Fichē climate — normals and trends
Fichē (Ethiopia) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.2 °C and it receives 1,469 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 May (18.0 °C on average) and the coldest is August (14.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Fichē averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 158 rainy days per year.
Fichē 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 31.3 °C (on 14 May 2002) and the coldest 0.4 °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
FichēOromiya
- coords
- 9.80°, 38.73°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.2°C
Average daily high
22.5°C
Average daily low
10.3°C
Annual rainfall
1,469mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
64%
Average peak wind
9.0km/h
Seasonal range
3.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
158 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
22.7 °C
Average feels-like low
9.0 °C
Average peak gust
29.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.8 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
31.3 °C
14 May 2002
Coldest day
0.4 °C
7 January 2017
Wettest day
215 mm
13 May 1960
Windiest day
22.7 km/h
26 May 2003
Strongest gust
69.8 km/h
26 May 2003
Hottest feels-like
32.0 °C
1 April 2016
Coldest feels-like
-3.7 °C
7 January 2017
Sunniest day
12.2 h
16 May 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 24.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 0 mm | -23 mm |
| Feb | 26.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 0 mm | -44 mm |
| Mar | 25.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 85 mm | -12 mm |
| Apr | 26.4 °C | +2.0 °C | 37 mm | -62 mm |
| May | 25.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 61 mm | -33 mm |
| Jun | 26.4 °C | +3.4 °C | 35 mm | -88 mm |
| Jul | 20.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 352 mm | +0 mm |
| Aug | 19.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 388 mm | +38 mm |
| Sep | 20.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 261 mm | +62 mm |
| Oct | 22.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 20 mm | -32 mm |
| Nov | 23.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 0 mm | -22 mm |
| Dec | 23.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 5 mm | -9 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Fichē?
Fichē has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.2 °C and it receives 1,469 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Fichē?
The hottest day measured in Fichē between 1940 and 2025 was 14 May 2002, reaching 31.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Fichē?
The coldest day measured in Fichē between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2017, at 0.4 °C.
Does it snow in Fichē?
Almost never: Fichē sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Fichē warmed?
Yes: Fichē warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Fichē?
The wettest day measured in Fichē between 1940 and 2025 was 13 May 1960, with 215 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Fichē?
The windiest day measured in Fichē between 1940 and 2025 was 26 May 2003, with winds reaching 22.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Fichē?
The warmest month in Fichē is May (18.0 °C on average); the coldest is August (14.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Fichē?
Fichē receives on average 1,469 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 158 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Fichē?
Fichē gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Fichē?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Fichē.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Fichē?
In Fichē, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.0 °C on 1 April 2016, and the lowest was -3.7 °C on 7 January 2017.
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