Gobēsa climate — normals and trends
Gobēsa (Ethiopia) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.6 °C and it receives 1,343 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 (15.6 °C on average) and the coldest is November (13.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Gobēsa averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 161 rainy days per year.
Gobēsa has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 28.1 °C (on 1 March 2019) and the coldest 0.3 °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
GobēsaOromiya
- coords
- 7.62°, 39.50°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.6°C
Average daily high
21.1°C
Average daily low
8.9°C
Annual rainfall
1,343mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
65%
Average peak wind
12.2km/h
Seasonal range
2.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
161 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
20.7 °C
Average feels-like low
7.4 °C
Average peak gust
36.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.88 · 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
28.1 °C
1 March 2019
Coldest day
0.3 °C
7 January 2017
Wettest day
73 mm
12 August 2022
Windiest day
23.2 km/h
2 June 1946
Strongest gust
87.8 km/h
12 September 1956
Hottest feels-like
28.4 °C
13 March 2020
Coldest feels-like
-3.9 °C
7 January 2017
Sunniest day
12.0 h
9 May 1988
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 23.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 0 mm | -13 mm |
| Feb | 24.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 0 mm | -29 mm |
| Mar | 23.2 °C | +0.6 °C | 126 mm | +52 mm |
| Apr | 22.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 74 mm | -65 mm |
| May | 23.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 109 mm | +3 mm |
| Jun | 25.2 °C | +3.3 °C | 17 mm | -88 mm |
| Jul | 22.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 220 mm | -50 mm |
| Aug | 20.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 367 mm | +55 mm |
| Sep | 20.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 227 mm | +36 mm |
| Oct | 19.8 °C | +0.2 °C | 113 mm | +38 mm |
| Nov | 21.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 1 mm | -21 mm |
| Dec | 22.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 2 mm | -6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Gobēsa?
Gobēsa has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.6 °C and it receives 1,343 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gobēsa?
The hottest day measured in Gobēsa between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 2019, reaching 28.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Gobēsa?
The coldest day measured in Gobēsa between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2017, at 0.3 °C.
Does it snow in Gobēsa?
Almost never: Gobēsa sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Gobēsa warmed?
Yes: Gobēsa warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Gobēsa?
The wettest day measured in Gobēsa between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 2022, with 73 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Gobēsa?
The windiest day measured in Gobēsa between 1940 and 2025 was 2 June 1946, with winds reaching 23.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Gobēsa?
The warmest month in Gobēsa is March (15.6 °C on average); the coldest is November (13.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Gobēsa?
Gobēsa receives on average 1,343 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 161 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Gobēsa?
Gobēsa gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Gobēsa?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Gobēsa.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gobēsa?
In Gobēsa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 28.4 °C on 13 March 2020, and the lowest was -3.9 °C on 7 January 2017.
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