Ābderafī weather in August

In August, Ābderafī sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 263 mm of rain across 27.7 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Ābderafī's 12th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ābderafī's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 263 mm; 27.7 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 30 min; 6:24 AM – 6:52 PM
Cloud cover: 71%; 12th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.08 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.0; out of 10

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical August day in Ābderafī reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C cooler than July and about 2°C cooler than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	22
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3	30	22
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5	30	22
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22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

How August really feels in Ābderafī

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 30 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Ābderafī weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	36° / 20°	0	0	11.3	2.9
Feb	38° / 21°	0	0	11.5	1.4
Mar	40° / 24°	1	0.1	11.9	0.2
Apr	41° / 26°	6	2.2	12.3	0.0
May	40° / 26°	41	9.7	12.6	0.3
Jun	36° / 25°	87	17.7	12.8	1.5
Jul	32° / 23°	188	24.6	12.7	2.7
Aug	30° / 22°	263	27.7	12.5	3.0
Sep	32° / 22°	111	17.7	12.1	3.5
Oct	35° / 23°	25	5.8	11.7	3.2
Nov	36° / 22°	3	0.8	11.4	2.5
Dec	36° / 21°	0	0	11.2	2.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 28% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 67%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	29	30	30	31	31	32	33	34	34	35	36	37	38	38	39	40	41	42	42
Cloudier (%)	71	71	72	72	72	73	73	73	73	73	72	72	71	70	70	69	69	68	67	66	66	65	64	63	62	62	61	60	59	58	58

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	29	71
2	29	71
3	28	72
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	27	73
11	28	72
12	28	72
13	29	71
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	32	68
19	33	67
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	35	65
23	36	64
24	37	63
25	38	62
26	38	62
27	39	61
28	40	60
29	41	59
30	42	58
31	42	58

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Ābderafī gets around 263 mm of rain over 27.7 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 89% and peaks near 92% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	85	85	85	86	86	87	87	88	88	89	89	90	90	91	91	91	91	91	92	91	91	91	91	90	90	90	89	89	88	87	87

	Rain chance (%)
1	85
2	85
3	85
4	86
5	86
6	87
7	87
8	88
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10	89
11	89
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24	90
25	90
26	90
27	89
28	89
29	88
30	87
31	87

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the muggy band about 58% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Muggy (%)	80	79	78	76	75	73	71	69	67	65	63	61	59	57	55	53	52	50	49	49	48	48	47	47	47	47	47	46	46	45	45
Oppressive (%)	20	21	22	24	25	27	29	31	33	35	37	39	41	43	45	47	48	50	51	51	52	52	53	53	53	53	53	54	54	55	55

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	80	20
2	79	21
3	78	22
4	76	24
5	75	25
6	73	27
7	71	29
8	69	31
9	67	33
10	65	35
11	63	37
12	61	39
13	59	41
14	57	43
15	55	45
16	53	47
17	52	48
18	50	50
19	49	51
20	49	51
21	48	52
22	48	52
23	47	53
24	47	53
25	47	53
26	47	53
27	47	53
28	46	54
29	46	54
30	45	55
31	45	55

Wind in August

Winds average 9 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
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7	9	calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

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Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:22 AM to 6:26 AM, and sunset from 6:59 PM to 6:43 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26
Sunset (PM)	6:59	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:57	6:57	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:43

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.6	6:22	6:59
2	12.6	6:22	6:58
3	12.6	6:22	6:58
4	12.6	6:22	6:58
5	12.6	6:23	6:57
6	12.6	6:23	6:57
7	12.6	6:23	6:56
8	12.5	6:23	6:56
9	12.5	6:23	6:56
10	12.5	6:24	6:55
11	12.5	6:24	6:55
12	12.5	6:24	6:54
13	12.5	6:24	6:54
14	12.5	6:24	6:53
15	12.5	6:24	6:53
16	12.5	6:24	6:52
17	12.4	6:25	6:52
18	12.4	6:25	6:51
19	12.4	6:25	6:50
20	12.4	6:25	6:50
21	12.4	6:25	6:49
22	12.4	6:25	6:49
23	12.4	6:25	6:48
24	12.4	6:25	6:47
25	12.4	6:25	6:47
26	12.3	6:25	6:46
27	12.3	6:26	6:45
28	12.3	6:26	6:45
29	12.3	6:26	6:44
30	12.3	6:26	6:43
31	12.3	6:26	6:43

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.08 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.08 kWh/m² to a high of 7.12 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.08 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.9	Bright
2	4.9	Bright
3	4.9	Bright
4	4.9	Bright
5	4.9	Bright
6	4.9	Bright
7	4.9	Bright
8	4.9	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
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20	5.2	Bright
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24	5.3	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.4	Bright
31	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Ābderafī

In seasonPeak

In August, Ābderafī sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Ābderafī's monsoon runs July–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

Ābderafī sees seasonal dust haze (June–July), heaviest in June.

Monsoon

Dust

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Apr

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Jun

Jul

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Ābderafī?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.0

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

4.1

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ābderafī.

What to pack for Ābderafī in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Ābderafī sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Ābderafī in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ābderafī peaks around March 22 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 11 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	10	12	13	13	11	11	9	11	11	11	9	8
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Ābderafī in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Ābderafī is worst in March — around 27 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (November, 15 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	18	21	27	27	17	22	23	20	20	18	15	16
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	18	Moderate
Feb	21	Moderate
Mar	27	Moderate
Apr	27	Moderate
May	17	Moderate
Jun	22	Moderate
Jul	23	Moderate
Aug	20	Moderate
Sep	20	Moderate
Oct	18	Moderate
Nov	15	Moderate
Dec	16	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Ābderafī?

