Tēpī climate — normals and trends
Tēpī (Ethiopia) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.5 °C and it receives 2,653 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 (20.2 °C on average) and the coldest is July (17.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Tēpī averages 0 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 306 rainy days per year.
Tēpī has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.6 °C (on 27 March 1941) and the coldest 8.6 °C (on 5 January 1962).
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
TēpīSouth West Ethiopia Peoples' Region
- coords
- 7.20°, 35.45°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
18.5°C
Average daily high
23.7°C
Average daily low
14.8°C
Annual rainfall
2,653mm
Sunshine / day
9.9h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
8.2km/h
Seasonal range
3.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
306 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
26.3 °C
Average feels-like low
14.8 °C
Average peak gust
24.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.73 · 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
34.6 °C
27 March 1941
Coldest day
8.6 °C
5 January 1962
Wettest day
112 mm
1 May 2018
Windiest day
16.2 km/h
11 August 1943
Strongest gust
54.4 km/h
15 April 1975
Hottest feels-like
35.3 °C
12 April 2017
Coldest feels-like
6.8 °C
5 January 1962
Sunniest day
12.1 h
18 May 2004
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 | 26.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 18 mm | -60 mm |
| Feb | 28.2 °C | +2.1 °C | 27 mm | -60 mm |
| Mar | 28.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 173 mm | -17 mm |
| Apr | 26.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 363 mm | +33 mm |
| May | 24.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 349 mm | -20 mm |
| Jun | 23.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 237 mm | -23 mm |
| Jul | 22.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 230 mm | -10 mm |
| Aug | 21.5 °C | -0.2 °C | 230 mm | -13 mm |
| Sep | 23.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 214 mm | -36 mm |
| Oct | 23.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 328 mm | +41 mm |
| Nov | 24.4 °C | +1.1 °C | 114 mm | -92 mm |
| Dec | 24.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 67 mm | -46 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Tēpī?
Tēpī has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.5 °C and it receives 2,653 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tēpī?
The hottest day measured in Tēpī between 1940 and 2025 was 27 March 1941, reaching 34.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Tēpī?
The coldest day measured in Tēpī between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1962, at 8.6 °C.
Does it snow in Tēpī?
Almost never: Tēpī sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Tēpī warmed?
Yes: Tēpī warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Tēpī?
The wettest day measured in Tēpī between 1940 and 2025 was 1 May 2018, with 112 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Tēpī?
The windiest day measured in Tēpī between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 1943, with winds reaching 16.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Tēpī?
The warmest month in Tēpī is March (20.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Tēpī?
Tēpī receives on average 2,653 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 306 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Tēpī?
Tēpī gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Tēpī?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Tēpī.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tēpī?
In Tēpī, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.3 °C on 12 April 2017, and the lowest was 6.8 °C on 5 January 1962.
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