Gurbetē climate — normals and trends
Gurbetē (Ethiopia) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.4 °C and it receives 2,065 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 (20.3 °C on average) and the coldest is August (15.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Gurbetē averages 0 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 190 rainy days per year.
Gurbetē has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.7 °C (on 1 April 2020) and the coldest 5.2 °C (on 10 December 1946).
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
GurbetēAmhara
- coords
- 11.36°, 36.95°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.4°C
Average daily high
23.3°C
Average daily low
12.6°C
Annual rainfall
2,065mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
65%
Average peak wind
12.2km/h
Seasonal range
4.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
190 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
23.9 °C
Average feels-like low
11.7 °C
Average peak gust
30.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.84 · 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
32.7 °C
1 April 2020
Coldest day
5.2 °C
10 December 1946
Wettest day
150 mm
7 April 1960
Windiest day
24.0 km/h
8 August 1966
Strongest gust
68.4 km/h
6 October 1986
Hottest feels-like
33.3 °C
30 March 1998
Coldest feels-like
2.4 °C
10 December 1946
Sunniest day
12.5 h
14 May 2005
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 | 26.4 °C | +1.9 °C | 0 mm | -18 mm |
| Feb | 27.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 6 mm | -14 mm |
| Mar | 28.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 3 mm | -36 mm |
| Apr | 27.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 31 mm | -33 mm |
| May | 26.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 51 mm | -152 mm |
| Jun | 24.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 110 mm | -171 mm |
| Jul | 20.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 335 mm | -17 mm |
| Aug | 19.4 °C | -0.4 °C | 345 mm | -37 mm |
| Sep | 21.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 414 mm | +34 mm |
| Oct | 22.0 °C | 0.0 °C | 219 mm | -7 mm |
| Nov | 23.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 8 mm | -67 mm |
| Dec | 24.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 1 mm | -25 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Gurbetē?
Gurbetē has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.4 °C and it receives 2,065 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gurbetē?
The hottest day measured in Gurbetē between 1940 and 2025 was 1 April 2020, reaching 32.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Gurbetē?
The coldest day measured in Gurbetē between 1940 and 2025 was 10 December 1946, at 5.2 °C.
Does it snow in Gurbetē?
Almost never: Gurbetē sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Gurbetē warmed?
Yes: Gurbetē warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Gurbetē?
The wettest day measured in Gurbetē between 1940 and 2025 was 7 April 1960, with 150 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Gurbetē?
The windiest day measured in Gurbetē between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 1966, with winds reaching 24.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Gurbetē?
The warmest month in Gurbetē is April (20.3 °C on average); the coldest is August (15.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Gurbetē?
Gurbetē receives on average 2,065 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 190 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Gurbetē?
Gurbetē gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Gurbetē?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Gurbetē.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gurbetē?
In Gurbetē, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.3 °C on 30 March 1998, and the lowest was 2.4 °C on 10 December 1946.
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