Shambu climate — normals and trends
Shambu (Ethiopia) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.4 °C and it receives 3,789 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 (20.7 °C on average) and the coldest is July (16.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Shambu averages 0 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 229 rainy days per year.
Shambu has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.6 °C (on 26 March 2000) and the coldest 8.1 °C (on 27 November 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
ShambuOromiya
- coords
- 9.57°, 37.10°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
18.4°C
Average daily high
23.6°C
Average daily low
14.1°C
Annual rainfall
3,789mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
6.6km/h
Seasonal range
4.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
229 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
25.1 °C
Average feels-like low
14.0 °C
Average peak gust
24.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °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
32.6 °C
26 March 2000
Coldest day
8.1 °C
27 November 1942
Wettest day
155 mm
15 September 2004
Windiest day
18.4 km/h
25 April 2024
Strongest gust
54.7 km/h
6 April 2001
Hottest feels-like
33.5 °C
12 April 2024
Coldest feels-like
5.2 °C
27 November 1942
Sunniest day
12.4 h
12 May 1972
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 | 26.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 3 mm | -35 mm |
| Feb | 28.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 3 mm | -59 mm |
| Mar | 27.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 108 mm | -11 mm |
| Apr | 27.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 90 mm | -98 mm |
| May | 26.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 255 mm | -157 mm |
| Jun | 23.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 382 mm | -189 mm |
| Jul | 21.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 637 mm | +142 mm |
| Aug | 19.8 °C | -0.3 °C | 467 mm | -100 mm |
| Sep | 21.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 1015 mm | +192 mm |
| Oct | 22.8 °C | -0.1 °C | 793 mm | +432 mm |
| Nov | 24.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 7 mm | -111 mm |
| Dec | 25.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 11 mm | -29 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Shambu?
Shambu has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.4 °C and it receives 3,789 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Shambu?
The hottest day measured in Shambu between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 2000, reaching 32.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Shambu?
The coldest day measured in Shambu between 1940 and 2025 was 27 November 1942, at 8.1 °C.
Does it snow in Shambu?
Almost never: Shambu sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Shambu warmed?
Yes: Shambu warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Shambu?
The wettest day measured in Shambu between 1940 and 2025 was 15 September 2004, with 155 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Shambu?
The windiest day measured in Shambu between 1940 and 2025 was 25 April 2024, with winds reaching 18.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Shambu?
The warmest month in Shambu is March (20.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Shambu?
Shambu receives on average 3,789 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 229 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Shambu?
Shambu gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Shambu?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Shambu.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Shambu?
In Shambu, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.5 °C on 12 April 2024, and the lowest was 5.2 °C on 27 November 1942.
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