Yabēlo climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Yabēlo?

Yabēlo has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.7 °C and it receives 884 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Yabēlo between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 2019, reaching 34.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Yabēlo?

The coldest day measured in Yabēlo between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 2011, at 10.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Yabēlo?

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

Q: Has the climate of Yabēlo warmed?

Yes: Yabēlo warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Yabēlo?

The wettest day measured in Yabēlo between 1940 and 2025 was 14 April 1985, with 84 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Yabēlo?

The windiest day measured in Yabēlo between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1999, with winds reaching 32.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Yabēlo?

The warmest month in Yabēlo is February (23.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (18.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Yabēlo?

Yabēlo receives on average 884 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 126 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Yabēlo?

Yabēlo gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Yabēlo (Ethiopia) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.7 °C and it receives 884 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 February (23.2 °C on average) and the coldest is July (18.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.

Yabēlo averages 0 frost days, 36 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 126 rainy days per year.

Yabēlo 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 34.9 °C (on 1 March 2019) and the coldest 10.7 °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

YabēloOromiya

coords: 4.88°, 38.08°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthMayDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

20.7°C

Average daily high

26.0°C

Average daily low

16.2°C

Annual rainfall

884mm

Sunshine / day

9.9h

Mean relative humidity

63%

Average peak wind

14.7km/h

Seasonal range

4.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

36 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

126 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

26.3 °C

Average feels-like low

16.0 °C

Average peak gust

34.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

4 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.3 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.71 · 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

