Damboya climate — normals and trends
Damboya (Ethiopia) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.6 °C and it receives 1,272 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 (19.7 °C on average) and the coldest is July (15.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Damboya averages 0 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 179 rainy days per year.
Damboya 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 33.4 °C (on 22 March 2009) and the coldest 5.6 °C (on 6 January 1968).
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
DamboyaCentral Ethiopia Regional State
- coords
- 7.35°, 37.95°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.6°C
Average daily high
23.6°C
Average daily low
12.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,272mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
11.0km/h
Seasonal range
3.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
179 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
24.4 °C
Average feels-like low
11.9 °C
Average peak gust
30.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.86 · 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
33.4 °C
22 March 2009
Coldest day
5.6 °C
6 January 1968
Wettest day
62 mm
11 May 1960
Windiest day
25.6 km/h
27 October 1995
Strongest gust
58.7 km/h
27 October 1995
Hottest feels-like
34.8 °C
8 April 2019
Coldest feels-like
1.5 °C
11 November 1988
Sunniest day
12.2 h
15 May 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 0 mm | -13 mm |
| Feb | 28.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 0 mm | -25 mm |
| Mar | 27.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 106 mm | +36 mm |
| Apr | 26.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 78 mm | -58 mm |
| May | 25.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 138 mm | -19 mm |
| Jun | 24.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 76 mm | -57 mm |
| Jul | 21.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 151 mm | -49 mm |
| Aug | 21.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 229 mm | +14 mm |
| Sep | 22.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 197 mm | -7 mm |
| Oct | 23.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 97 mm | +9 mm |
| Nov | 25.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 0 mm | -22 mm |
| Dec | 25.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 4 mm | -5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Damboya?
Damboya has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.6 °C and it receives 1,272 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Damboya?
The hottest day measured in Damboya between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 2009, reaching 33.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Damboya?
The coldest day measured in Damboya between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1968, at 5.6 °C.
Does it snow in Damboya?
Almost never: Damboya sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Damboya warmed?
Yes: Damboya warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Damboya?
The wettest day measured in Damboya between 1940 and 2025 was 11 May 1960, with 62 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Damboya?
The windiest day measured in Damboya between 1940 and 2025 was 27 October 1995, with winds reaching 25.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Damboya?
The warmest month in Damboya is March (19.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (15.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Damboya?
Damboya receives on average 1,272 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 179 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Damboya?
Damboya gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Damboya?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Damboya.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Damboya?
In Damboya, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.8 °C on 8 April 2019, and the lowest was 1.5 °C on 11 November 1988.
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