Mojo climate — normals and trends
Mojo (Ethiopia) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.6 °C and it receives 608 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 (21.5 °C on average) and the coldest is December (18.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Mojo averages 0 frost days, 35 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 117 rainy days per year.
Mojo has warmed by +3.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.39 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.2 °C (on 29 March 2016) and the coldest 2.8 °C (on 7 January 2017).
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
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- coords
- 8.59°, 39.12°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
19.6°C
Average daily high
26.4°C
Average daily low
13.7°C
Annual rainfall
608mm
Sunshine / day
10.9h
Mean relative humidity
60%
Average peak wind
15.8km/h
Seasonal range
3.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
35 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
117 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
26.1 °C
Average feels-like low
13.3 °C
Average peak gust
37.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.3 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.83 · 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
35.2 °C
29 March 2016
Coldest day
2.8 °C
7 January 2017
Wettest day
53 mm
7 April 1987
Windiest day
31.3 km/h
26 November 1942
Strongest gust
68.8 km/h
20 March 1986
Hottest feels-like
36.1 °C
13 March 2020
Coldest feels-like
-0.6 °C
7 January 2017
Sunniest day
12.1 h
16 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 | 27.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 0 mm | -5 mm |
| Feb | 29.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 0 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 29.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 45 mm | +6 mm |
| Apr | 30.7 °C | +2.4 °C | 25 mm | -33 mm |
| May | 30.6 °C | +2.2 °C | 31 mm | -28 mm |
| Jun | 29.9 °C | +2.9 °C | 9 mm | -37 mm |
| Jul | 26.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 84 mm | -22 mm |
| Aug | 24.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 125 mm | -3 mm |
| Sep | 25.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 114 mm | -3 mm |
| Oct | 28.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 2 mm | -27 mm |
| Nov | 27.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 0 mm | -7 mm |
| Dec | 27.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 2 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Mojo?
Mojo has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.6 °C and it receives 608 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mojo?
The hottest day measured in Mojo between 1940 and 2025 was 29 March 2016, reaching 35.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Mojo?
The coldest day measured in Mojo between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2017, at 2.8 °C.
Does it snow in Mojo?
Almost never: Mojo sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Mojo warmed?
Yes: Mojo warmed by +3.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Mojo?
The wettest day measured in Mojo between 1940 and 2025 was 7 April 1987, with 53 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Mojo?
The windiest day measured in Mojo between 1940 and 2025 was 26 November 1942, with winds reaching 31.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Mojo?
The warmest month in Mojo is May (21.5 °C on average); the coldest is December (18.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Mojo?
Mojo receives on average 608 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 117 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Mojo?
Mojo gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Mojo?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Mojo.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mojo?
In Mojo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.1 °C on 13 March 2020, and the lowest was -0.6 °C on 7 January 2017.
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