Bambesi climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Bambesi?

Bambesi has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 1,516 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Bambesi between 1940 and 2025 was 28 March 1941, reaching 36.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Bambesi?

The coldest day measured in Bambesi between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 2015, at 9.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Bambesi?

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

Q: Has the climate of Bambesi warmed?

Yes: Bambesi warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Bambesi?

The wettest day measured in Bambesi between 1940 and 2025 was 31 October 1965, with 67 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Bambesi?

The windiest day measured in Bambesi between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 2024, with winds reaching 26.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Bambesi?

The warmest month in Bambesi is March (24.2 °C on average); the coldest is August (18.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Bambesi?

Bambesi receives on average 1,516 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 200 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Bambesi?

Bambesi gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Bambesi (Ethiopia) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 1,516 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 (24.2 °C on average) and the coldest is August (18.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

Bambesi averages 0 frost days, 73 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 200 rainy days per year.

Bambesi has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.0 °C (on 28 March 1941) and the coldest 9.4 °C (on 11 January 2015).

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

BambesiBīnshangul Gumuz

coords: 9.75°, 34.73°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMarchColdest monthAugustWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

21.0°C

Average daily high

27.0°C

Average daily low

16.3°C

Annual rainfall

1,516mm

Sunshine / day

10.0h

Mean relative humidity

66%

Average peak wind

10.5km/h

Seasonal range

5.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

73 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

200 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.9 °C

Average feels-like low

16.5 °C

Average peak gust

27.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

10 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.7 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.69 · 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

