Bedēsa climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Bedēsa?

Bedēsa has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.3 °C and it receives 782 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Bedēsa between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 2009, reaching 35.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Bedēsa?

The coldest day measured in Bedēsa between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 2011, at 11.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Bedēsa?

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

Q: Has the climate of Bedēsa warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Bedēsa?

The wettest day measured in Bedēsa between 1940 and 2025 was 10 May 2016, with 79 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Bedēsa?

The windiest day measured in Bedēsa between 1940 and 2025 was 14 May 1943, with winds reaching 22.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Bedēsa?

The warmest month in Bedēsa is March (23.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (19.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Bedēsa?

Bedēsa receives on average 782 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 153 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Bedēsa?

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

Bedēsa (Ethiopia) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.3 °C and it receives 782 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 (23.4 °C on average) and the coldest is July (19.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.

Bedēsa averages 0 frost days, 35 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 153 rainy days per year.

Bedēsa 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 35.1 °C (on 22 March 2009) and the coldest 11.5 °C (on 31 December 2011).

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

BedēsaSouth Ethiopia Regional State

coords: 6.83°, 38.08°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMarchColdest monthJulyWettest monthMayDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

21.3°C

Average daily high

26.2°C

Average daily low

17.2°C

Annual rainfall

782mm

Sunshine / day

10.5h

Mean relative humidity

67%

Average peak wind

9.6km/h

Seasonal range

4.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

35 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

153 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.0 °C

Average feels-like low

18.0 °C

Average peak gust

24.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

11 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.8 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

