Babīlē climate — normals and trends
Babīlē (Ethiopia) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.0 °C and it receives 723 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 (20.8 °C on average) and the coldest is July (17.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Babīlē averages 0 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 136 rainy days per year.
Babīlē has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.2 °C (on 19 March 2016) and the coldest 6.1 °C (on 21 January 1960).
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
BabīlēOromiya
- coords
- 9.23°, 42.33°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
19.0°C
Average daily high
24.4°C
Average daily low
14.4°C
Annual rainfall
723mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
62%
Average peak wind
11.5km/h
Seasonal range
2.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
136 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
24.8 °C
Average feels-like low
13.8 °C
Average peak gust
30.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.69 · 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
32.2 °C
19 March 2016
Coldest day
6.1 °C
21 January 1960
Wettest day
98 mm
6 June 1950
Windiest day
25.8 km/h
5 July 1944
Strongest gust
59.4 km/h
5 July 1944
Hottest feels-like
33.3 °C
22 March 2009
Coldest feels-like
1.6 °C
17 January 1960
Sunniest day
12.0 h
25 April 1940
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 | 27.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 0 mm | -7 mm |
| Feb | 28.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 0 mm | -13 mm |
| Mar | 27.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 19 mm | -20 mm |
| Apr | 27.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 63 mm | -33 mm |
| May | 26.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 83 mm | -42 mm |
| Jun | 26.8 °C | +3.1 °C | 14 mm | -44 mm |
| Jul | 24.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 46 mm | -50 mm |
| Aug | 22.8 °C | +0.2 °C | 80 mm | -17 mm |
| Sep | 24.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 72 mm | -12 mm |
| Oct | 25.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 47 mm | -31 mm |
| Nov | 26.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 1 mm | -21 mm |
| Dec | 25.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 14 mm | +7 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Babīlē?
Babīlē has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.0 °C and it receives 723 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Babīlē?
The hottest day measured in Babīlē between 1940 and 2025 was 19 March 2016, reaching 32.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Babīlē?
The coldest day measured in Babīlē between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1960, at 6.1 °C.
Does it snow in Babīlē?
Almost never: Babīlē sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Babīlē warmed?
Yes: Babīlē warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Babīlē?
The wettest day measured in Babīlē between 1940 and 2025 was 6 June 1950, with 98 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Babīlē?
The windiest day measured in Babīlē between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 1944, with winds reaching 25.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Babīlē?
The warmest month in Babīlē is March (20.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Babīlē?
Babīlē receives on average 723 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 136 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Babīlē?
Babīlē gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Babīlē?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Babīlē.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Babīlē?
In Babīlē, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.3 °C on 22 March 2009, and the lowest was 1.6 °C on 17 January 1960.
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