34.9 °C

1 March 2019

Coldest day

10.7 °C

31 December 2011

Wettest day

84 mm

14 April 1985

Windiest day

32.7 km/h

18 February 1999

Strongest gust

70.6 km/h

18 February 1999

Hottest feels-like

35.5 °C

8 April 2019

Coldest feels-like

7.0 °C

31 December 2011

Sunniest day

12.1 h

23 April 1943

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.7 °C1 March 2025	13.8 °C22 November 2025	22.0 °C	762 mm	81
2024	33.7 °C17 March 2024	13.3 °C23 August 2024	22.0 °C	839 mm	57
2023	34.5 °C6 March 2023	13.4 °C4 January 2023	22.0 °C	1,053 mm	70
2022	34.4 °C11 March 2022	13.2 °C28 January 2022	22.3 °C	545 mm	96
2021	32.4 °C16 February 2021	13.2 °C8 January 2021	22.1 °C	387 mm	64
2020	33.0 °C29 February 2020	12.1 °C16 December 2020	21.4 °C	1,020 mm	43
2019	34.9 °C1 March 2019	14.4 °C31 December 2019	22.2 °C	861 mm	99
2018	32.2 °C2 February 2018	12.9 °C23 November 2018	21.1 °C	1,004 mm	49
2017	34.5 °C10 March 2017	12.9 °C14 December 2017	21.9 °C	822 mm	82
2016	34.3 °C20 March 2016	12.5 °C6 December 2016	21.9 °C	648 mm	74
2015	34.1 °C2 March 2015	13.0 °C1 January 2015	21.9 °C	857 mm	71
2014	32.6 °C3 March 2014	12.5 °C23 December 2014	21.3 °C	835 mm	54
2013	34.0 °C19 February 2013	12.0 °C30 November 2013	21.1 °C	925 mm	58
2012	33.4 °C17 March 2012	12.0 °C13 January 2012	21.4 °C	875 mm	64
2011	34.5 °C11 February 2011	10.7 °C31 December 2011	21.7 °C	852 mm	89
2010	33.6 °C31 January 2010	12.8 °C5 January 2010	21.6 °C	853 mm	40
2009	33.2 °C25 February 2009	13.4 °C9 November 2009	22.1 °C	622 mm	84
2008	33.2 °C28 January 2008	13.0 °C22 November 2008	21.9 °C	586 mm	88
2007	33.5 °C15 March 2007	13.3 °C18 July 2007	21.7 °C	705 mm	75
2006	33.6 °C5 February 2006	13.8 °C17 June 2006	21.6 °C	1,004 mm	31
2005	33.2 °C25 February 2005	13.1 °C3 January 2005	21.4 °C	772 mm	56
2004	33.7 °C10 March 2004	13.3 °C5 July 2004	21.2 °C	743 mm	43
2003	34.4 °C6 March 2003	12.7 °C11 August 2003	21.1 °C	750 mm	48
2002	33.1 °C19 February 2002	13.6 °C8 July 2002	21.1 °C	784 mm	42
2001	31.4 °C25 February 2001	12.9 °C24 June 2001	20.8 °C	726 mm	30
2000	33.9 °C7 March 2000	13.5 °C29 July 2000	21.2 °C	583 mm	72
1999	33.2 °C23 February 1999	12.7 °C6 July 1999	21.3 °C	609 mm	58
1998	32.8 °C31 March 1998	14.1 °C10 August 1998	21.0 °C	664 mm	40
1997	33.4 °C24 February 1997	13.4 °C15 July 1997	21.5 °C	974 mm	66
1996	32.0 °C1 February 1996	13.0 °C23 September 1996	21.0 °C	729 mm	47
1995	31.5 °C6 February 1995	12.5 °C16 September 1995	21.0 °C	774 mm	24
1994	33.4 °C8 March 1994	13.5 °C17 December 1994	21.2 °C	736 mm	65
1993	32.1 °C10 April 1993	12.6 °C5 August 1993	20.8 °C	596 mm	30
1992	33.8 °C26 February 1992	12.1 °C31 October 1992	20.8 °C	634 mm	54
1991	32.8 °C22 March 1991	12.2 °C5 September 1991	21.1 °C	682 mm	41
1990	31.9 °C5 February 1990	12.1 °C28 July 1990	20.7 °C	877 mm	24
1989	33.0 °C3 March 1989	11.9 °C5 August 1989	20.3 °C	948 mm	36
1988	33.1 °C16 March 1988	11.8 °C18 November 1988	20.9 °C	1,005 mm	42
1987	33.5 °C4 March 1987	12.3 °C14 July 1987	21.3 °C	827 mm	44
1986	31.4 °C29 January 1986	11.6 °C5 August 1986	20.4 °C	803 mm	22
1985	32.2 °C15 March 1985	11.9 °C6 August 1985	20.1 °C	918 mm	26
1984	31.3 °C7 March 1984	12.8 °C12 February 1984	20.7 °C	511 mm	27
1983	32.9 °C10 March 1983	12.0 °C1 January 1983	20.6 °C	820 mm	26
1982	32.6 °C23 March 1982	11.6 °C31 December 1982	20.3 °C	1,088 mm	33
1981	32.5 °C23 February 1981	12.1 °C14 June 1981	20.4 °C	1,044 mm	32
1980	32.5 °C1 March 1980	12.4 °C11 August 1980	21.3 °C	590 mm	59
1979	31.5 °C4 March 1979	12.5 °C17 July 1979	20.5 °C	827 mm	14
1978	29.5 °C9 February 1978	12.4 °C18 September 1978	19.9 °C	1,096 mm	0
1977	31.8 °C9 March 1977	12.0 °C14 August 1977	20.1 °C	1,414 mm	13
1976	32.0 °C14 March 1976	12.2 °C23 July 1976	20.4 °C	930 mm	19
1975	32.6 °C12 March 1975	11.3 °C28 November 1975	20.2 °C	972 mm	36
1974	31.5 °C21 February 1974	12.7 °C17 July 1974	20.3 °C	734 mm	14
1973	33.1 °C17 March 1973	12.6 °C26 July 1973	20.9 °C	769 mm	60
1972	31.2 °C19 January 1972	12.8 °C2 January 1972	20.5 °C	887 mm	21
1971	31.8 °C28 February 1971	11.6 °C3 December 1971	19.9 °C	1,082 mm	36
1970	32.0 °C27 February 1970	12.7 °C28 November 1970	20.5 °C	870 mm	24
1969	31.0 °C14 March 1969	12.9 °C6 February 1969	20.8 °C	529 mm	13
1968	30.5 °C4 September 1968	12.0 °C29 August 1968	19.8 °C	1,041 mm	2
1967	32.0 °C15 February 1967	12.3 °C19 December 1967	19.9 °C	1,510 mm	23
1966	30.8 °C19 February 1966	12.8 °C1 July 1966	20.2 °C	1,054 mm	11
1965	30.8 °C9 March 1965	11.6 °C20 December 1965	20.0 °C	807 mm	12
1964	31.8 °C11 March 1964	11.9 °C22 August 1964	19.8 °C	940 mm	23
1963	30.1 °C1 March 1963	12.7 °C11 December 1963	19.7 °C	1,487 mm	1
1962	32.3 °C27 February 1962	12.0 °C13 January 1962	19.8 °C	1,090 mm	19
1961	32.8 °C7 March 1961	12.7 °C1 January 1961	20.0 °C	1,296 mm	17
1960	31.6 °C16 February 1960	12.6 °C21 June 1960	20.0 °C	1,186 mm	13
1959	30.7 °C4 April 1959	12.7 °C11 August 1959	20.2 °C	1,098 mm	10
1958	30.5 °C4 March 1958	11.9 °C2 August 1958	20.2 °C	914 mm	7
1957	31.3 °C16 March 1957	12.1 °C20 December 1957	20.0 °C	974 mm	18
1956	31.6 °C26 February 1956	12.0 °C4 December 1956	20.3 °C	852 mm	31
1955	31.1 °C4 March 1955	12.0 °C12 June 1955	20.1 °C	767 mm	18
1954	30.8 °C21 March 1954	12.2 °C24 June 1954	19.9 °C	907 mm	7
1953	29.8 °C16 February 1953	12.5 °C29 December 1953	19.4 °C	1,451 mm	0
1952	30.1 °C28 January 1952	12.6 °C8 December 1952	19.3 °C	1,247 mm	1
1951	30.5 °C23 February 1951	11.9 °C3 July 1951	19.4 °C	1,626 mm	3
1950	30.4 °C23 February 1950	11.7 °C9 September 1950	18.9 °C	1,395 mm	5
1949	30.8 °C5 March 1949	12.9 °C6 November 1949	19.4 °C	1,156 mm	2
1948	30.3 °C9 February 1948	11.7 °C11 November 1948	20.3 °C	694 mm	1
1947	30.2 °C5 January 1947	12.1 °C17 June 1947	19.1 °C	1,319 mm	2
1946	32.8 °C19 March 1946	12.9 °C17 November 1946	20.9 °C	598 mm	52
1945	30.9 °C16 March 1945	11.6 °C9 December 1945	20.0 °C	722 mm	12
1944	31.4 °C13 February 1944	12.5 °C5 July 1944	20.6 °C	670 mm	20
1943	31.6 °C15 February 1943	12.8 °C7 July 1943	20.9 °C	365 mm	44
1942	30.7 °C26 February 1942	12.2 °C17 July 1942	20.5 °C	568 mm	6
1941	33.7 °C27 March 1941	11.5 °C11 December 1941	20.5 °C	617 mm	9
1940	28.9 °C22 February 1940	11.1 °C29 November 1940	19.2 °C	1,349 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

