Sendafa climate — normals and trends
Sendafa (Ethiopia) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.3 °C and it receives 2,162 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 (14.8 °C on average) and the coldest is December (12.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Sendafa averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 179 rainy days per year.
Sendafa has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 28.0 °C (on 22 March 2009) and the coldest -0.9 °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
SendafaOromiya
- coords
- 9.15°, 39.02°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.3°C
Average daily high
19.6°C
Average daily low
8.2°C
Annual rainfall
2,162mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
12.4km/h
Seasonal range
2.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
179 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
19.2 °C
Average feels-like low
6.6 °C
Average peak gust
31.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °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
28.0 °C
22 March 2009
Coldest day
-0.9 °C
7 January 2017
Wettest day
121 mm
24 April 2010
Windiest day
31.4 km/h
26 May 2003
Strongest gust
67.0 km/h
26 May 2003
Hottest feels-like
27.9 °C
9 March 2022
Coldest feels-like
-5.4 °C
7 January 2017
Sunniest day
12.1 h
16 May 1958
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 21.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 3 mm | -19 mm |
| Feb | 22.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 2 mm | -38 mm |
| Mar | 22.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 138 mm | +25 mm |
| Apr | 22.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 60 mm | -140 mm |
| May | 22.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 142 mm | -34 mm |
| Jun | 22.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 83 mm | -173 mm |
| Jul | 18.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 473 mm | +49 mm |
| Aug | 17.8 °C | +0.2 °C | 451 mm | -21 mm |
| Sep | 18.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 411 mm | +46 mm |
| Oct | 19.2 °C | +0.3 °C | 52 mm | -16 mm |
| Nov | 20.2 °C | +0.6 °C | 1 mm | -16 mm |
| Dec | 20.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 11 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sendafa?
Sendafa has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.3 °C and it receives 2,162 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sendafa?
The hottest day measured in Sendafa between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 2009, reaching 28.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sendafa?
The coldest day measured in Sendafa between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2017, at -0.9 °C.
Does it snow in Sendafa?
Almost never: Sendafa sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Sendafa warmed?
Yes: Sendafa warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sendafa?
The wettest day measured in Sendafa between 1940 and 2025 was 24 April 2010, with 121 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sendafa?
The windiest day measured in Sendafa between 1940 and 2025 was 26 May 2003, with winds reaching 31.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sendafa?
The warmest month in Sendafa is May (14.8 °C on average); the coldest is December (12.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Sendafa?
Sendafa receives on average 2,162 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 179 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sendafa?
Sendafa gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Sendafa?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Sendafa.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sendafa?
In Sendafa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 27.9 °C on 9 March 2022, and the lowest was -5.4 °C on 7 January 2017.
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