Īteya climate — normals and trends
Īteya (Ethiopia) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.4 °C and it receives 696 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 May (19.8 °C on average) and the coldest is December (16.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Īteya averages 0 frost days, 7 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 141 rainy days per year.
Īteya has warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.36 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.5 °C (on 29 March 2016) and the coldest 3.1 °C (on 18 January 1941).
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
ĪteyaOromiya
- coords
- 8.13°, 39.23°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
18.4°C
Average daily high
24.8°C
Average daily low
12.7°C
Annual rainfall
696mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
61%
Average peak wind
15.5km/h
Seasonal range
3.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
7 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
141 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
24.3 °C
Average feels-like low
11.8 °C
Average peak gust
37.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.1 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °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
33.5 °C
29 March 2016
Coldest day
3.1 °C
18 January 1941
Wettest day
56 mm
4 April 1986
Windiest day
29.6 km/h
25 October 1995
Strongest gust
65.5 km/h
30 April 2011
Hottest feels-like
33.4 °C
13 March 2020
Coldest feels-like
-0.9 °C
18 January 1941
Sunniest day
12.0 h
11 May 2025
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 | 26.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 0 mm | -8 mm |
| Feb | 28.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 0 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 28.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 85 mm | +31 mm |
| Apr | 28.1 °C | +2.0 °C | 42 mm | -36 mm |
| May | 28.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 32 mm | -41 mm |
| Jun | 28.5 °C | +3.1 °C | 5 mm | -30 mm |
| Jul | 25.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 92 mm | +5 mm |
| Aug | 23.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 101 mm | -31 mm |
| Sep | 25.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 150 mm | +1 mm |
| Oct | 26.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 15 mm | -33 mm |
| Nov | 25.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 0 mm | -11 mm |
| Dec | 25.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 2 mm | -3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Īteya?
Īteya has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.4 °C and it receives 696 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Īteya?
The hottest day measured in Īteya between 1940 and 2025 was 29 March 2016, reaching 33.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Īteya?
The coldest day measured in Īteya between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1941, at 3.1 °C.
Does it snow in Īteya?
Almost never: Īteya sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Īteya warmed?
Yes: Īteya warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Īteya?
The wettest day measured in Īteya between 1940 and 2025 was 4 April 1986, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Īteya?
The windiest day measured in Īteya between 1940 and 2025 was 25 October 1995, with winds reaching 29.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Īteya?
The warmest month in Īteya is May (19.8 °C on average); the coldest is December (16.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Īteya?
Īteya receives on average 696 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 141 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Īteya?
Īteya gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Īteya?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Īteya.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Īteya?
In Īteya, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.4 °C on 13 March 2020, and the lowest was -0.9 °C on 18 January 1941.
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