Sīrē climate — normals and trends
Sīrē (Ethiopia) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.2 °C and it receives 1,543 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 (17.4 °C on average) and the coldest is December (14.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Sīrē averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 182 rainy days per year.
Sīrē has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 30.1 °C (on 29 March 2016) and the coldest 2.9 °C (on 6 January 1941).
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
SīrēOromiya
- coords
- 8.32°, 39.48°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.2°C
Average daily high
22.2°C
Average daily low
11.1°C
Annual rainfall
1,543mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
65%
Average peak wind
14.5km/h
Seasonal range
2.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
182 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
21.8 °C
Average feels-like low
9.7 °C
Average peak gust
35.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.86 · 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
30.1 °C
29 March 2016
Coldest day
2.9 °C
6 January 1941
Wettest day
135 mm
10 April 1985
Windiest day
28.0 km/h
24 July 1942
Strongest gust
63.7 km/h
13 July 1944
Hottest feels-like
30.7 °C
13 March 2020
Coldest feels-like
-1.2 °C
18 January 1941
Sunniest day
12.0 h
9 May 1988
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 | 23.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 0 mm | -17 mm |
| Feb | 25.9 °C | +2.6 °C | 1 mm | -32 mm |
| Mar | 25.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 118 mm | +20 mm |
| Apr | 24.9 °C | +1.8 °C | 73 mm | -90 mm |
| May | 25.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 58 mm | -99 mm |
| Jun | 26.3 °C | +3.2 °C | 6 mm | -70 mm |
| Jul | 23.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 187 mm | +5 mm |
| Aug | 21.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 227 mm | -75 mm |
| Sep | 22.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 382 mm | +40 mm |
| Oct | 22.4 °C | +1.1 °C | 77 mm | -49 mm |
| Nov | 22.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 0 mm | -35 mm |
| Dec | 23.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 10 mm | -5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sīrē?
Sīrē has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.2 °C and it receives 1,543 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sīrē?
The hottest day measured in Sīrē between 1940 and 2025 was 29 March 2016, reaching 30.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sīrē?
The coldest day measured in Sīrē between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1941, at 2.9 °C.
Does it snow in Sīrē?
Almost never: Sīrē sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Sīrē warmed?
Yes: Sīrē warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sīrē?
The wettest day measured in Sīrē between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1985, with 135 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sīrē?
The windiest day measured in Sīrē between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 1942, with winds reaching 28.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sīrē?
The warmest month in Sīrē is May (17.4 °C on average); the coldest is December (14.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Sīrē?
Sīrē receives on average 1,543 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 182 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sīrē?
Sīrē gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Sīrē?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Sīrē.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sīrē?
In Sīrē, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 30.7 °C on 13 March 2020, and the lowest was -1.2 °C on 18 January 1941.
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