Bale Hawassa climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Bale Hawassa?

Bale Hawassa has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.9 °C and it receives 1,358 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bale Hawassa?

The hottest day measured in Bale Hawassa between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 2008, reaching 37.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Bale Hawassa?

The coldest day measured in Bale Hawassa between 1940 and 2025 was 11 November 1988, at 8.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Bale Hawassa?

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

Q: Has the climate of Bale Hawassa warmed?

Yes: Bale Hawassa warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Bale Hawassa?

The wettest day measured in Bale Hawassa between 1940 and 2025 was 9 June 1957, with 70 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Bale Hawassa?

The windiest day measured in Bale Hawassa between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1956, with winds reaching 13.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Bale Hawassa?

The warmest month in Bale Hawassa is March (23.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (18.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Bale Hawassa?

Bale Hawassa receives on average 1,358 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 207 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Bale Hawassa?

Bale Hawassa gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Bale Hawassa (Ethiopia) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.9 °C and it receives 1,358 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 (23.2 °C on average) and the coldest is July (18.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

Bale Hawassa averages 0 frost days, 61 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 207 rainy days per year.

Bale Hawassa has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.5 °C (on 22 March 2008) and the coldest 8.9 °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

Bale HawassaSouth Ethiopia Regional State

coords: 6.92°, 37.53°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMarchColdest monthJulyWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

20.9°C

Average daily high

26.8°C

Average daily low

15.8°C

Annual rainfall

1,358mm

Sunshine / day

10.5h

Mean relative humidity

65%

Average peak wind

6.5km/h

Seasonal range

4.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

61 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

207 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.8 °C

Average feels-like low

16.1 °C

Average peak gust

24.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

4 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.8 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.81 · 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