36.0 °C

28 March 1941

Coldest day

9.4 °C

11 January 2015

Wettest day

67 mm

31 October 1965

Windiest day

26.1 km/h

22 August 2024

Strongest gust

60.1 km/h

6 July 1943

Hottest feels-like

37.4 °C

30 March 1998

Coldest feels-like

6.2 °C

11 January 2015

Sunniest day

12.2 h

14 May 1943

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.4 °C31 March 2025	13.9 °C16 December 2025	22.1 °C	1,022 mm	113
2024	34.9 °C12 March 2024	13.7 °C9 December 2024	22.6 °C	1,074 mm	132
2023	34.1 °C8 April 2023	13.3 °C14 December 2023	22.3 °C	977 mm	111
2022	34.6 °C11 March 2022	13.0 °C26 December 2022	21.7 °C	1,313 mm	79
2021	33.6 °C18 April 2021	13.2 °C7 February 2021	21.7 °C	1,156 mm	68
2020	35.1 °C1 April 2020	11.8 °C26 January 2020	21.7 °C	1,182 mm	85
2019	34.6 °C1 April 2019	13.4 °C27 December 2019	22.1 °C	1,402 mm	118
2018	34.4 °C5 May 2018	13.6 °C30 January 2018	21.7 °C	1,260 mm	97
2017	34.9 °C2 March 2017	13.4 °C19 November 2017	22.1 °C	1,327 mm	111
2016	34.8 °C11 March 2016	12.0 °C28 January 2016	22.1 °C	1,152 mm	104
2015	33.9 °C26 March 2015	9.4 °C11 January 2015	21.8 °C	1,221 mm	91
2014	33.5 °C25 February 2014	12.1 °C14 February 2014	21.1 °C	1,553 mm	63
2013	34.0 °C24 February 2013	10.7 °C15 December 2013	21.4 °C	1,399 mm	98
2012	34.7 °C10 April 2012	12.6 °C31 December 2012	21.5 °C	1,408 mm	105
2011	34.0 °C12 April 2011	11.2 °C29 November 2011	21.3 °C	1,351 mm	94
2010	35.4 °C12 April 2010	12.8 °C1 January 2010	21.6 °C	1,509 mm	92
2009	33.7 °C25 February 2009	13.3 °C13 December 2009	21.8 °C	1,202 mm	96
2008	33.5 °C5 March 2008	12.9 °C1 February 2008	21.1 °C	1,398 mm	66
2007	34.8 °C10 March 2007	12.8 °C13 January 2007	21.4 °C	1,493 mm	92
2006	34.4 °C30 April 2006	12.3 °C28 November 2006	21.5 °C	1,385 mm	113
2005	35.2 °C26 February 2005	11.8 °C7 January 2005	21.8 °C	1,400 mm	95
2004	34.8 °C22 March 2004	12.5 °C17 December 2004	21.2 °C	1,265 mm	78
2003	35.3 °C4 April 2003	12.3 °C5 January 2003	21.7 °C	1,159 mm	118
2002	34.2 °C1 April 2002	10.2 °C26 December 2002	21.5 °C	1,139 mm	92
2001	32.6 °C28 February 2001	12.3 °C10 January 2001	21.2 °C	1,373 mm	81
2000	34.9 °C30 March 2000	11.2 °C11 December 2000	21.0 °C	1,477 mm	80
1999	33.4 °C8 February 1999	12.4 °C11 November 1999	21.2 °C	1,501 mm	88
1998	35.7 °C6 April 1998	12.1 °C14 February 1998	21.9 °C	1,436 mm	102
1997	34.4 °C8 March 1997	13.2 °C23 January 1997	21.3 °C	1,634 mm	64
1996	34.7 °C13 March 1996	13.5 °C6 January 1996	21.3 °C	1,701 mm	74
1995	33.7 °C17 March 1995	13.1 °C6 November 1995	21.4 °C	1,467 mm	73
1994	34.7 °C9 March 1994	12.3 °C5 December 1994	21.4 °C	1,473 mm	107
1993	32.7 °C15 March 1993	11.3 °C7 February 1993	21.1 °C	1,500 mm	52
1992	33.8 °C23 March 1992	10.3 °C5 January 1992	20.7 °C	1,509 mm	54
1991	32.8 °C22 February 1991	11.7 °C10 November 1991	20.8 °C	1,670 mm	56
1990	33.4 °C11 April 1990	12.8 °C28 February 1990	21.1 °C	1,416 mm	57
1989	32.5 °C2 March 1989	11.2 °C21 January 1989	20.4 °C	1,583 mm	42
1988	34.5 °C4 March 1988	12.0 °C28 December 1988	21.3 °C	1,598 mm	80
1987	34.0 °C23 March 1987	11.9 °C4 January 1987	21.4 °C	1,608 mm	71
1986	32.3 °C4 February 1986	12.0 °C6 December 1986	20.9 °C	1,572 mm	70
1985	34.2 °C16 March 1985	13.1 °C28 August 1985	20.4 °C	1,835 mm	54
1984	33.6 °C11 March 1984	11.8 °C23 January 1984	21.1 °C	1,510 mm	76
1983	35.0 °C29 March 1983	10.8 °C26 December 1983	21.3 °C	1,532 mm	84
1982	32.5 °C27 March 1982	11.6 °C15 February 1982	20.9 °C	1,508 mm	50
1981	33.5 °C17 April 1981	12.8 °C9 November 1981	21.0 °C	1,631 mm	60
1980	32.8 °C9 March 1980	12.1 °C13 December 1980	20.9 °C	1,736 mm	47
1979	34.3 °C15 April 1979	12.8 °C21 November 1979	20.8 °C	1,713 mm	65
1978	34.7 °C2 April 1978	11.6 °C1 December 1978	20.7 °C	1,706 mm	63
1977	33.4 °C16 March 1977	12.7 °C28 October 1977	21.0 °C	1,551 mm	79
1976	33.3 °C11 March 1976	12.5 °C3 January 1976	20.5 °C	1,710 mm	52
1975	32.6 °C17 March 1975	11.4 °C29 November 1975	20.2 °C	1,909 mm	41
1974	32.5 °C15 March 1974	12.2 °C19 January 1974	20.5 °C	1,821 mm	40
1973	34.4 °C18 March 1973	11.6 °C10 December 1973	21.1 °C	1,678 mm	82
1972	33.2 °C9 March 1972	12.6 °C6 February 1972	21.0 °C	1,667 mm	65
1971	33.7 °C5 March 1971	10.2 °C24 December 1971	20.4 °C	1,665 mm	70
1970	34.6 °C6 April 1970	11.8 °C28 November 1970	20.9 °C	1,449 mm	80
1969	33.2 °C8 April 1969	11.6 °C31 January 1969	20.9 °C	1,507 mm	50
1968	32.6 °C12 March 1968	10.5 °C17 January 1968	20.5 °C	1,458 mm	53
1967	32.4 °C11 February 1967	12.2 °C10 December 1967	20.2 °C	1,554 mm	29
1966	33.0 °C14 May 1966	13.0 °C11 December 1966	21.3 °C	1,160 mm	102
1965	32.7 °C15 May 1965	11.9 °C9 January 1965	21.1 °C	1,360 mm	84
1964	32.7 °C11 April 1964	12.1 °C30 December 1964	20.9 °C	1,624 mm	110
1963	33.4 °C24 March 1963	11.4 °C25 December 1963	20.2 °C	1,856 mm	41
1962	32.9 °C25 February 1962	12.3 °C2 January 1962	20.2 °C	1,749 mm	39
1961	34.1 °C7 March 1961	12.3 °C14 December 1961	20.7 °C	1,521 mm	71
1960	32.7 °C22 March 1960	12.8 °C29 November 1960	20.4 °C	1,649 mm	33
1959	33.9 °C17 March 1959	12.2 °C22 January 1959	20.4 °C	1,624 mm	56
1958	34.3 °C4 March 1958	11.0 °C15 February 1958	20.7 °C	1,739 mm	70
1957	31.7 °C3 March 1957	10.8 °C5 February 1957	20.5 °C	1,640 mm	49
1956	33.6 °C18 March 1956	11.7 °C18 January 1956	20.4 °C	1,679 mm	63
1955	33.2 °C17 March 1955	12.7 °C31 December 1955	20.3 °C	1,683 mm	44
1954	33.8 °C18 March 1954	12.7 °C10 November 1954	20.3 °C	1,485 mm	72
1953	34.6 °C28 March 1953	11.4 °C19 December 1953	20.1 °C	1,911 mm	52
1952	33.6 °C16 March 1952	12.8 °C30 October 1952	20.4 °C	2,064 mm	70
1951	33.3 °C2 March 1951	11.8 °C16 December 1951	20.3 °C	1,733 mm	62
1950	31.9 °C1 March 1950	11.6 °C15 August 1950	19.5 °C	2,134 mm	25
1949	33.5 °C24 March 1949	11.8 °C25 December 1949	19.9 °C	1,788 mm	42
1948	33.7 °C2 April 1948	12.3 °C5 January 1948	20.5 °C	1,666 mm	54
1947	32.6 °C9 March 1947	11.9 °C4 December 1947	20.3 °C	1,650 mm	67
1946	34.4 °C20 March 1946	10.7 °C12 January 1946	20.8 °C	1,541 mm	92
1945	33.2 °C8 April 1945	11.9 °C9 December 1945	20.6 °C	1,471 mm	55
1944	33.7 °C13 April 1944	11.6 °C31 January 1944	20.9 °C	1,443 mm	73
1943	34.0 °C18 March 1943	12.3 °C14 August 1943	20.3 °C	1,443 mm	76
1942	32.8 °C27 March 1942	10.7 °C27 November 1942	20.5 °C	1,574 mm	62
1941	36.0 °C28 March 1941	12.3 °C18 December 1941	21.0 °C	1,369 mm	89
1940	32.3 °C10 April 1940	11.5 °C10 December 1940	20.4 °C	1,439 mm	45

