Debre Tabor climate — normals and trends
Debre Tabor (Ethiopia) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.6 °C and it receives 3,162 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 (17.7 °C on average) and the coldest is July (14.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Debre Tabor averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 188 rainy days per year.
Debre Tabor 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 30.2 °C (on 11 March 2022) and the coldest 3.2 °C (on 4 December 1947).
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
Debre TaborAmhara
- coords
- 11.85°, 38.02°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.6°C
Average daily high
21.7°C
Average daily low
10.3°C
Annual rainfall
3,162mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
67%
Average peak wind
10.9km/h
Seasonal range
3.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
188 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
22.1 °C
Average feels-like low
9.0 °C
Average peak gust
30.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.85 · 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
30.2 °C
11 March 2022
Coldest day
3.2 °C
4 December 1947
Wettest day
114 mm
30 May 1944
Windiest day
25.7 km/h
11 May 2016
Strongest gust
94.3 km/h
28 April 1985
Hottest feels-like
32.3 °C
12 April 2024
Coldest feels-like
0.5 °C
4 December 1947
Sunniest day
12.5 h
15 May 1956
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 | 24.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 0 mm | -21 mm |
| Feb | 25.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 18 mm | -18 mm |
| Mar | 25.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 37 mm | -48 mm |
| Apr | 24.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 138 mm | +18 mm |
| May | 24.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 138 mm | -87 mm |
| Jun | 23.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 206 mm | -211 mm |
| Jul | 19.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 992 mm | +280 mm |
| Aug | 18.5 °C | -0.1 °C | 699 mm | -99 mm |
| Sep | 20.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 673 mm | +169 mm |
| Oct | 21.0 °C | -0.1 °C | 145 mm | -16 mm |
| Nov | 21.5 °C | 0.0 °C | 12 mm | -47 mm |
| Dec | 22.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 3 mm | -22 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Debre Tabor?
Debre Tabor has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.6 °C and it receives 3,162 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Debre Tabor?
The hottest day measured in Debre Tabor between 1940 and 2025 was 11 March 2022, reaching 30.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Debre Tabor?
The coldest day measured in Debre Tabor between 1940 and 2025 was 4 December 1947, at 3.2 °C.
Does it snow in Debre Tabor?
Almost never: Debre Tabor sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Debre Tabor warmed?
Yes: Debre Tabor warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Debre Tabor?
The wettest day measured in Debre Tabor between 1940 and 2025 was 30 May 1944, with 114 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Debre Tabor?
The windiest day measured in Debre Tabor between 1940 and 2025 was 11 May 2016, with winds reaching 25.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Debre Tabor?
The warmest month in Debre Tabor is April (17.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (14.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Debre Tabor?
Debre Tabor receives on average 3,162 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 188 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Debre Tabor?
Debre Tabor gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Debre Tabor?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Debre Tabor.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Debre Tabor?
In Debre Tabor, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.3 °C on 12 April 2024, and the lowest was 0.5 °C on 4 December 1947.
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