Jinka climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Jinka?

Jinka has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.1 °C and it receives 1,035 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Jinka?

The hottest day measured in Jinka between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 2019, reaching 35.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Jinka?

The coldest day measured in Jinka between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 1942, at 11.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Jinka?

Almost never: Jinka sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Jinka warmed?

Yes: Jinka warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Jinka?

The wettest day measured in Jinka between 1940 and 2025 was 26 April 1994, with 104 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Jinka?

The windiest day measured in Jinka between 1940 and 2025 was 30 September 1989, with winds reaching 14.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Jinka?

The warmest month in Jinka is February (23.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Jinka?

Jinka receives on average 1,035 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 188 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Jinka?

Jinka gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Jinka (Ethiopia) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.1 °C and it receives 1,035 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 February (23.8 °C on average) and the coldest is July (20.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Jinka averages 0 frost days, 56 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 188 rainy days per year.

Jinka 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 35.6 °C (on 22 March 2019) and the coldest 11.8 °C (on 17 July 1942).

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

JinkaSouth Ethiopia Regional State

coords: 5.65°, 36.65°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthAprilDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

22.1°C

Average daily high

27.3°C

Average daily low

17.5°C

Annual rainfall

1,035mm

Sunshine / day

9.7h

Mean relative humidity

60%

Average peak wind

6.6km/h

Seasonal range

3.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

56 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

188 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.4 °C

Average feels-like low

17.9 °C

Average peak gust

27.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

16 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.6 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.77 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

