Bako climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Bako?

Bako has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.4 °C and it receives 2,346 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Bako between 1940 and 2025 was 6 March 2023, reaching 35.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Bako?

The coldest day measured in Bako between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1962, at 12.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Bako?

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

Q: Has the climate of Bako warmed?

Yes: Bako warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Bako?

The wettest day measured in Bako between 1940 and 2025 was 20 April 2002, with 103 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Bako?

The windiest day measured in Bako between 1940 and 2025 was 12 October 2006, with winds reaching 15.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Bako?

The warmest month in Bako is February (22.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Bako?

Bako receives on average 2,346 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 224 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Bako?

Bako gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Bako (Ethiopia) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.4 °C and it receives 2,346 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 February (22.9 °C on average) and the coldest is July (20.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Bako averages 0 frost days, 33 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 224 rainy days per year.

Bako has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 35.4 °C (on 6 March 2023) and the coldest 12.0 °C (on 4 January 1962).

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

BakoSouth Ethiopia Regional State

coords: 5.78°, 36.57°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AfTropical rainforestWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthAprilDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

21.4°C

Average daily high

26.4°C

Average daily low

17.1°C

Annual rainfall

2,346mm

Sunshine / day

9.8h

Mean relative humidity

72%

Average peak wind

6.9km/h

Seasonal range

2.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

33 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

224 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.7 °C

Average feels-like low

17.9 °C

Average peak gust

24.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

7 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.5 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.73 · 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