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.0 °C

+1.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

113 d/yr

+40

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1022 mm

-494 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	30.6 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	-4 mm
Feb	32.0 °C	+1.5 °C	1 mm	-6 mm
Mar	32.4 °C	+1.4 °C	0 mm	-22 mm
Apr	30.5 °C	+0.7 °C	26 mm	-52 mm
May	29.2 °C	+2.0 °C	91 mm	-108 mm
Jun	27.4 °C	+2.1 °C	79 mm	-143 mm
Jul	24.5 °C	+0.8 °C	190 mm	-36 mm
Aug	23.3 °C	-0.5 °C	226 mm	-15 mm
Sep	25.2 °C	+0.3 °C	207 mm	-45 mm
Oct	25.6 °C	+0.1 °C	195 mm	+3 mm
Nov	27.4 °C	+1.5 °C	5 mm	-59 mm
Dec	28.7 °C	+1.0 °C	0 mm	-9 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.4 °C

31 Mar 2025

Coldest day

13.9 °C

16 Dec 2025

Wettest day

22.0 mm

19 Aug 2025

Windiest day

17.7 km/h

21 Aug 2025

Strongest gust

52.2 km/h

21 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.2 °C

23 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

11.2 °C

27 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

16 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Bambesi?

Bambesi has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 1,516 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bambesi?

The hottest day measured in Bambesi between 1940 and 2025 was 28 March 1941, reaching 36.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Bambesi?

The coldest day measured in Bambesi between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 2015, at 9.4 °C.

Does it snow in Bambesi?

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

Has the climate of Bambesi warmed?

Yes: Bambesi warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Bambesi?

The wettest day measured in Bambesi between 1940 and 2025 was 31 October 1965, with 67 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Bambesi?

The windiest day measured in Bambesi between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 2024, with winds reaching 26.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Bambesi?

The warmest month in Bambesi is March (24.2 °C on average); the coldest is August (18.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Bambesi?

Bambesi receives on average 1,516 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 200 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Bambesi?

Bambesi gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Bambesi?

Yes: Bambesi has on average 10 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bambesi?

In Bambesi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.4 °C on 30 March 1998, and the lowest was 6.2 °C on 11 January 2015.

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