Bedelē climate — normals and trends
Bedelē (Ethiopia) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.1 °C and it receives 2,062 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 (20.1 °C on average) and the coldest is July (16.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Bedelē averages 0 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 206 rainy days per year.
Bedelē 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 32.4 °C (on 28 March 1941) and the coldest 6.5 °C (on 8 December 2013).
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
BedelēOromiya
- coords
- 8.46°, 36.35°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
18.1°C
Average daily high
24.1°C
Average daily low
13.2°C
Annual rainfall
2,062mm
Sunshine / day
10.1h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
8.5km/h
Seasonal range
3.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
206 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
25.5 °C
Average feels-like low
13.1 °C
Average peak gust
26.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.81 · 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
32.4 °C
28 March 1941
Coldest day
6.5 °C
8 December 2013
Wettest day
107 mm
18 August 2020
Windiest day
21.8 km/h
31 March 1944
Strongest gust
55.4 km/h
31 March 1944
Hottest feels-like
33.2 °C
8 March 1997
Coldest feels-like
3.8 °C
8 December 2013
Sunniest day
12.3 h
10 May 1972
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 1 mm | -22 mm |
| Feb | 28.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 2 mm | -35 mm |
| Mar | 27.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 43 mm | -24 mm |
| Apr | 27.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 32 mm | -79 mm |
| May | 25.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 158 mm | -93 mm |
| Jun | 24.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 264 mm | -42 mm |
| Jul | 22.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 322 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 21.2 °C | -0.1 °C | 322 mm | -38 mm |
| Sep | 23.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 410 mm | +48 mm |
| Oct | 23.3 °C | 0.0 °C | 192 mm | +42 mm |
| Nov | 24.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 3 mm | -51 mm |
| Dec | 26.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 3 mm | -17 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bedelē?
Bedelē has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.1 °C and it receives 2,062 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bedelē?
The hottest day measured in Bedelē between 1940 and 2025 was 28 March 1941, reaching 32.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bedelē?
The coldest day measured in Bedelē between 1940 and 2025 was 8 December 2013, at 6.5 °C.
Does it snow in Bedelē?
Almost never: Bedelē sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Bedelē warmed?
Yes: Bedelē warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bedelē?
The wettest day measured in Bedelē between 1940 and 2025 was 18 August 2020, with 107 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bedelē?
The windiest day measured in Bedelē between 1940 and 2025 was 31 March 1944, with winds reaching 21.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bedelē?
The warmest month in Bedelē is March (20.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Bedelē?
Bedelē receives on average 2,062 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 206 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bedelē?
Bedelē gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Bedelē?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Bedelē.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bedelē?
In Bedelē, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.2 °C on 8 March 1997, and the lowest was 3.8 °C on 8 December 2013.
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