35.4 °C

6 March 2023

Coldest day

12.0 °C

4 January 1962

Wettest day

103 mm

20 April 2002

Windiest day

15.9 km/h

12 October 2006

Strongest gust

50.0 km/h

15 June 2008

Hottest feels-like

37.9 °C

29 March 2016

Coldest feels-like

10.5 °C

15 December 1988

Sunniest day

12.2 h

9 May 1943

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.9 °C28 February 2025	14.1 °C3 December 2025	22.7 °C	1,889 mm	73
2024	33.6 °C12 March 2024	14.9 °C23 August 2024	22.5 °C	2,171 mm	39
2023	35.4 °C6 March 2023	13.8 °C22 February 2023	22.7 °C	2,254 mm	69
2022	34.3 °C10 March 2022	14.3 °C3 August 2022	22.9 °C	1,442 mm	85
2021	32.1 °C10 February 2021	14.4 °C7 January 2021	22.7 °C	1,203 mm	56
2020	32.6 °C27 February 2020	13.5 °C29 December 2020	21.8 °C	2,717 mm	24
2019	34.9 °C22 March 2019	14.7 °C14 January 2019	22.5 °C	2,463 mm	94
2018	33.5 °C16 February 2018	14.1 °C9 February 2018	22.1 °C	2,065 mm	58
2017	34.7 °C11 February 2017	14.0 °C7 January 2017	22.9 °C	1,838 mm	103
2016	34.2 °C29 February 2016	14.4 °C9 December 2016	23.0 °C	1,532 mm	96
2015	34.5 °C16 March 2015	13.1 °C11 January 2015	22.7 °C	2,340 mm	78
2014	33.8 °C4 March 2014	12.9 °C12 February 2014	22.3 °C	2,011 mm	55
2013	33.9 °C25 February 2013	13.9 °C30 November 2013	22.0 °C	2,213 mm	45
2012	33.9 °C17 March 2012	13.6 °C15 January 2012	22.0 °C	2,292 mm	59
2011	33.8 °C11 February 2011	12.3 °C31 December 2011	22.1 °C	2,269 mm	81
2010	33.2 °C15 March 2010	13.7 °C14 January 2010	22.4 °C	2,004 mm	51
2009	33.5 °C24 February 2009	14.8 °C9 January 2009	22.7 °C	1,693 mm	85
2008	32.9 °C12 March 2008	13.2 °C23 November 2008	22.3 °C	1,794 mm	74
2007	33.4 °C8 March 2007	14.0 °C24 October 2007	22.1 °C	2,169 mm	50
2006	34.6 °C17 February 2006	14.8 °C12 December 2006	22.2 °C	2,928 mm	53
2005	34.1 °C25 February 2005	14.6 °C4 January 2005	22.5 °C	1,615 mm	74
2004	34.4 °C23 March 2004	14.3 °C4 November 2004	21.9 °C	2,028 mm	39
2003	34.1 °C21 February 2003	13.1 °C14 January 2003	21.7 °C	2,045 mm	42
2002	33.7 °C27 February 2002	15.3 °C29 December 2002	21.9 °C	2,230 mm	40
2001	31.5 °C28 February 2001	13.8 °C21 December 2001	21.6 °C	2,061 mm	22
2000	34.9 °C22 March 2000	14.4 °C28 January 2000	22.0 °C	1,394 mm	64
1999	34.0 °C16 February 1999	13.2 °C27 January 1999	22.2 °C	1,587 mm	60
1998	32.2 °C2 April 1998	13.0 °C12 December 1998	22.0 °C	1,964 mm	27
1997	34.5 °C7 March 1997	15.2 °C14 December 1997	22.1 °C	3,045 mm	66
1996	32.7 °C29 February 1996	14.1 °C30 November 1996	21.6 °C	2,304 mm	34
1995	31.0 °C1 February 1995	13.6 °C30 November 1995	21.9 °C	2,077 mm	17
1994	34.1 °C22 February 1994	13.9 °C5 November 1994	21.8 °C	2,204 mm	69
1993	32.0 °C29 December 1993	14.3 °C31 December 1993	21.7 °C	1,773 mm	18
1992	34.1 °C12 March 1992	13.4 °C31 October 1992	21.8 °C	2,227 mm	43
1991	32.9 °C18 March 1991	13.1 °C10 November 1991	21.5 °C	2,433 mm	27
1990	31.3 °C5 February 1990	13.8 °C27 December 1990	21.7 °C	2,291 mm	19
1989	32.4 °C4 March 1989	13.6 °C1 April 1989	21.2 °C	2,383 mm	19
1988	33.1 °C16 March 1988	12.4 °C15 December 1988	21.6 °C	2,273 mm	37
1987	32.9 °C17 February 1987	13.4 °C14 July 1987	22.0 °C	2,252 mm	40
1986	31.6 °C4 February 1986	13.5 °C25 August 1986	20.9 °C	2,265 mm	17
1985	32.6 °C17 March 1985	13.8 °C9 February 1985	20.7 °C	2,591 mm	25
1984	32.0 °C20 February 1984	13.6 °C16 January 1984	21.3 °C	1,727 mm	26
1983	32.7 °C28 February 1983	14.4 °C14 January 1983	21.3 °C	2,487 mm	16
1982	32.9 °C26 March 1982	14.1 °C20 October 1982	20.9 °C	2,645 mm	24
1981	32.2 °C25 February 1981	13.2 °C12 December 1981	21.2 °C	2,600 mm	26
1980	32.5 °C16 March 1980	14.1 °C30 September 1980	21.7 °C	1,928 mm	32
1979	31.6 °C6 March 1979	13.8 °C4 January 1979	21.0 °C	2,580 mm	6
1978	29.8 °C14 February 1978	13.5 °C5 November 1978	20.6 °C	3,359 mm	0
1977	31.4 °C14 March 1977	13.5 °C15 August 1977	20.7 °C	3,264 mm	15
1976	32.1 °C20 March 1976	13.9 °C3 December 1976	21.1 °C	2,512 mm	13
1975	32.1 °C24 February 1975	12.7 °C29 November 1975	20.7 °C	2,696 mm	23
1974	32.1 °C25 February 1974	14.3 °C29 November 1974	20.9 °C	1,939 mm	22
1973	33.4 °C5 April 1973	12.7 °C8 December 1973	21.4 °C	1,985 mm	48
1972	31.5 °C1 April 1972	13.5 °C2 January 1972	20.8 °C	2,702 mm	17
1971	33.8 °C20 March 1971	12.9 °C11 July 1971	20.6 °C	2,707 mm	47
1970	32.9 °C28 February 1970	13.5 °C18 November 1970	21.0 °C	2,540 mm	13
1969	31.3 °C16 April 1969	14.2 °C1 November 1969	21.4 °C	1,830 mm	13
1968	30.1 °C9 February 1968	12.9 °C21 December 1968	20.5 °C	2,643 mm	1
1967	33.0 °C24 February 1967	12.6 °C12 December 1967	20.4 °C	3,214 mm	32
1966	29.6 °C14 February 1966	13.0 °C25 November 1966	20.7 °C	2,557 mm	0
1965	30.1 °C25 February 1965	12.7 °C18 January 1965	20.7 °C	2,521 mm	3
1964	30.4 °C12 March 1964	12.2 °C7 December 1964	20.3 °C	2,612 mm	2
1963	30.0 °C21 March 1963	13.7 °C31 December 1963	20.2 °C	3,951 mm	1
1962	32.6 °C27 February 1962	12.0 °C4 January 1962	20.1 °C	3,288 mm	5
1961	32.8 °C7 March 1961	13.9 °C4 January 1961	20.3 °C	3,486 mm	10
1960	31.1 °C11 February 1960	13.9 °C22 January 1960	20.7 °C	2,993 mm	9
1959	30.9 °C17 March 1959	14.3 °C16 December 1959	20.7 °C	3,236 mm	5
1958	30.8 °C10 March 1958	14.0 °C31 October 1958	20.8 °C	2,592 mm	5
1957	30.8 °C19 February 1957	12.6 °C10 December 1957	20.6 °C	2,860 mm	11
1956	32.7 °C10 March 1956	14.0 °C27 July 1956	20.7 °C	2,302 mm	23
1955	31.3 °C4 March 1955	13.3 °C23 November 1955	20.5 °C	2,473 mm	11
1954	30.1 °C12 February 1954	13.6 °C24 June 1954	20.2 °C	2,155 mm	1
1953	29.3 °C2 October 1953	14.1 °C20 January 1953	19.7 °C	3,758 mm	0
1952	28.6 °C27 January 1952	13.9 °C29 November 1952	19.9 °C	2,929 mm	0
1951	30.8 °C4 March 1951	13.6 °C27 June 1951	20.0 °C	3,344 mm	1
1950	31.4 °C6 March 1950	13.0 °C19 July 1950	19.3 °C	2,936 mm	7
1949	30.7 °C6 March 1949	13.6 °C17 January 1949	19.9 °C	2,706 mm	2
1948	30.4 °C2 April 1948	13.7 °C28 November 1948	20.5 °C	2,460 mm	1
1947	28.9 °C1 January 1947	13.0 °C22 December 1947	20.1 °C	2,526 mm	0
1946	34.1 °C31 March 1946	14.0 °C5 December 1946	21.3 °C	1,903 mm	62
1945	31.5 °C15 March 1945	12.9 °C8 December 1945	21.1 °C	1,600 mm	12
1944	31.5 °C22 March 1944	13.5 °C23 December 1944	21.3 °C	1,423 mm	28
1943	32.2 °C18 February 1943	14.3 °C18 April 1943	21.4 °C	1,205 mm	54
1942	31.4 °C1 March 1942	12.9 °C17 July 1942	21.0 °C	1,457 mm	15
1941	33.8 °C27 March 1941	12.9 °C2 December 1941	21.4 °C	1,720 mm	32
1940	29.6 °C20 February 1940	13.4 °C24 October 1940	19.8 °C	3,044 mm	0

