Tabala climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Tabala?

Tabala has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.3 °C and it receives 1,836 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tabala?

The hottest day measured in Tabala between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 2008, reaching 35.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Tabala?

The coldest day measured in Tabala between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 2011, at 9.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Tabala?

Almost never: Tabala sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Tabala warmed?

Yes: Tabala warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Tabala?

The wettest day measured in Tabala between 1940 and 2025 was 7 May 2010, with 72 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Tabala?

The windiest day measured in Tabala between 1940 and 2025 was 15 May 1943, with winds reaching 18.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Tabala?

The warmest month in Tabala is March (22.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (18.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Tabala?

Tabala receives on average 1,836 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 207 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Tabala?

Tabala gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Tabala (Ethiopia) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.3 °C and it receives 1,836 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 (22.4 °C on average) and the coldest is July (18.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Tabala averages 0 frost days, 23 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 207 rainy days per year.

Tabala has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 35.6 °C (on 22 March 2008) and the coldest 9.6 °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

TabalaSouth Ethiopia Regional State

coords: 6.71°, 37.77°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMarchColdest monthJulyWettest monthAugustDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

20.3°C

Average daily high

25.6°C

Average daily low

16.0°C

Annual rainfall

1,836mm

Sunshine / day

10.5h

Mean relative humidity

70%

Average peak wind

7.8km/h

Seasonal range

3.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

23 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

207 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.8 °C

Average feels-like low

16.6 °C

Average peak gust

23.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

2 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.6 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.83 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

