Worabe climate — normals and trends
Worabe (Ethiopia) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.5 °C and it receives 1,149 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 (19.4 °C on average) and the coldest is August (15.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Worabe averages 0 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 157 rainy days per year.
Worabe has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.35 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.2 °C (on 29 March 2016) and the coldest 5.9 °C (on 6 January 1968).
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
WorabeCentral Ethiopia Regional State
- coords
- 7.85°, 38.19°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.5°C
Average daily high
23.3°C
Average daily low
12.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,149mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
64%
Average peak wind
12.8km/h
Seasonal range
3.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
157 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
23.2 °C
Average feels-like low
11.4 °C
Average peak gust
32.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.85 · 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
32.2 °C
29 March 2016
Coldest day
5.9 °C
6 January 1968
Wettest day
67 mm
6 April 2006
Windiest day
29.6 km/h
26 October 1995
Strongest gust
66.2 km/h
16 April 2018
Hottest feels-like
32.5 °C
29 March 2016
Coldest feels-like
1.4 °C
18 January 1941
Sunniest day
12.2 h
6 May 1941
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 | 25.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 2 mm | -8 mm |
| Feb | 27.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 0 mm | -22 mm |
| Mar | 27.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 85 mm | +23 mm |
| Apr | 27.4 °C | +2.5 °C | 53 mm | -71 mm |
| May | 25.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 149 mm | +36 mm |
| Jun | 24.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 86 mm | -29 mm |
| Jul | 22.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 148 mm | -68 mm |
| Aug | 21.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 294 mm | +45 mm |
| Sep | 22.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 193 mm | +9 mm |
| Oct | 23.2 °C | +0.5 °C | 36 mm | -7 mm |
| Nov | 24.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 0 mm | -7 mm |
| Dec | 25.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 1 mm | -4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Worabe?
Worabe has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.5 °C and it receives 1,149 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Worabe?
The hottest day measured in Worabe between 1940 and 2025 was 29 March 2016, reaching 32.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Worabe?
The coldest day measured in Worabe between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1968, at 5.9 °C.
Does it snow in Worabe?
Almost never: Worabe sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Worabe warmed?
Yes: Worabe warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Worabe?
The wettest day measured in Worabe between 1940 and 2025 was 6 April 2006, with 67 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Worabe?
The windiest day measured in Worabe between 1940 and 2025 was 26 October 1995, with winds reaching 29.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Worabe?
The warmest month in Worabe is March (19.4 °C on average); the coldest is August (15.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Worabe?
Worabe receives on average 1,149 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 157 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Worabe?
Worabe gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Worabe?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Worabe.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Worabe?
In Worabe, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.5 °C on 29 March 2016, and the lowest was 1.4 °C on 18 January 1941.
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