37.5 °C

22 March 2008

Coldest day

8.9 °C

11 November 1988

Wettest day

70 mm

9 June 1957

Windiest day

13.7 km/h

26 March 1956

Strongest gust

47.9 km/h

13 August 1943

Hottest feels-like

38.8 °C

29 March 2016

Coldest feels-like

5.4 °C

31 December 2011

Sunniest day

12.2 h

24 April 1974

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.2 °C1 March 2025	13.5 °C22 January 2025	22.2 °C	1,108 mm	110
2024	33.8 °C17 March 2024	13.0 °C17 November 2024	21.9 °C	1,325 mm	66
2023	34.5 °C8 March 2023	12.1 °C29 November 2023	22.2 °C	1,475 mm	80
2022	35.2 °C11 March 2022	11.6 °C29 January 2022	22.3 °C	1,056 mm	119
2021	34.0 °C3 April 2021	12.5 °C5 January 2021	21.8 °C	1,079 mm	68
2020	35.3 °C8 March 2020	10.0 °C29 December 2020	21.6 °C	1,499 mm	90
2019	35.6 °C21 March 2019	13.0 °C17 January 2019	22.3 °C	1,161 mm	144
2018	33.7 °C9 March 2018	11.5 °C23 November 2018	21.5 °C	1,296 mm	94
2017	35.4 °C14 March 2017	10.1 °C7 January 2017	22.1 °C	1,165 mm	118
2016	35.6 °C29 March 2016	10.0 °C7 December 2016	22.6 °C	1,036 mm	143
2015	35.1 °C6 March 2015	11.7 °C1 January 2015	22.7 °C	1,035 mm	147
2014	34.2 °C6 March 2014	12.6 °C26 January 2014	21.8 °C	1,292 mm	91
2013	35.3 °C24 February 2013	9.6 °C7 December 2013	21.8 °C	1,284 mm	109
2012	35.3 °C19 March 2012	10.4 °C2 January 2012	22.2 °C	1,046 mm	149
2011	36.0 °C29 March 2011	9.0 °C31 December 2011	21.6 °C	1,268 mm	116
2010	34.6 °C3 February 2010	10.7 °C5 December 2010	21.6 °C	1,430 mm	85
2009	36.5 °C22 March 2009	10.7 °C9 November 2009	22.6 °C	1,013 mm	134
2008	37.5 °C22 March 2008	10.2 °C23 November 2008	21.8 °C	1,251 mm	124
2007	35.5 °C15 March 2007	10.8 °C17 December 2007	22.1 °C	1,229 mm	139
2006	34.9 °C17 February 2006	11.1 °C6 November 2006	22.0 °C	1,333 mm	102
2005	34.6 °C21 February 2005	11.9 °C4 January 2005	21.8 °C	1,088 mm	94
2004	34.4 °C22 March 2004	12.8 °C21 October 2004	21.3 °C	1,091 mm	65
2003	35.1 °C21 February 2003	11.2 °C14 January 2003	21.1 °C	1,156 mm	60
2002	35.2 °C27 February 2002	13.3 °C26 July 2002	21.7 °C	990 mm	98
2001	33.5 °C11 December 2001	11.7 °C11 November 2001	21.0 °C	1,088 mm	63
2000	35.9 °C7 March 2000	12.5 °C30 November 2000	21.1 °C	1,048 mm	85
1999	35.2 °C8 February 1999	10.3 °C12 November 1999	21.6 °C	1,096 mm	96
1998	34.9 °C2 April 1998	10.8 °C23 November 1998	21.8 °C	1,081 mm	105
1997	35.2 °C6 March 1997	12.9 °C14 December 1997	21.6 °C	1,368 mm	65
1996	34.5 °C11 February 1996	11.0 °C1 November 1996	21.2 °C	1,483 mm	80
1995	33.2 °C27 March 1995	12.9 °C21 January 1995	21.7 °C	1,072 mm	97
1994	35.6 °C2 March 1994	11.4 °C5 November 1994	21.7 °C	1,207 mm	114
1993	32.7 °C29 December 1993	12.0 °C31 December 1993	21.0 °C	1,045 mm	71
1992	35.2 °C12 March 1992	10.9 °C20 November 1992	21.2 °C	1,128 mm	60
1991	33.5 °C19 January 1991	12.2 °C29 December 1991	21.6 °C	1,086 mm	99
1990	33.2 °C19 November 1990	9.8 °C11 January 1990	21.2 °C	1,164 mm	99
1989	33.1 °C28 February 1989	11.7 °C25 October 1989	20.7 °C	1,201 mm	57
1988	34.8 °C15 March 1988	8.9 °C11 November 1988	21.4 °C	1,205 mm	86
1987	33.9 °C13 February 1987	11.2 °C16 November 1987	21.7 °C	1,285 mm	116
1986	32.8 °C13 March 1986	10.4 °C30 October 1986	20.5 °C	1,387 mm	51
1985	33.3 °C17 March 1985	11.9 °C30 December 1985	20.3 °C	1,572 mm	56
1984	33.3 °C28 April 1984	10.7 °C6 January 1984	20.8 °C	1,110 mm	66
1983	32.4 °C1 March 1983	10.1 °C2 November 1983	20.7 °C	1,381 mm	41
1982	33.8 °C26 March 1982	10.4 °C30 December 1982	20.6 °C	1,261 mm	38
1981	33.9 °C23 February 1981	11.7 °C9 November 1981	20.9 °C	1,316 mm	73
1980	33.8 °C16 January 1980	11.6 °C2 November 1980	21.2 °C	1,172 mm	84
1979	33.5 °C7 March 1979	13.3 °C17 November 1979	20.6 °C	1,493 mm	54
1978	31.7 °C31 January 1978	10.1 °C4 November 1978	20.2 °C	1,576 mm	26
1977	33.8 °C16 March 1977	10.7 °C29 November 1977	20.5 °C	1,802 mm	32
1976	33.3 °C10 March 1976	11.4 °C7 December 1976	20.7 °C	1,416 mm	50
1975	33.3 °C1 March 1975	11.5 °C29 November 1975	20.4 °C	1,461 mm	56
1974	33.6 °C24 April 1974	11.5 °C29 November 1974	20.5 °C	1,309 mm	41
1973	35.6 °C5 April 1973	10.4 °C4 December 1973	20.9 °C	1,330 mm	68
1972	31.6 °C29 January 1972	12.0 °C27 August 1972	20.5 °C	1,319 mm	24
1971	33.4 °C20 March 1971	9.5 °C5 December 1971	20.0 °C	1,624 mm	50
1970	31.6 °C17 February 1970	10.1 °C28 November 1970	20.2 °C	1,472 mm	16
1969	32.2 °C17 March 1969	10.5 °C13 December 1969	20.7 °C	1,268 mm	34
1968	31.1 °C27 March 1968	9.9 °C7 January 1968	19.8 °C	1,536 mm	4
1967	33.7 °C12 March 1967	10.0 °C12 December 1967	19.8 °C	2,241 mm	39
1966	31.4 °C1 May 1966	11.9 °C24 November 1966	20.6 °C	1,047 mm	7
1965	30.7 °C11 March 1965	10.7 °C22 December 1965	20.3 °C	1,186 mm	16
1964	31.6 °C11 April 1964	11.1 °C27 December 1964	20.2 °C	1,152 mm	27
1963	32.4 °C24 March 1963	12.3 °C17 January 1963	19.6 °C	2,075 mm	14
1962	31.5 °C25 February 1962	11.6 °C21 January 1962	19.6 °C	1,764 mm	20
1961	33.5 °C7 March 1961	10.9 °C7 January 1961	19.9 °C	1,842 mm	26
1960	32.2 °C21 April 1960	10.3 °C18 January 1960	19.9 °C	1,944 mm	19
1959	31.8 °C14 March 1959	11.6 °C24 December 1959	19.8 °C	1,811 mm	9
1958	32.4 °C4 March 1958	10.5 °C17 November 1958	20.3 °C	1,570 mm	14
1957	30.7 °C17 February 1957	10.9 °C25 December 1957	20.1 °C	1,739 mm	14
1956	32.7 °C18 March 1956	9.9 °C5 November 1956	20.0 °C	1,601 mm	43
1955	31.1 °C18 April 1955	10.1 °C19 October 1955	19.9 °C	1,391 mm	17
1954	30.9 °C2 February 1954	9.8 °C6 January 1954	19.7 °C	1,408 mm	11
1953	29.7 °C16 February 1953	11.9 °C29 December 1953	19.4 °C	2,141 mm	0
1952	31.1 °C21 February 1952	11.1 °C29 October 1952	19.5 °C	2,074 mm	11
1951	30.7 °C26 February 1951	10.2 °C27 January 1951	19.3 °C	2,166 mm	6
1950	30.9 °C6 March 1950	9.9 °C4 January 1950	19.1 °C	1,868 mm	6
1949	30.0 °C6 March 1949	9.8 °C2 November 1949	19.2 °C	1,692 mm	1
1948	30.8 °C3 April 1948	10.6 °C11 November 1948	20.0 °C	1,431 mm	7
1947	29.5 °C1 February 1947	10.2 °C22 October 1947	19.4 °C	1,565 mm	0
1946	32.4 °C31 March 1946	11.8 °C23 December 1946	20.3 °C	1,180 mm	55
1945	31.6 °C21 March 1945	9.4 °C15 December 1945	19.9 °C	1,125 mm	22
1944	31.6 °C22 February 1944	11.1 °C10 January 1944	20.4 °C	1,014 mm	25
1943	31.8 °C11 April 1943	10.5 °C6 November 1943	20.1 °C	1,281 mm	65
1942	30.8 °C1 March 1942	10.5 °C3 January 1942	20.1 °C	1,006 mm	21
1941	34.2 °C27 March 1941	9.9 °C19 January 1941	20.8 °C	892 mm	39
1940	29.8 °C22 February 1940	10.3 °C17 December 1940	19.4 °C	1,471 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