35.6 °C

22 March 2008

Coldest day

9.6 °C

31 December 2011

Wettest day

72 mm

7 May 2010

Windiest day

18.4 km/h

15 May 1943

Strongest gust

47.9 km/h

13 August 1943

Hottest feels-like

37.3 °C

29 March 2016

Coldest feels-like

6.7 °C

31 December 2011

Sunniest day

12.2 h

16 April 1943

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.1 °C1 March 2025	14.0 °C1 December 2025	21.4 °C	1,712 mm	56
2024	32.1 °C17 March 2024	14.2 °C13 December 2024	21.3 °C	1,891 mm	22
2023	33.3 °C6 March 2023	12.7 °C4 January 2023	21.5 °C	1,781 mm	42
2022	33.5 °C11 March 2022	12.0 °C29 January 2022	21.6 °C	1,361 mm	50
2021	33.0 °C2 April 2021	13.3 °C7 January 2021	21.3 °C	1,417 mm	31
2020	33.3 °C8 March 2020	11.2 °C28 December 2020	21.1 °C	2,002 mm	38
2019	33.8 °C21 March 2019	13.7 °C13 January 2019	21.7 °C	1,676 mm	94
2018	31.9 °C26 January 2018	12.5 °C21 November 2018	20.9 °C	1,684 mm	32
2017	34.1 °C21 March 2017	11.0 °C7 January 2017	21.5 °C	1,529 mm	86
2016	33.9 °C29 March 2016	10.9 °C7 December 2016	21.7 °C	1,540 mm	63
2015	33.5 °C16 March 2015	12.5 °C1 January 2015	21.8 °C	1,476 mm	64
2014	32.6 °C6 March 2014	13.2 °C5 January 2014	21.2 °C	1,675 mm	39
2013	33.2 °C24 February 2013	10.5 °C8 December 2013	21.0 °C	1,912 mm	50
2012	33.5 °C19 March 2012	11.7 °C2 January 2012	21.3 °C	1,606 mm	73
2011	34.4 °C29 March 2011	9.6 °C31 December 2011	21.1 °C	1,685 mm	81
2010	32.9 °C3 February 2010	11.8 °C5 December 2010	21.2 °C	1,833 mm	26
2009	35.0 °C22 March 2009	12.1 °C9 November 2009	22.0 °C	1,175 mm	92
2008	35.6 °C22 March 2008	11.1 °C22 November 2008	21.2 °C	1,513 mm	75
2007	34.3 °C15 March 2007	12.1 °C17 December 2007	21.4 °C	1,592 mm	61
2006	32.9 °C12 February 2006	12.5 °C6 November 2006	21.4 °C	1,725 mm	37
2005	32.3 °C21 February 2005	13.3 °C3 January 2005	21.0 °C	1,504 mm	31
2004	33.1 °C23 March 2004	13.8 °C21 October 2004	20.7 °C	1,410 mm	17
2003	33.0 °C21 February 2003	12.7 °C14 January 2003	20.5 °C	1,605 mm	26
2002	33.2 °C27 February 2002	14.2 °C10 November 2002	21.0 °C	1,225 mm	52
2001	31.5 °C4 December 2001	12.2 °C11 November 2001	20.3 °C	1,632 mm	11
2000	34.3 °C17 March 2000	13.2 °C19 October 2000	20.5 °C	1,375 mm	75
1999	32.9 °C8 February 1999	11.8 °C12 November 1999	21.0 °C	1,230 mm	39
1998	33.0 °C2 April 1998	11.7 °C23 November 1998	21.1 °C	1,509 mm	23
1997	33.2 °C22 March 1997	12.9 °C14 December 1997	21.1 °C	1,611 mm	36
1996	32.3 °C11 February 1996	11.3 °C2 November 1996	20.5 °C	2,099 mm	33
1995	31.4 °C27 March 1995	13.2 °C25 January 1995	21.1 °C	1,486 mm	24
1994	33.7 °C2 March 1994	11.5 °C5 November 1994	21.0 °C	1,625 mm	62
1993	30.7 °C29 December 1993	12.1 °C31 December 1993	20.4 °C	1,402 mm	4
1992	33.1 °C12 March 1992	12.1 °C2 January 1992	20.5 °C	1,584 mm	29
1991	32.0 °C24 January 1991	12.6 °C2 November 1991	21.0 °C	1,429 mm	38
1990	31.0 °C5 February 1990	10.8 °C10 January 1990	20.6 °C	1,578 mm	13
1989	31.6 °C28 February 1989	12.5 °C25 October 1989	20.2 °C	1,610 mm	14
1988	33.1 °C15 March 1988	10.3 °C11 November 1988	20.8 °C	1,632 mm	42
1987	32.1 °C13 February 1987	11.6 °C3 February 1987	21.1 °C	1,660 mm	39
1986	30.7 °C13 March 1986	11.8 °C30 December 1986	20.0 °C	1,724 mm	6
1985	31.9 °C17 March 1985	12.3 °C30 December 1985	19.9 °C	2,028 mm	11
1984	31.2 °C28 April 1984	11.6 °C6 January 1984	20.2 °C	1,391 mm	15
1983	31.2 °C1 March 1983	11.6 °C2 November 1983	20.2 °C	1,947 mm	9
1982	32.3 °C24 March 1982	12.1 °C30 December 1982	20.1 °C	1,698 mm	14
1981	31.7 °C23 February 1981	12.0 °C12 December 1981	20.2 °C	1,818 mm	15
1980	31.5 °C16 January 1980	12.7 °C30 December 1980	20.6 °C	1,462 mm	8
1979	31.1 °C7 March 1979	13.8 °C15 December 1979	20.1 °C	1,955 mm	6
1978	30.0 °C2 February 1978	11.1 °C4 November 1978	19.7 °C	2,115 mm	1
1977	31.6 °C17 March 1977	12.0 °C29 November 1977	20.0 °C	2,430 mm	10
1976	31.6 °C10 March 1976	11.8 °C16 December 1976	20.1 °C	2,008 mm	12
1975	31.8 °C12 March 1975	12.0 °C18 November 1975	19.8 °C	2,118 mm	9
1974	31.2 °C24 April 1974	12.6 °C6 November 1974	19.8 °C	1,713 mm	8
1973	33.4 °C5 April 1973	11.8 °C4 December 1973	20.3 °C	1,831 mm	43
1972	30.0 °C29 January 1972	12.9 °C4 December 1972	19.9 °C	1,751 mm	2
1971	31.4 °C20 March 1971	11.4 °C5 December 1971	19.4 °C	2,271 mm	14
1970	30.4 °C28 February 1970	10.9 °C28 November 1970	19.8 °C	2,032 mm	2
1969	30.9 °C10 February 1969	12.2 °C14 December 1969	20.4 °C	1,636 mm	9
1968	29.1 °C9 December 1968	11.0 °C6 January 1968	19.4 °C	1,940 mm	0
1967	32.3 °C12 March 1967	11.4 °C16 December 1967	19.5 °C	2,865 mm	20
1966	28.7 °C25 March 1966	13.0 °C11 December 1966	19.7 °C	1,516 mm	0
1965	29.5 °C11 March 1965	12.5 °C22 December 1965	19.6 °C	1,600 mm	0
1964	30.0 °C20 February 1964	12.5 °C7 December 1964	19.5 °C	1,735 mm	3
1963	29.5 °C24 March 1963	13.5 °C27 December 1963	19.3 °C	2,793 mm	0
1962	31.3 °C27 February 1962	12.6 °C19 January 1962	19.2 °C	2,433 mm	6
1961	32.3 °C7 March 1961	11.8 °C7 January 1961	19.5 °C	2,434 mm	8
1960	30.9 °C21 April 1960	11.7 °C18 January 1960	19.5 °C	2,617 mm	7
1959	30.4 °C4 April 1959	12.9 °C24 December 1959	19.5 °C	2,518 mm	2
1958	30.0 °C4 March 1958	12.7 °C17 November 1958	19.8 °C	2,118 mm	1
1957	29.4 °C18 February 1957	11.8 °C16 December 1957	19.7 °C	2,161 mm	0
1956	31.0 °C9 March 1956	11.3 °C5 November 1956	19.4 °C	2,300 mm	16
1955	29.4 °C4 March 1955	12.1 °C19 October 1955	19.4 °C	2,005 mm	0
1954	29.2 °C21 February 1954	11.4 °C13 January 1954	19.2 °C	2,247 mm	0
1953	28.6 °C16 February 1953	13.5 °C20 July 1953	19.1 °C	2,582 mm	0
1952	29.6 °C25 February 1952	12.2 °C29 October 1952	19.1 °C	2,593 mm	0
1951	29.4 °C26 February 1951	12.0 °C24 January 1951	19.0 °C	2,637 mm	0
1950	29.3 °C6 March 1950	11.5 °C6 January 1950	18.7 °C	2,649 mm	0
1949	28.4 °C19 January 1949	11.6 °C5 November 1949	18.8 °C	2,662 mm	0
1948	28.7 °C25 March 1948	11.6 °C11 November 1948	19.5 °C	2,042 mm	0
1947	28.0 °C1 February 1947	11.9 °C23 December 1947	18.9 °C	2,198 mm	0
1946	30.6 °C28 March 1946	12.7 °C23 December 1946	19.7 °C	1,684 mm	7
1945	29.5 °C21 March 1945	11.3 °C15 December 1945	19.3 °C	1,547 mm	0
1944	30.1 °C22 February 1944	12.0 °C9 January 1944	19.9 °C	1,286 mm	1
1943	30.0 °C16 February 1943	12.0 °C6 November 1943	19.5 °C	1,947 mm	1
1942	29.6 °C1 March 1942	11.3 °C27 November 1942	19.5 °C	1,372 mm	0
1941	32.4 °C26 March 1941	10.5 °C18 January 1941	20.0 °C	1,198 mm	12
1940	27.7 °C22 February 1940	12.0 °C17 December 1940	18.8 °C	2,292 mm	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.0 °C