35.1 °C

22 March 2009

Coldest day

11.5 °C

31 December 2011

Wettest day

79 mm

10 May 2016

Windiest day

22.4 km/h

14 May 1943

Strongest gust

51.1 km/h

23 March 2009

Hottest feels-like

38.3 °C

29 March 2016

Coldest feels-like

8.4 °C

31 December 2011

Sunniest day

12.1 h

22 April 1946

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.8 °C1 March 2025	15.4 °C23 October 2025	22.4 °C	745 mm	72
2024	33.1 °C19 March 2024	15.6 °C21 August 2024	22.2 °C	1,016 mm	42
2023	34.0 °C6 March 2023	14.6 °C4 January 2023	22.4 °C	864 mm	52
2022	34.3 °C11 March 2022	14.2 °C29 January 2022	22.7 °C	507 mm	93
2021	33.5 °C2 April 2021	14.9 °C19 November 2021	22.2 °C	555 mm	41
2020	33.7 °C8 March 2020	13.0 °C28 December 2020	22.0 °C	922 mm	69
2019	34.6 °C21 March 2019	15.4 °C17 January 2019	22.7 °C	650 mm	112
2018	32.2 °C25 January 2018	14.4 °C21 November 2018	22.0 °C	625 mm	68
2017	34.9 °C21 March 2017	12.7 °C7 January 2017	22.5 °C	609 mm	100
2016	35.0 °C29 March 2016	13.1 °C7 December 2016	22.9 °C	706 mm	96
2015	34.6 °C2 April 2015	14.2 °C1 January 2015	23.1 °C	444 mm	97
2014	33.1 °C28 February 2014	14.3 °C5 January 2014	22.4 °C	612 mm	62
2013	33.8 °C24 February 2013	12.6 °C7 December 2013	22.0 °C	812 mm	63
2012	33.9 °C19 March 2012	13.3 °C2 January 2012	22.3 °C	560 mm	92
2011	34.4 °C29 March 2011	11.5 °C31 December 2011	22.0 °C	681 mm	93
2010	33.6 °C3 February 2010	13.7 °C21 December 2010	22.2 °C	750 mm	49
2009	35.1 °C22 March 2009	13.8 °C11 November 2009	23.1 °C	311 mm	120
2008	34.9 °C22 March 2008	13.2 °C23 November 2008	22.2 °C	527 mm	96
2007	34.8 °C15 March 2007	13.4 °C17 December 2007	22.3 °C	612 mm	92
2006	33.2 °C14 February 2006	14.4 °C6 November 2006	22.5 °C	621 mm	58
2005	32.8 °C21 February 2005	15.3 °C3 January 2005	22.2 °C	547 mm	52
2004	33.8 °C23 March 2004	16.0 °C9 February 2004	21.8 °C	477 mm	23
2003	34.1 °C20 February 2003	14.8 °C28 December 2003	21.6 °C	563 mm	49
2002	33.5 °C28 February 2002	15.7 °C26 July 2002	22.2 °C	380 mm	69
2001	31.4 °C4 December 2001	14.0 °C11 November 2001	21.3 °C	552 mm	22
2000	34.5 °C17 March 2000	14.0 °C19 October 2000	21.4 °C	477 mm	73
1999	33.2 °C16 February 1999	14.1 °C6 December 1999	22.2 °C	358 mm	73
1998	33.4 °C2 April 1998	13.7 °C12 December 1998	22.3 °C	538 mm	57
1997	33.2 °C22 March 1997	14.5 °C14 December 1997	22.1 °C	727 mm	43
1996	33.3 °C20 February 1996	13.3 °C2 November 1996	21.6 °C	931 mm	47
1995	33.1 °C27 March 1995	14.5 °C30 November 1995	22.3 °C	474 mm	63
1994	33.7 °C8 March 1994	13.6 °C5 November 1994	22.0 °C	561 mm	79
1993	30.8 °C29 December 1993	14.0 °C31 December 1993	21.6 °C	473 mm	25
1992	33.5 °C12 March 1992	13.8 °C2 January 1992	21.6 °C	476 mm	44
1991	32.2 °C25 January 1991	14.3 °C20 January 1991	22.1 °C	476 mm	75
1990	31.8 °C5 February 1990	12.9 °C28 July 1990	21.7 °C	587 mm	49
1989	31.8 °C28 February 1989	13.9 °C25 October 1989	21.3 °C	593 mm	26
1988	33.1 °C14 March 1988	11.9 °C11 November 1988	21.7 °C	658 mm	54
1987	31.8 °C15 February 1987	12.9 °C3 February 1987	22.0 °C	662 mm	57
1986	31.4 °C13 March 1986	13.3 °C30 December 1986	20.9 °C	771 mm	15
1985	32.3 °C17 March 1985	13.9 °C30 December 1985	20.8 °C	803 mm	29
1984	31.6 °C10 April 1984	13.1 °C16 January 1984	21.2 °C	448 mm	28
1983	32.3 °C1 March 1983	13.3 °C19 December 1983	21.2 °C	864 mm	22
1982	32.7 °C24 March 1982	14.1 °C30 December 1982	21.2 °C	631 mm	19
1981	32.6 °C23 February 1981	13.5 °C12 December 1981	21.0 °C	837 mm	27
1980	31.2 °C16 January 1980	14.0 °C30 December 1980	21.5 °C	503 mm	21
1979	31.8 °C6 March 1979	14.7 °C15 December 1979	21.0 °C	864 mm	19
1978	30.3 °C2 February 1978	12.8 °C4 November 1978	20.7 °C	947 mm	2
1977	32.4 °C16 March 1977	13.6 °C14 November 1977	20.9 °C	1,100 mm	20
1976	32.2 °C20 March 1976	13.4 °C16 December 1976	20.9 °C	862 mm	12
1975	32.1 °C12 March 1975	13.6 °C29 November 1975	20.6 °C	987 mm	10
1974	32.0 °C24 April 1974	13.9 °C29 November 1974	20.7 °C	722 mm	17
1973	33.4 °C5 April 1973	13.5 °C15 December 1973	21.2 °C	747 mm	49
1972	30.7 °C6 March 1972	14.7 °C18 June 1972	20.8 °C	764 mm	12
1971	31.4 °C26 February 1971	13.1 °C5 December 1971	20.3 °C	971 mm	15
1970	31.5 °C21 February 1970	12.9 °C28 November 1970	20.8 °C	814 mm	6
1969	31.6 °C18 April 1969	14.5 °C13 December 1969	21.3 °C	495 mm	13
1968	29.5 °C30 March 1968	12.6 °C6 January 1968	20.3 °C	867 mm	0
1967	32.8 °C12 March 1967	13.2 °C8 December 1967	20.3 °C	1,478 mm	24
1966	29.4 °C25 March 1966	14.8 °C11 December 1966	20.7 °C	701 mm	0
1965	30.4 °C11 March 1965	14.1 °C10 January 1965	20.6 °C	675 mm	2
1964	30.8 °C20 March 1964	14.3 °C4 November 1964	20.4 °C	772 mm	6
1963	30.5 °C13 March 1963	14.9 °C15 June 1963	20.2 °C	1,361 mm	3
1962	31.8 °C27 February 1962	14.0 °C17 August 1962	20.1 °C	1,098 mm	13
1961	32.6 °C7 March 1961	13.8 °C7 January 1961	20.4 °C	1,048 mm	16
1960	31.6 °C21 April 1960	13.4 °C18 January 1960	20.4 °C	1,171 mm	10
1959	30.9 °C4 April 1959	14.2 °C20 September 1959	20.4 °C	1,178 mm	3
1958	30.8 °C4 March 1958	14.3 °C17 November 1958	20.8 °C	975 mm	3
1957	29.8 °C17 March 1957	13.4 °C23 December 1957	20.5 °C	990 mm	0
1956	31.4 °C9 March 1956	13.3 °C5 November 1956	20.3 °C	1,027 mm	22
1955	29.8 °C18 March 1955	13.8 °C19 October 1955	20.3 °C	861 mm	0
1954	29.5 °C20 March 1954	13.3 °C13 January 1954	20.0 °C	1,150 mm	0
1953	28.7 °C16 February 1953	14.4 °C20 July 1953	19.8 °C	1,515 mm	0
1952	29.9 °C25 February 1952	14.2 °C29 October 1952	19.9 °C	1,454 mm	0
1951	29.6 °C7 March 1951	13.8 °C27 January 1951	19.8 °C	1,377 mm	0
1950	29.7 °C6 March 1950	13.4 °C6 January 1950	19.5 °C	1,709 mm	0
1949	29.1 °C6 March 1949	13.3 °C5 November 1949	19.7 °C	1,390 mm	0
1948	29.4 °C2 April 1948	13.4 °C11 November 1948	20.4 °C	829 mm	0
1947	28.8 °C9 March 1947	13.7 °C23 December 1947	19.9 °C	1,176 mm	0
1946	31.6 °C28 March 1946	14.4 °C21 September 1946	20.7 °C	693 mm	14
1945	29.9 °C20 March 1945	13.3 °C15 December 1945	20.5 °C	551 mm	0
1944	30.4 °C27 March 1944	13.2 °C9 January 1944	20.8 °C	470 mm	1
1943	30.9 °C16 February 1943	13.7 °C6 November 1943	20.4 °C	973 mm	12
1942	30.0 °C1 March 1942	14.0 °C27 November 1942	20.7 °C	513 mm	1
1941	33.0 °C26 March 1941	12.3 °C19 January 1941	21.1 °C	411 mm	15
1940	28.5 °C22 February 1940	13.4 °C19 November 1940	19.8 °C	1,087 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

