Filakit climate — normals and trends
Filakit (Ethiopia) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.0 °C and it receives 1,897 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 (18.9 °C on average) and the coldest is August (15.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Filakit averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 169 rainy days per year.
Filakit has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.4 °C (on 14 May 2002) and the coldest 4.5 °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
FilakitAmhara
- coords
- 11.67°, 38.80°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.0°C
Average daily high
23.0°C
Average daily low
11.4°C
Annual rainfall
1,897mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
60%
Average peak wind
7.7km/h
Seasonal range
3.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
169 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
23.7 °C
Average feels-like low
10.3 °C
Average peak gust
29.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.76 · 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
31.4 °C
14 May 2002
Coldest day
4.5 °C
7 January 2017
Wettest day
69 mm
8 August 1980
Windiest day
17.8 km/h
30 May 2009
Strongest gust
76.7 km/h
31 August 2013
Hottest feels-like
31.8 °C
6 April 1998
Coldest feels-like
0.5 °C
7 January 2017
Sunniest day
12.4 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 | 25.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 0 mm | -21 mm |
| Feb | 26.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 9 mm | -27 mm |
| Mar | 25.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 94 mm | +15 mm |
| Apr | 25.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 102 mm | -2 mm |
| May | 24.8 °C | -0.1 °C | 140 mm | +14 mm |
| Jun | 25.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 84 mm | -93 mm |
| Jul | 21.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 410 mm | -31 mm |
| Aug | 20.0 °C | +0.1 °C | 508 mm | +21 mm |
| Sep | 21.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 507 mm | +173 mm |
| Oct | 21.8 °C | -0.5 °C | 55 mm | -2 mm |
| Nov | 23.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 0 mm | -22 mm |
| Dec | 23.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 2 mm | -13 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Filakit?
Filakit has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.0 °C and it receives 1,897 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Filakit?
The hottest day measured in Filakit between 1940 and 2025 was 14 May 2002, reaching 31.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Filakit?
The coldest day measured in Filakit between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2017, at 4.5 °C.
Does it snow in Filakit?
Almost never: Filakit sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Filakit warmed?
Yes: Filakit warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Filakit?
The wettest day measured in Filakit between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 1980, with 69 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Filakit?
The windiest day measured in Filakit between 1940 and 2025 was 30 May 2009, with winds reaching 17.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Filakit?
The warmest month in Filakit is April (18.9 °C on average); the coldest is August (15.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Filakit?
Filakit receives on average 1,897 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 169 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Filakit?
Filakit gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Filakit?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Filakit.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Filakit?
In Filakit, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 31.8 °C on 6 April 1998, and the lowest was 0.5 °C on 7 January 2017.
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