Kachīsī climate — normals and trends
Kachīsī (Ethiopia) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.9 °C and it receives 1,068 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 (23.0 °C on average) and the coldest is August (18.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kachīsī averages 0 frost days, 64 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 166 rainy days per year.
Kachīsī has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.34 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.3 °C (on 10 April 1998) and the coldest 6.2 °C (on 10 January 1944).
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
KachīsīOromiya
- coords
- 9.60°, 37.83°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
20.9°C
Average daily high
27.0°C
Average daily low
15.0°C
Annual rainfall
1,068mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
56%
Average peak wind
5.9km/h
Seasonal range
4.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
64 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
166 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
28.1 °C
Average feels-like low
14.6 °C
Average peak gust
21.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
2 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.82 · 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
36.3 °C
10 April 1998
Coldest day
6.2 °C
10 January 1944
Wettest day
73 mm
6 June 1953
Windiest day
14.1 km/h
25 March 1965
Strongest gust
50.8 km/h
16 April 2018
Hottest feels-like
37.9 °C
29 March 2016
Coldest feels-like
3.1 °C
10 January 1944
Sunniest day
12.3 h
13 May 1943
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 | 29.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 0 mm | -6 mm |
| Feb | 30.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 0 mm | -14 mm |
| Mar | 30.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 51 mm | +9 mm |
| Apr | 30.0 °C | +0.3 °C | 32 mm | -24 mm |
| May | 30.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 37 mm | -51 mm |
| Jun | 29.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 65 mm | -76 mm |
| Jul | 25.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 204 mm | -39 mm |
| Aug | 23.2 °C | -0.1 °C | 265 mm | +27 mm |
| Sep | 24.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 165 mm | +3 mm |
| Oct | 25.9 °C | -0.3 °C | 46 mm | -7 mm |
| Nov | 27.4 °C | +0.3 °C | 0 mm | -19 mm |
| Dec | 27.5 °C | +0.1 °C | 3 mm | -4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kachīsī?
Kachīsī has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.9 °C and it receives 1,068 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kachīsī?
The hottest day measured in Kachīsī between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1998, reaching 36.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kachīsī?
The coldest day measured in Kachīsī between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1944, at 6.2 °C.
Does it snow in Kachīsī?
Almost never: Kachīsī sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Kachīsī warmed?
Yes: Kachīsī warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kachīsī?
The wettest day measured in Kachīsī between 1940 and 2025 was 6 June 1953, with 73 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kachīsī?
The windiest day measured in Kachīsī between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 1965, with winds reaching 14.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kachīsī?
The warmest month in Kachīsī is April (23.0 °C on average); the coldest is August (18.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Kachīsī?
Kachīsī receives on average 1,068 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 166 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kachīsī?
Kachīsī gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Kachīsī?
Yes: Kachīsī has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kachīsī?
In Kachīsī, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.9 °C on 29 March 2016, and the lowest was 3.1 °C on 10 January 1944.
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