28.3 °C

+1.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

110 d/yr

+49

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1108 mm

-250 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.9 °C	+0.9 °C	1 mm	-13 mm
Feb	31.8 °C	+2.0 °C	0 mm	-21 mm
Mar	30.4 °C	+0.7 °C	126 mm	+53 mm
Apr	29.6 °C	+1.4 °C	113 mm	-28 mm
May	27.7 °C	+1.5 °C	143 mm	-51 mm
Jun	27.2 °C	+2.6 °C	114 mm	-46 mm
Jul	25.4 °C	+2.0 °C	139 mm	-38 mm
Aug	25.0 °C	+1.3 °C	153 mm	-43 mm
Sep	26.0 °C	+1.4 °C	205 mm	-7 mm
Oct	26.8 °C	+0.5 °C	103 mm	-14 mm
Nov	29.9 °C	+2.0 °C	1 mm	-37 mm
Dec	29.6 °C	+1.2 °C	11 mm	-4 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.2 °C

1 Mar 2025

Coldest day

13.5 °C

22 Jan 2025

Wettest day

27.8 mm

19 Mar 2025

Windiest day

10.8 km/h

23 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

42.1 km/h

20 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.6 °C

1 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

10.7 °C

22 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

25 Apr 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Bale Hawassa?

Bale Hawassa has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.9 °C and it receives 1,358 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bale Hawassa?

The hottest day measured in Bale Hawassa between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 2008, reaching 37.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Bale Hawassa?

The coldest day measured in Bale Hawassa between 1940 and 2025 was 11 November 1988, at 8.9 °C.

Does it snow in Bale Hawassa?

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

Has the climate of Bale Hawassa warmed?

Yes: Bale Hawassa warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Bale Hawassa?

The wettest day measured in Bale Hawassa between 1940 and 2025 was 9 June 1957, with 70 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Bale Hawassa?

The windiest day measured in Bale Hawassa between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1956, with winds reaching 13.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Bale Hawassa?

The warmest month in Bale Hawassa is March (23.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (18.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Bale Hawassa?

Bale Hawassa receives on average 1,358 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 207 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Bale Hawassa?

Bale Hawassa gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Bale Hawassa?

Yes: Bale Hawassa has on average 4 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bale Hawassa?

In Bale Hawassa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.8 °C on 29 March 2016, and the lowest was 5.4 °C on 31 December 2011.

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