Badessa climate — normals and trends
Badessa (Ethiopia) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.8 °C and it receives 1,112 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 (21.0 °C on average) and the coldest is July (16.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Badessa averages 0 frost days, 18 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 181 rainy days per year.
Badessa has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.34 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.8 °C (on 22 March 2009) and the coldest 6.9 °C (on 11 November 1988).
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
BadessaSouth Ethiopia Regional State
- coords
- 6.88°, 37.94°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
18.8°C
Average daily high
24.7°C
Average daily low
13.9°C
Annual rainfall
1,112mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
67%
Average peak wind
9.9km/h
Seasonal range
4.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
18 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
181 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
26.0 °C
Average feels-like low
13.5 °C
Average peak gust
28.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.83 · 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
34.8 °C
22 March 2009
Coldest day
6.9 °C
11 November 1988
Wettest day
87 mm
10 May 2016
Windiest day
22.1 km/h
27 October 1995
Strongest gust
54.0 km/h
25 April 2017
Hottest feels-like
37.0 °C
29 March 2016
Coldest feels-like
3.0 °C
11 November 1988
Sunniest day
12.1 h
25 April 1974
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 | 28.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 0 mm | -11 mm |
| Feb | 30.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 0 mm | -20 mm |
| Mar | 28.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 140 mm | +76 mm |
| Apr | 27.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 96 mm | -35 mm |
| May | 25.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 146 mm | -11 mm |
| Jun | 24.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 53 mm | -62 mm |
| Jul | 22.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 117 mm | -46 mm |
| Aug | 22.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 183 mm | +16 mm |
| Sep | 23.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 136 mm | -18 mm |
| Oct | 24.1 °C | 0.0 °C | 110 mm | +14 mm |
| Nov | 26.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 1 mm | -26 mm |
| Dec | 27.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 5 mm | -5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Badessa?
Badessa has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.8 °C and it receives 1,112 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Badessa?
The hottest day measured in Badessa between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 2009, reaching 34.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Badessa?
The coldest day measured in Badessa between 1940 and 2025 was 11 November 1988, at 6.9 °C.
Does it snow in Badessa?
Almost never: Badessa sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Badessa warmed?
Yes: Badessa warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Badessa?
The wettest day measured in Badessa between 1940 and 2025 was 10 May 2016, with 87 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Badessa?
The windiest day measured in Badessa between 1940 and 2025 was 27 October 1995, with winds reaching 22.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Badessa?
The warmest month in Badessa is March (21.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Badessa?
Badessa receives on average 1,112 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 181 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Badessa?
Badessa gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Badessa?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Badessa.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Badessa?
In Badessa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.0 °C on 29 March 2016, and the lowest was 3.0 °C on 11 November 1988.
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