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

+1.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

73 d/yr

+40

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1889 mm

-457 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	30.2 °C	+2.3 °C	17 mm	-63 mm
Feb	32.2 °C	+3.2 °C	2 mm	-80 mm
Mar	29.6 °C	+1.2 °C	218 mm	+11 mm
Apr	27.6 °C	+1.4 °C	270 mm	-81 mm
May	26.9 °C	+1.6 °C	278 mm	-55 mm
Jun	27.4 °C	+2.2 °C	79 mm	-82 mm
Jul	25.9 °C	+1.3 °C	161 mm	+10 mm
Aug	26.1 °C	+0.8 °C	223 mm	+81 mm
Sep	28.1 °C	+1.7 °C	126 mm	-40 mm
Oct	26.3 °C	+0.4 °C	364 mm	+82 mm
Nov	28.6 °C	+2.7 °C	42 mm	-202 mm
Dec	28.5 °C	+2.0 °C	110 mm	-35 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.9 °C

28 Feb 2025

Coldest day

14.1 °C

3 Dec 2025

Wettest day

42.5 mm

19 Aug 2025

Windiest day

10.6 km/h

11 Aug 2025

Strongest gust

36.0 km/h

17 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.4 °C

28 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

12.6 °C

3 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

11.9 h

26 Apr 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Bako?

Bako has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.4 °C and it receives 2,346 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bako?

The hottest day measured in Bako between 1940 and 2025 was 6 March 2023, reaching 35.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Bako?

The coldest day measured in Bako between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1962, at 12.0 °C.

Does it snow in Bako?

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

Has the climate of Bako warmed?

Yes: Bako warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Bako?

The wettest day measured in Bako between 1940 and 2025 was 20 April 2002, with 103 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Bako?

The windiest day measured in Bako between 1940 and 2025 was 12 October 2006, with winds reaching 15.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Bako?

The warmest month in Bako is February (22.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Bako?

Bako receives on average 2,346 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 224 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Bako?

Bako gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Bako?

Yes: Bako has on average 7 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bako?

In Bako, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.9 °C on 29 March 2016, and the lowest was 10.5 °C on 15 December 1988.

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