Bishoftu climate — normals and trends
Bishoftu (Ethiopia) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.5 °C and it receives 989 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 April (19.4 °C on average) and the coldest is December (16.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Bishoftu averages 0 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 149 rainy days per year.
Bishoftu has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.34 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.7 °C (on 29 March 2016) and the coldest 2.2 °C (on 7 January 2017).
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
BishoftuOromiya
- coords
- 8.75°, 38.98°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.5°C
Average daily high
23.9°C
Average daily low
11.9°C
Annual rainfall
989mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
64%
Average peak wind
15.8km/h
Seasonal range
3.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
149 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
23.6 °C
Average feels-like low
11.1 °C
Average peak gust
37.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.84 · 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
32.7 °C
29 March 2016
Coldest day
2.2 °C
7 January 2017
Wettest day
44 mm
7 April 1987
Windiest day
32.3 km/h
26 November 1942
Strongest gust
70.6 km/h
26 November 1942
Hottest feels-like
32.7 °C
29 March 2016
Coldest feels-like
-2.0 °C
7 January 2017
Sunniest day
12.1 h
10 May 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 1 mm | -6 mm |
| Feb | 27.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 1 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 27.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 39 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 28.6 °C | +2.8 °C | 35 mm | -34 mm |
| May | 27.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 88 mm | +8 mm |
| Jun | 26.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 76 mm | -43 mm |
| Jul | 23.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 173 mm | -44 mm |
| Aug | 21.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 238 mm | +4 mm |
| Sep | 22.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 125 mm | -39 mm |
| Oct | 24.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 6 mm | -28 mm |
| Nov | 24.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 0 mm | -8 mm |
| Dec | 24.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 3 mm | -2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bishoftu?
Bishoftu has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.5 °C and it receives 989 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bishoftu?
The hottest day measured in Bishoftu between 1940 and 2025 was 29 March 2016, reaching 32.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bishoftu?
The coldest day measured in Bishoftu between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2017, at 2.2 °C.
Does it snow in Bishoftu?
Almost never: Bishoftu sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Bishoftu warmed?
Yes: Bishoftu warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bishoftu?
The wettest day measured in Bishoftu between 1940 and 2025 was 7 April 1987, with 44 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bishoftu?
The windiest day measured in Bishoftu between 1940 and 2025 was 26 November 1942, with winds reaching 32.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bishoftu?
The warmest month in Bishoftu is April (19.4 °C on average); the coldest is December (16.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Bishoftu?
Bishoftu receives on average 989 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 149 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bishoftu?
Bishoftu gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Bishoftu?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Bishoftu.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bishoftu?
In Bishoftu, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.7 °C on 29 March 2016, and the lowest was -2.0 °C on 7 January 2017.
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