35.6 °C

22 March 2019

Coldest day

11.8 °C

17 July 1942

Wettest day

104 mm

26 April 1994

Windiest day

14.7 km/h

30 September 1989

Strongest gust

49.3 km/h

28 October 1974

Hottest feels-like

38.0 °C

8 April 2019

Coldest feels-like

10.2 °C

3 February 1999

Sunniest day

12.2 h

23 April 1943

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.4 °C28 February 2025	14.5 °C3 December 2025	23.4 °C	897 mm	116
2024	34.1 °C17 March 2024	14.6 °C22 August 2024	23.2 °C	1,071 mm	85
2023	35.3 °C6 March 2023	13.5 °C4 January 2023	23.3 °C	1,089 mm	95
2022	34.9 °C10 March 2022	13.8 °C3 August 2022	23.4 °C	681 mm	120
2021	32.7 °C30 December 2021	14.7 °C8 January 2021	23.1 °C	536 mm	98
2020	33.8 °C27 February 2020	13.6 °C16 December 2020	22.5 °C	1,329 mm	82
2019	35.6 °C22 March 2019	14.9 °C13 January 2019	23.4 °C	1,049 mm	122
2018	33.6 °C7 February 2018	14.0 °C9 February 2018	22.6 °C	919 mm	93
2017	34.9 °C10 March 2017	14.0 °C7 January 2017	23.2 °C	839 mm	130
2016	35.1 °C29 March 2016	14.0 °C27 December 2016	23.5 °C	687 mm	147
2015	34.8 °C2 March 2015	13.3 °C11 January 2015	23.4 °C	936 mm	104
2014	33.9 °C4 March 2014	13.0 °C12 February 2014	23.0 °C	882 mm	85
2013	34.8 °C24 February 2013	13.4 °C30 July 2013	22.8 °C	965 mm	80
2012	35.0 °C14 February 2012	13.2 °C30 January 2012	22.9 °C	921 mm	93
2011	34.5 °C11 February 2011	13.1 °C31 December 2011	22.7 °C	1,005 mm	106
2010	34.3 °C15 March 2010	14.4 °C14 January 2010	23.0 °C	887 mm	89
2009	34.5 °C24 February 2009	15.0 °C9 January 2009	23.5 °C	657 mm	133
2008	33.7 °C12 March 2008	13.7 °C23 November 2008	23.0 °C	741 mm	124
2007	34.1 °C4 March 2007	14.2 °C29 October 2007	22.9 °C	960 mm	105
2006	34.8 °C17 February 2006	14.8 °C30 November 2006	22.9 °C	1,219 mm	80
2005	34.8 °C25 February 2005	14.8 °C15 December 2005	23.0 °C	687 mm	94
2004	34.9 °C22 March 2004	14.8 °C4 November 2004	22.6 °C	838 mm	60
2003	34.8 °C21 February 2003	14.3 °C14 January 2003	22.6 °C	873 mm	70
2002	34.5 °C26 February 2002	15.4 °C13 August 2002	22.6 °C	940 mm	69
2001	32.3 °C1 March 2001	14.3 °C21 December 2001	22.3 °C	827 mm	47
2000	35.1 °C22 March 2000	14.9 °C28 January 2000	22.4 °C	598 mm	78
1999	34.4 °C8 February 1999	13.1 °C26 December 1999	22.7 °C	650 mm	87
1998	33.1 °C30 March 1998	12.8 °C12 December 1998	22.7 °C	875 mm	77
1997	34.6 °C7 March 1997	15.1 °C5 March 1997	22.7 °C	1,272 mm	82
1996	33.3 °C29 February 1996	14.3 °C3 March 1996	22.4 °C	1,006 mm	69
1995	32.1 °C27 October 1995	14.3 °C30 November 1995	22.7 °C	858 mm	58
1994	34.1 °C22 February 1994	14.4 °C2 January 1994	22.5 °C	932 mm	87
1993	32.8 °C29 December 1993	14.5 °C31 December 1993	22.3 °C	724 mm	41
1992	34.0 °C13 March 1992	13.8 °C1 January 1992	22.4 °C	896 mm	64
1991	33.8 °C23 March 1991	13.2 °C30 December 1991	22.5 °C	966 mm	63
1990	32.9 °C12 February 1990	13.8 °C27 July 1990	22.5 °C	926 mm	63
1989	33.5 °C28 February 1989	13.8 °C1 April 1989	22.0 °C	982 mm	41
1988	34.0 °C16 March 1988	12.3 °C15 December 1988	22.2 °C	1,003 mm	78
1987	33.7 °C17 February 1987	13.7 °C14 July 1987	22.7 °C	971 mm	90
1986	32.2 °C12 February 1986	13.9 °C7 August 1986	21.7 °C	988 mm	38
1985	33.2 °C15 March 1985	14.3 °C6 August 1985	21.5 °C	1,077 mm	43
1984	32.8 °C20 February 1984	13.7 °C2 January 1984	22.1 °C	691 mm	50
1983	33.1 °C28 February 1983	14.6 °C16 November 1983	22.1 °C	1,094 mm	46
1982	33.6 °C26 March 1982	14.3 °C30 October 1982	21.9 °C	1,067 mm	45
1981	33.0 °C25 February 1981	13.9 °C12 December 1981	21.9 °C	1,087 mm	46
1980	32.8 °C16 March 1980	14.5 °C30 September 1980	22.4 °C	778 mm	54
1979	32.7 °C6 March 1979	13.9 °C31 January 1979	21.8 °C	1,126 mm	25
1978	31.5 °C26 January 1978	14.5 °C31 October 1978	21.5 °C	1,475 mm	21
1977	32.9 °C17 March 1977	14.2 °C12 July 1977	21.6 °C	1,481 mm	33
1976	32.9 °C10 March 1976	13.6 °C16 December 1976	21.9 °C	1,076 mm	29
1975	32.7 °C24 February 1975	13.3 °C29 November 1975	21.5 °C	1,244 mm	38
1974	32.2 °C21 February 1974	14.1 °C12 January 1974	21.7 °C	848 mm	36
1973	33.9 °C5 April 1973	13.2 °C7 February 1973	22.3 °C	866 mm	73
1972	32.2 °C4 March 1972	14.5 °C2 January 1972	21.8 °C	1,101 mm	32
1971	33.6 °C26 February 1971	13.5 °C11 July 1971	21.3 °C	1,222 mm	49
1970	33.0 °C28 February 1970	14.0 °C28 November 1970	21.9 °C	1,123 mm	44
1969	32.5 °C10 February 1969	14.9 °C17 July 1969	22.3 °C	770 mm	46
1968	31.4 °C22 January 1968	14.1 °C8 January 1968	21.3 °C	1,121 mm	14
1967	33.6 °C24 February 1967	13.2 °C12 December 1967	21.1 °C	1,431 mm	48
1966	30.7 °C16 February 1966	13.3 °C25 November 1966	21.7 °C	1,113 mm	13
1965	31.4 °C25 February 1965	12.7 °C10 January 1965	21.6 °C	1,093 mm	20
1964	31.8 °C9 March 1964	13.2 °C27 November 1964	21.2 °C	1,205 mm	22
1963	31.5 °C21 March 1963	14.4 °C1 January 1963	21.1 °C	1,712 mm	6
1962	33.5 °C27 February 1962	12.5 °C4 January 1962	21.1 °C	1,425 mm	18
1961	34.3 °C7 March 1961	13.9 °C1 December 1961	21.2 °C	1,531 mm	37
1960	32.3 °C9 February 1960	14.7 °C24 July 1960	21.5 °C	1,322 mm	27
1959	31.9 °C17 March 1959	14.7 °C30 May 1959	21.6 °C	1,423 mm	27
1958	31.7 °C4 March 1958	14.4 °C1 December 1958	21.5 °C	1,246 mm	26
1957	31.4 °C17 March 1957	13.3 °C10 December 1957	21.4 °C	1,239 mm	21
1956	32.8 °C10 March 1956	13.5 °C24 July 1956	21.2 °C	1,079 mm	42
1955	32.2 °C4 March 1955	13.6 °C13 June 1955	21.1 °C	1,149 mm	21
1954	30.8 °C21 March 1954	13.1 °C20 July 1954	20.5 °C	1,122 mm	7
1953	31.0 °C15 March 1953	13.9 °C8 January 1953	20.4 °C	1,686 mm	3
1952	30.4 °C27 January 1952	13.6 °C1 January 1952	20.4 °C	1,309 mm	1
1951	30.8 °C4 March 1951	13.2 °C22 January 1951	20.3 °C	1,555 mm	6
1950	31.7 °C6 March 1950	12.4 °C18 July 1950	19.6 °C	1,654 mm	10
1949	31.4 °C6 March 1949	13.1 °C18 July 1949	20.4 °C	1,314 mm	5
1948	31.5 °C2 April 1948	13.6 °C16 July 1948	21.4 °C	1,078 mm	7
1947	30.4 °C1 January 1947	13.3 °C10 December 1947	20.8 °C	1,200 mm	2
1946	33.8 °C18 February 1946	14.4 °C14 February 1946	21.9 °C	832 mm	67
1945	31.7 °C15 March 1945	13.7 °C5 December 1945	21.7 °C	674 mm	26
1944	31.4 °C1 March 1944	13.1 °C20 January 1944	21.7 °C	613 mm	34
1943	32.6 °C17 February 1943	12.9 °C29 May 1943	21.3 °C	857 mm	61
1942	31.2 °C1 March 1942	11.8 °C17 July 1942	21.6 °C	671 mm	28
1941	34.9 °C27 March 1941	12.8 °C2 December 1941	21.9 °C	744 mm	45
1940	30.3 °C20 February 1940	13.0 °C28 November 1940	20.4 °C	1,431 mm	1

