Gēdo climate — normals and trends
Gēdo (Ethiopia) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.1 °C and it receives 1,967 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 (15.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Gēdo averages 0 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 201 rainy days per year.
Gēdo 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 32.1 °C (on 15 March 2007) and the coldest 4.8 °C (on 8 December 2013).
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
GēdoOromiya
- coords
- 9.02°, 37.45°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.1°C
Average daily high
23.1°C
Average daily low
11.9°C
Annual rainfall
1,967mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
7.1km/h
Seasonal range
3.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
201 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
24.2 °C
Average feels-like low
11.3 °C
Average peak gust
25.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.84 · 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
32.1 °C
15 March 2007
Coldest day
4.8 °C
8 December 2013
Wettest day
119 mm
8 March 1953
Windiest day
19.2 km/h
14 July 1966
Strongest gust
77.0 km/h
7 October 2017
Hottest feels-like
32.8 °C
30 April 1998
Coldest feels-like
0.6 °C
7 January 2017
Sunniest day
12.3 h
21 April 1943
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 3 mm | -20 mm |
| Feb | 26.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 2 mm | -39 mm |
| Mar | 26.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 90 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 26.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 74 mm | -54 mm |
| May | 25.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 141 mm | -103 mm |
| Jun | 23.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 252 mm | +2 mm |
| Jul | 21.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 293 mm | -27 mm |
| Aug | 20.0 °C | +0.1 °C | 357 mm | +32 mm |
| Sep | 21.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 294 mm | -26 mm |
| Oct | 22.5 °C | -0.3 °C | 145 mm | -8 mm |
| Nov | 24.2 °C | +0.6 °C | 0 mm | -52 mm |
| Dec | 23.7 °C | 0.0 °C | 17 mm | -4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Gēdo?
Gēdo has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.1 °C and it receives 1,967 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gēdo?
The hottest day measured in Gēdo between 1940 and 2025 was 15 March 2007, reaching 32.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Gēdo?
The coldest day measured in Gēdo between 1940 and 2025 was 8 December 2013, at 4.8 °C.
Does it snow in Gēdo?
Almost never: Gēdo sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Gēdo warmed?
Yes: Gēdo warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Gēdo?
The wettest day measured in Gēdo between 1940 and 2025 was 8 March 1953, with 119 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Gēdo?
The windiest day measured in Gēdo between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 1966, with winds reaching 19.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Gēdo?
The warmest month in Gēdo is April (18.9 °C on average); the coldest is August (15.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Gēdo?
Gēdo receives on average 1,967 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 201 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Gēdo?
Gēdo gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Gēdo?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Gēdo.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gēdo?
In Gēdo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.8 °C on 30 April 1998, and the lowest was 0.6 °C on 7 January 2017.
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