Gīmbīcho climate — normals and trends
Gīmbīcho (Ethiopia) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.6 °C and it receives 2,313 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 (18.1 °C on average) and the coldest is July (15.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Gīmbīcho averages 0 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 215 rainy days per year.
Gīmbīcho has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °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 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
GīmbīchoCentral Ethiopia Regional State
- coords
- 7.45°, 37.63°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.6°C
Average daily high
22.7°C
Average daily low
11.6°C
Annual rainfall
2,313mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
8.2km/h
Seasonal range
2.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
215 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
24.0 °C
Average feels-like low
10.7 °C
Average peak gust
26.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °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
4.8 °C
8 December 2013
Wettest day
253 mm
17 October 1995
Windiest day
18.7 km/h
27 October 1995
Strongest gust
52.2 km/h
25 April 2017
Hottest feels-like
33.9 °C
29 March 2016
Coldest feels-like
0.7 °C
6 January 1968
Sunniest day
12.2 h
23 April 1943
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 | 25.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 5 mm | -27 mm |
| Feb | 27.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 0 mm | -54 mm |
| Mar | 26.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 239 mm | +83 mm |
| Apr | 25.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 201 mm | -81 mm |
| May | 23.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 261 mm | -51 mm |
| Jun | 22.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 157 mm | -70 mm |
| Jul | 21.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 301 mm | +17 mm |
| Aug | 20.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 273 mm | -39 mm |
| Sep | 21.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 333 mm | -25 mm |
| Oct | 22.9 °C | +0.3 °C | 265 mm | +51 mm |
| Nov | 25.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 0 mm | -59 mm |
| Dec | 25.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 11 mm | -13 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Gīmbīcho?
Gīmbīcho has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.6 °C and it receives 2,313 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gīmbīcho?
The hottest day measured in Gīmbīcho between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 2009, reaching 33.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Gīmbīcho?
The coldest day measured in Gīmbīcho between 1940 and 2025 was 8 December 2013, at 4.8 °C.
Does it snow in Gīmbīcho?
Almost never: Gīmbīcho sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Gīmbīcho warmed?
Yes: Gīmbīcho warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Gīmbīcho?
The wettest day measured in Gīmbīcho between 1940 and 2025 was 17 October 1995, with 253 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Gīmbīcho?
The windiest day measured in Gīmbīcho between 1940 and 2025 was 27 October 1995, with winds reaching 18.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Gīmbīcho?
The warmest month in Gīmbīcho is March (18.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (15.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Gīmbīcho?
Gīmbīcho receives on average 2,313 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 215 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Gīmbīcho?
Gīmbīcho gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Gīmbīcho?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Gīmbīcho.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gīmbīcho?
In Gīmbīcho, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.9 °C on 29 March 2016, and the lowest was 0.7 °C on 6 January 1968.
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