27.4 °C

+1.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

81 d/yr

+45

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

762 mm

-122 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	30.9 °C	+2.3 °C	0 mm	-15 mm
Feb	32.2 °C	+2.8 °C	0 mm	-27 mm
Mar	29.6 °C	+1.1 °C	98 mm	+9 mm
Apr	26.8 °C	+0.9 °C	242 mm	+53 mm
May	25.8 °C	+1.4 °C	129 mm	-64 mm
Jun	25.7 °C	+2.0 °C	14 mm	-24 mm
Jul	24.4 °C	+1.4 °C	18 mm	-10 mm
Aug	24.7 °C	+0.7 °C	17 mm	-8 mm
Sep	28.2 °C	+2.5 °C	12 mm	-34 mm
Oct	25.1 °C	+0.1 °C	196 mm	+54 mm
Nov	27.3 °C	+1.4 °C	17 mm	-55 mm
Dec	28.5 °C	+1.1 °C	20 mm	-2 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.7 °C

1 Mar 2025

Coldest day

13.8 °C

22 Nov 2025

Wettest day

45.5 mm

13 Apr 2025

Windiest day

28.3 km/h

15 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

61.6 km/h

15 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

34.6 °C

28 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

10.5 °C

22 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

11.9 h

10 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Yabēlo?

Yabēlo has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.7 °C and it receives 884 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yabēlo?

The hottest day measured in Yabēlo between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 2019, reaching 34.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Yabēlo?

The coldest day measured in Yabēlo between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 2011, at 10.7 °C.

Does it snow in Yabēlo?

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

Has the climate of Yabēlo warmed?

Yes: Yabēlo warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Yabēlo?

The wettest day measured in Yabēlo between 1940 and 2025 was 14 April 1985, with 84 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Yabēlo?

The windiest day measured in Yabēlo between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1999, with winds reaching 32.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Yabēlo?

The warmest month in Yabēlo is February (23.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (18.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Yabēlo?

Yabēlo receives on average 884 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 126 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Yabēlo?

Yabēlo gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Yabēlo?

Yes: Yabēlo has on average 4 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yabēlo?

In Yabēlo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.5 °C on 8 April 2019, and the lowest was 7.0 °C on 31 December 2011.

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