27.4 °C

+1.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

72 d/yr

+37

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

745 mm

-37 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.5 °C	+1.4 °C	0 mm	-7 mm
Feb	31.1 °C	+2.2 °C	0 mm	-12 mm
Mar	29.7 °C	+0.7 °C	107 mm	+66 mm
Apr	28.4 °C	+0.9 °C	99 mm	+3 mm
May	26.9 °C	+1.2 °C	113 mm	-10 mm
Jun	26.7 °C	+2.6 °C	33 mm	-51 mm
Jul	24.7 °C	+1.8 °C	75 mm	-37 mm
Aug	24.4 °C	+1.0 °C	146 mm	+35 mm
Sep	25.5 °C	+1.0 °C	88 mm	-10 mm
Oct	25.6 °C	0.0 °C	84 mm	+11 mm
Nov	27.9 °C	+1.0 °C	0 mm	-21 mm
Dec	28.9 °C	+1.5 °C	2 mm	-5 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.8 °C

1 Mar 2025

Coldest day

15.4 °C

23 Oct 2025

Wettest day

35.7 mm

7 May 2025

Windiest day

14.9 km/h

5 May 2025

Strongest gust

34.2 km/h

21 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.4 °C

9 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

13.9 °C

1 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

25 Apr 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Bedēsa?

Bedēsa has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.3 °C and it receives 782 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bedēsa?

The hottest day measured in Bedēsa between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 2009, reaching 35.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Bedēsa?

The coldest day measured in Bedēsa between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 2011, at 11.5 °C.

Does it snow in Bedēsa?

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

Has the climate of Bedēsa warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Bedēsa?

The wettest day measured in Bedēsa between 1940 and 2025 was 10 May 2016, with 79 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Bedēsa?

The windiest day measured in Bedēsa between 1940 and 2025 was 14 May 1943, with winds reaching 22.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Bedēsa?

The warmest month in Bedēsa is March (23.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (19.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Bedēsa?

Bedēsa receives on average 782 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 153 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Bedēsa?

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

Are there tropical nights in Bedēsa?

Yes: Bedēsa has on average 11 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bedēsa?

In Bedēsa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.3 °C on 29 March 2016, and the lowest was 8.4 °C on 31 December 2011.

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