Ābderafī sits at 13.7°N, 36.5°E, 611 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is May Cadera, 40 km away.

Topography around Ābderafī

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Ābderafī.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ābderafī has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 90 m around an average of 602 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 234 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,350 m.

The land around Ābderafī is covered by cropland (52%) and grassland (42%) within 3 km, grassland (49%) and cropland (41%) within 16 km, and cropland (41%) and grassland (40%) within 80 km.

3 km

90 m

cropland 52%

16 km

234 m

grassland 49%

80 km

1,350 m

cropland 41%

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← July Ābderafī year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: May Cadera 40 km · Adebaye 62 km · Himora 66 km · Doka 78 km · Abala 81 km · Metemma 92 km · Al-Fashaqah 97 km · Tikil Dingay 105 km

Ethiopia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type C / E / F / L; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 37% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $933; 2025
Happiness: 4.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 14%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 8.5; per 100k, 2012
Road deaths: 28.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 499
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Ābderafī (13.7333°, 36.45°, elevation 611 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	22
2	30	22
3	30	22
4	30	22
5	30	22
6	30	22
7	30	22
8	30	22
9	30	22
10	30	22
11	30	22
12	30	22
13	30	22
14	30	22
15	30	22
16	30	22
17	30	22
18	30	22
19	30	22
20	30	22
21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	29	71
2	29	71
3	28	72
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	27	73
11	28	72
12	28	72
13	29	71
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	32	68
19	33	67
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	35	65
23	36	64
24	37	63
25	38	62
26	38	62
27	39	61
28	40	60
29	41	59
30	42	58
31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)
1	85
2	85
3	85
4	86
5	86
6	87
7	87
8	88
9	88
10	89
11	89
12	90
13	90
14	91
15	91
16	91
17	91
18	91
19	92
20	91
21	91
22	91
23	91
24	90
25	90
26	90
27	89
28	89
29	88
30	87
31	87

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	80	20
2	79	21
3	78	22
4	76	24
5	75	25
6	73	27
7	71	29
8	69	31
9	67	33
10	65	35
11	63	37
12	61	39
13	59	41
14	57	43
15	55	45
16	53	47
17	52	48
18	50	50
19	49	51
20	49	51
21	48	52
22	48	52
23	47	53
24	47	53
25	47	53
26	47	53
27	47	53
28	46	54
29	46	54
30	45	55
31	45	55

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	22
2	30	22
3	30	22
4	30	22
5	30	22
6	30	22
7	30	22
8	30	22
9	30	22
10	30	22
11	30	22
12	30	22
13	30	22
14	30	22
15	30	22
16	30	22
17	30	22
18	30	22
19	30	22
20	30	22
21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	29	71
2	29	71
3	28	72
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	27	73
11	28	72
12	28	72
13	29	71
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	32	68
19	33	67
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	35	65
23	36	64
24	37	63
25	38	62
26	38	62
27	39	61
28	40	60
29	41	59
30	42	58
31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)
1	85
2	85
3	85
4	86
5	86
6	87
7	87
8	88
9	88
10	89
11	89
12	90
13	90
14	91
15	91
16	91
17	91
18	91
19	92
20	91
21	91
22	91
23	91
24	90
25	90
26	90
27	89
28	89
29	88
30	87
31	87

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	80	20
2	79	21
3	78	22
4	76	24
5	75	25
6	73	27
7	71	29
8	69	31
9	67	33
10	65	35
11	63	37
12	61	39
13	59	41
14	57	43
15	55	45
16	53	47
17	52	48
18	50	50
19	49	51
20	49	51
21	48	52
22	48	52
23	47	53
24	47	53
25	47	53
26	47	53
27	47	53
28	46	54
29	46	54
30	45	55
31	45	55

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	22
2	30	22
3	30	22
4	30	22
5	30	22
6	30	22
7	30	22
8	30	22
9	30	22
10	30	22
11	30	22
12	30	22
13	30	22
14	30	22
15	30	22
16	30	22
17	30	22
18	30	22
19	30	22
20	30	22
21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	29	71
2	29	71
3	28	72
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	27	73
11	28	72
12	28	72
13	29	71
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	32	68
19	33	67
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	35	65
23	36	64
24	37	63
25	38	62
26	38	62
27	39	61
28	40	60
29	41	59
30	42	58
31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)
1	85
2	85
3	85
4	86
5	86
6	87
7	87
8	88
9	88
10	89
11	89
12	90
13	90
14	91
15	91
16	91
17	91
18	91
19	92
20	91
21	91
22	91
23	91
24	90
25	90
26	90
27	89
28	89
29	88
30	87
31	87

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	80	20
2	79	21
3	78	22
4	76	24
5	75	25
6	73	27
7	71	29
8	69	31
9	67	33
10	65	35
11	63	37
12	61	39
13	59	41
14	57	43
15	55	45
16	53	47
17	52	48
18	50	50
19	49	51
20	49	51
21	48	52
22	48	52
23	47	53
24	47	53
25	47	53
26	47	53
27	47	53
28	46	54
29	46	54
30	45	55
31	45	55