Kofelē climate — normals and trends
Kofelē (Ethiopia) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.5 °C and it receives 1,799 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 March (15.9 °C on average) and the coldest is July (13.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Kofelē averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 219 rainy days per year.
Kofelē has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.1 °C (on 11 April 2011) and the coldest 2.8 °C (on 31 December 2011).
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
KofelēOromiya
- coords
- 7.07°, 38.78°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.5°C
Average daily high
20.0°C
Average daily low
9.9°C
Annual rainfall
1,799mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
9.1km/h
Seasonal range
2.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
219 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
20.4 °C
Average feels-like low
8.8 °C
Average peak gust
27.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.89 · 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
29.1 °C
11 April 2011
Coldest day
2.8 °C
31 December 2011
Wettest day
168 mm
10 April 1985
Windiest day
22.0 km/h
13 August 1943
Strongest gust
51.1 km/h
13 August 1943
Hottest feels-like
29.5 °C
21 March 2019
Coldest feels-like
-1.0 °C
31 December 2011
Sunniest day
12.1 h
15 April 1941
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 | 22.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 10 mm | -16 mm |
| Feb | 24.8 °C | +2.6 °C | 1 mm | -46 mm |
| Mar | 23.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 289 mm | +159 mm |
| Apr | 22.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 123 mm | -106 mm |
| May | 21.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 236 mm | +13 mm |
| Jun | 20.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 164 mm | -21 mm |
| Jul | 18.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 219 mm | +24 mm |
| Aug | 18.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 213 mm | -15 mm |
| Sep | 19.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 307 mm | +24 mm |
| Oct | 19.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 220 mm | +46 mm |
| Nov | 21.4 °C | +1.1 °C | 4 mm | -51 mm |
| Dec | 22.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 24 mm | +2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kofelē?
Kofelē has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.5 °C and it receives 1,799 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kofelē?
The hottest day measured in Kofelē between 1940 and 2025 was 11 April 2011, reaching 29.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kofelē?
The coldest day measured in Kofelē between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 2011, at 2.8 °C.
Does it snow in Kofelē?
Almost never: Kofelē sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Kofelē warmed?
Yes: Kofelē warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kofelē?
The wettest day measured in Kofelē between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1985, with 168 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kofelē?
The windiest day measured in Kofelē between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 1943, with winds reaching 22.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kofelē?
The warmest month in Kofelē is March (15.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (13.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Kofelē?
Kofelē receives on average 1,799 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 219 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kofelē?
Kofelē gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Kofelē?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kofelē.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kofelē?
In Kofelē, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 29.5 °C on 21 March 2019, and the lowest was -1.0 °C on 31 December 2011.
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