0 °C	328 mm	-60 mm
Oct	25.5 °C	+0.4 °C	106 mm	-55 mm
Nov	27.6 °C	+1.4 °C	9 mm	-29 mm
Dec	27.9 °C	+1.0 °C	0 mm	-8 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.8 °C

2 May 2025

Coldest day

10.2 °C

30 Dec 2025

Wettest day

52.2 mm

19 Aug 2025

Windiest day

19.1 km/h

3 May 2025

Strongest gust

46.1 km/h

4 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.1 °C

2 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

8.1 °C

27 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.3 h

20 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Ayikel?

Ayikel has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.6 °C and it receives 2,134 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ayikel?

The hottest day measured in Ayikel between 1940 and 2025 was 8 May 2024, reaching 36.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Ayikel?

The coldest day measured in Ayikel between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 1993, at 6.4 °C.

Does it snow in Ayikel?

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

Has the climate of Ayikel warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Ayikel?

The wettest day measured in Ayikel between 1940 and 2025 was 17 October 1962, with 100 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Ayikel?

The windiest day measured in Ayikel between 1940 and 2025 was 15 April 1968, with winds reaching 24.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Ayikel?

The warmest month in Ayikel is April (24.3 °C on average); the coldest is August (18.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Ayikel?

Ayikel receives on average 2,134 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 179 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Ayikel?

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

Are there tropical nights in Ayikel?

Yes: Ayikel has on average 8 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ayikel?

In Ayikel, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.1 °C on 5 May 2018, and the lowest was 3.6 °C on 6 February 1993.

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