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.9 °C

+1.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

116 d/yr

+60

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

897 mm

-138 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	31.2 °C	+2.1 °C	7 mm	-27 mm
Feb	33.0 °C	+3.0 °C	1 mm	-35 mm
Mar	30.8 °C	+1.2 °C	94 mm	+7 mm
Apr	29.0 °C	+1.5 °C	130 mm	-20 mm
May	27.8 °C	+1.6 °C	134 mm	-10 mm
Jun	28.1 °C	+2.2 °C	35 mm	-40 mm
Jul	26.8 °C	+2.0 °C	70 mm	-15 mm
Aug	26.4 °C	+1.0 °C	154 mm	+75 mm
Sep	28.5 °C	+1.8 °C	53 mm	-21 mm
Oct	27.0 °C	+0.4 °C	159 mm	+42 mm
Nov	29.1 °C	+1.8 °C	16 mm	-82 mm
Dec	29.4 °C	+1.4 °C	45 mm	-14 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.4 °C

28 Feb 2025

Coldest day

14.5 °C

3 Dec 2025

Wettest day

47.5 mm

19 Aug 2025

Windiest day

11.2 km/h

11 Aug 2025

Strongest gust

37.1 km/h

23 Feb 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.3 °C

28 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

12.7 °C

3 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

11.9 h

11 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Jinka?

Jinka has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.1 °C and it receives 1,035 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Jinka?

The hottest day measured in Jinka between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 2019, reaching 35.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Jinka?

The coldest day measured in Jinka between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 1942, at 11.8 °C.

Does it snow in Jinka?

Almost never: Jinka sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Jinka warmed?

Yes: Jinka warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Jinka?

The wettest day measured in Jinka between 1940 and 2025 was 26 April 1994, with 104 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Jinka?

The windiest day measured in Jinka between 1940 and 2025 was 30 September 1989, with winds reaching 14.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Jinka?

The warmest month in Jinka is February (23.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Jinka?

Jinka receives on average 1,035 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 188 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Jinka?

Jinka gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Jinka?

Yes: Jinka has on average 16 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Jinka?

In Jinka, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.0 °C on 8 April 2019, and the lowest was 10.2 °C on 3 February 1999.

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