Guder climate — normals and trends
Guder (Ethiopia) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.0 °C and it receives 2,340 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 (17.6 °C on average) and the coldest is August (14.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Guder averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 208 rainy days per year.
Guder 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 31.5 °C (on 22 March 2009) and the coldest 2.4 °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
GuderOromiya
- coords
- 8.97°, 37.76°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.0°C
Average daily high
22.0°C
Average daily low
10.7°C
Annual rainfall
2,340mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
7.8km/h
Seasonal range
2.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
208 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
22.7 °C
Average feels-like low
9.8 °C
Average peak gust
27.4 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
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.85 · 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
31.5 °C
22 March 2009
Coldest day
2.4 °C
7 January 2017
Wettest day
121 mm
3 May 1998
Windiest day
20.2 km/h
26 November 1942
Strongest gust
70.2 km/h
6 May 1999
Hottest feels-like
31.1 °C
15 March 2007
Coldest feels-like
-1.6 °C
7 January 2017
Sunniest day
12.3 h
8 May 1955
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 | 24.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 4 mm | -33 mm |
| Feb | 25.9 °C | +2.2 °C | 0 mm | -67 mm |
| Mar | 24.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 157 mm | +11 mm |
| Apr | 24.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 162 mm | -56 mm |
| May | 24.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 233 mm | -121 mm |
| Jun | 23.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 237 mm | -40 mm |
| Jul | 20.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 273 mm | -17 mm |
| Aug | 19.2 °C | +0.1 °C | 313 mm | +13 mm |
| Sep | 20.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 365 mm | -28 mm |
| Oct | 21.5 °C | -0.1 °C | 101 mm | -79 mm |
| Nov | 23.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 0 mm | -55 mm |
| Dec | 22.8 °C | +0.1 °C | 20 mm | -3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Guder?
Guder has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.0 °C and it receives 2,340 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Guder?
The hottest day measured in Guder between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 2009, reaching 31.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Guder?
The coldest day measured in Guder between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2017, at 2.4 °C.
Does it snow in Guder?
Almost never: Guder sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Guder warmed?
Yes: Guder warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Guder?
The wettest day measured in Guder between 1940 and 2025 was 3 May 1998, with 121 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Guder?
The windiest day measured in Guder between 1940 and 2025 was 26 November 1942, with winds reaching 20.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Guder?
The warmest month in Guder is April (17.6 °C on average); the coldest is August (14.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Guder?
Guder receives on average 2,340 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 208 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Guder?
Guder gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Guder?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Guder.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Guder?
In Guder, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 31.1 °C on 15 March 2007, and the lowest was -1.6 °C on 7 January 2017.
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