Bek’ojī climate — normals and trends
Bek’ojī (Ethiopia) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.4 °C and it receives 2,874 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 (13.5 °C on average) and the coldest is November (11.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Bek’ojī averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 219 rainy days per year.
Bek’ojī has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 25.7 °C (on 17 March 2012) and the coldest -1.0 °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
Bek’ojīOromiya
- coords
- 7.53°, 39.25°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.4°C
Average daily high
18.7°C
Average daily low
7.2°C
Annual rainfall
2,874mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
9.2km/h
Seasonal range
1.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
219 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
19.0 °C
Average feels-like low
5.7 °C
Average peak gust
34.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.89 · 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
25.7 °C
17 March 2012
Coldest day
-1.0 °C
11 November 1988
Wettest day
110 mm
5 May 2016
Windiest day
23.5 km/h
26 October 1995
Strongest gust
82.4 km/h
12 April 2002
Hottest feels-like
26.8 °C
13 March 2020
Coldest feels-like
-4.7 °C
7 January 2017
Sunniest day
12.0 h
18 April 2015
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 21.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 8 mm | -22 mm |
| Feb | 22.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 1 mm | -55 mm |
| Mar | 21.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 228 mm | +53 mm |
| Apr | 20.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 240 mm | -139 mm |
| May | 20.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 454 mm | +85 mm |
| Jun | 21.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 236 mm | -57 mm |
| Jul | 18.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 370 mm | -15 mm |
| Aug | 17.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 477 mm | +16 mm |
| Sep | 18.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 606 mm | +154 mm |
| Oct | 17.7 °C | +0.1 °C | 437 mm | +226 mm |
| Nov | 18.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 5 mm | -43 mm |
| Dec | 20.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 17 mm | -0 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bek’ojī?
Bek’ojī has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.4 °C and it receives 2,874 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bek’ojī?
The hottest day measured in Bek’ojī between 1940 and 2025 was 17 March 2012, reaching 25.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bek’ojī?
The coldest day measured in Bek’ojī between 1940 and 2025 was 11 November 1988, at -1.0 °C.
Does it snow in Bek’ojī?
Almost never: Bek’ojī sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Bek’ojī warmed?
Yes: Bek’ojī warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bek’ojī?
The wettest day measured in Bek’ojī between 1940 and 2025 was 5 May 2016, with 110 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bek’ojī?
The windiest day measured in Bek’ojī between 1940 and 2025 was 26 October 1995, with winds reaching 23.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bek’ojī?
The warmest month in Bek’ojī is March (13.5 °C on average); the coldest is November (11.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Bek’ojī?
Bek’ojī receives on average 2,874 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 219 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bek’ojī?
Bek’ojī gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Bek’ojī?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Bek’ojī.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bek’ojī?
In Bek’ojī, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 26.8 °C on 13 March 2020, and the lowest was -4.7 °C on 7 January 2017.
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