+1.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

56 d/yr

+33

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1712 mm

-124 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.1 °C	+1.6 °C	1 mm	-19 mm
Feb	30.9 °C	+2.5 °C	0 mm	-29 mm
Mar	29.3 °C	+1.0 °C	177 mm	+86 mm
Apr	27.9 °C	+1.1 °C	155 mm	-22 mm
May	26.4 °C	+1.3 °C	201 mm	-35 mm
Jun	26.1 °C	+2.4 °C	136 mm	-90 mm
Jul	24.2 °C	+1.6 °C	253 mm	-25 mm
Aug	24.0 °C	+1.0 °C	311 mm	+14 mm
Sep	25.1 °C	+1.2 °C	309 mm	+40 mm
Oct	25.1 °C	+0.1 °C	155 mm	+8 mm
Nov	27.4 °C	+1.1 °C	3 mm	-46 mm
Dec	28.2 °C	+1.3 °C	13 mm	-6 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.1 °C

1 Mar 2025

Coldest day

14.0 °C

1 Dec 2025

Wettest day

40.6 mm

19 Mar 2025

Windiest day

13.9 km/h

11 Oct 2025

Strongest gust

32.8 km/h

17 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

35.4 °C

9 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

12.0 °C

22 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

25 Apr 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Tabala?

Tabala has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.3 °C and it receives 1,836 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tabala?

The hottest day measured in Tabala between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 2008, reaching 35.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Tabala?

The coldest day measured in Tabala between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 2011, at 9.6 °C.

Does it snow in Tabala?

Almost never: Tabala sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Tabala warmed?

Yes: Tabala warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Tabala?

The wettest day measured in Tabala between 1940 and 2025 was 7 May 2010, with 72 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Tabala?

The windiest day measured in Tabala between 1940 and 2025 was 15 May 1943, with winds reaching 18.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Tabala?

The warmest month in Tabala is March (22.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (18.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Tabala?

Tabala receives on average 1,836 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 207 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Tabala?

Tabala gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Tabala?

Yes: Tabala has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tabala?

In Tabala, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.3 °C on 29 March 2016, and the lowest was 6.7 °C on 31 December 2011.

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