Bedessa climate — normals and trends
Bedessa has a temperate oceanic climate, averaging 19.5 °C annually with 952 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
BedessaOromiya
- coords
- 8.90°, 40.78°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
19.5°C
Average daily high
25.1°C
Average daily low
14.7°C
Annual rainfall
952mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
63%
Average peak wind
11.6km/h
Seasonal range
2.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
6 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
155 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
26.0 °C
Average feels-like low
14.3 °C
Average peak gust
31.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.79 · 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).
Climate month by month
How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.
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
The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.
Hottest day
33.6 °C
21 March 2016
Coldest day
6.5 °C
17 December 1967
Wettest day
153 mm
4 April 1966
Windiest day
28.1 km/h
16 July 1978
Strongest gust
63.7 km/h
15 March 1991
Hottest feels-like
34.7 °C
29 March 2016
Coldest feels-like
3.0 °C
19 January 1987
Sunniest day
12.0 h
12 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 0 mm | -17 mm |
| Feb | 28.7 °C | +2.6 °C | 0 mm | -30 mm |
| Mar | 28.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 90 mm | +9 mm |
| Apr | 27.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 63 mm | -58 mm |
| May | 27.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 76 mm | -29 mm |
| Jun | 29.2 °C | +3.1 °C | 8 mm | -47 mm |
| Jul | 26.7 °C | +2.2 °C | 74 mm | -63 mm |
| Aug | 24.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 194 mm | +38 mm |
| Sep | 24.5 °C | +0.1 °C | 79 mm | -30 mm |
| Oct | 25.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 42 mm | -43 mm |
| Nov | 25.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 2 mm | -37 mm |
| Dec | 25.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 13 mm | -4 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Climate at a glance
What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.
Bedessa (Ethiopia) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.5 °C and it receives 952 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 (20.7 °C on average) and the coldest is December (17.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Bedessa averages 0 frost days, 6 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 155 rainy days per year.
Bedessa has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.6 °C (on 21 March 2016) and the coldest 6.5 °C (on 17 December 1967).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bedessa?
Bedessa has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.5 °C and it receives 952 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bedessa?
The hottest day measured in Bedessa between 1940 and 2025 was 21 March 2016, reaching 33.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bedessa?
The coldest day measured in Bedessa between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 1967, at 6.5 °C.
Does it snow in Bedessa?
Almost never: Bedessa sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Bedessa warmed?
Yes: Bedessa warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bedessa?
The wettest day measured in Bedessa between 1940 and 2025 was 4 April 1966, with 153 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bedessa?
The windiest day measured in Bedessa between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 1978, with winds reaching 28.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bedessa?
The warmest month in Bedessa is March (20.7 °C on average); the coldest is December (17.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Bedessa?
Bedessa receives on average 952 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 155 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bedessa?
Bedessa gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Bedessa?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Bedessa.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bedessa?
In Bedessa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.7 °C on 29 March 2016, and the lowest was 3.0 °C on 19 January 1987.
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