Ābīy Ādī weather in August

In August, Ābīy Ādī sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 349 mm of rain across 30.6 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 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

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 Ābīy Ādī's 12th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ābīy Ādī's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
12th warmest
Overnight low
15°
11th coldest
Rainfall
349 mm
30.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
6:15 AM – 6:42 PM
Cloud cover
70%
12th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.16 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.8
out of 10

Ābīy Ādī is place in Tigray Region, Ethiopia.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month.

A typical August day in Ābīy Ādī reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 2°C cooler than September.

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Ābīy Ādī 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 11°30.611.38.4
Feb29° / 12°51.211.57.0
Mar30° / 13°214.111.95.9
Apr31° / 15°417.212.35.3
May30° / 15°527.412.65.3
Jun29° / 15°9314.212.85.0
Jul25° / 15°29330.212.73.8
Aug24° / 15°34930.612.53.8
Sep26° / 13°9313.612.16.3
Oct27° / 12°132.311.78.1
Nov27° / 11°111.911.48.5
Dec27° / 10°30.811.28.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 26% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 67%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12377
22278
32278
42278
52278
62278
72278
82476
92476
102575
112674
122773
132773
142872
153070
163169
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183466
193565
203763
213961
223961
234159
244258
254357
264555
274555
284753
294951
305050
315149

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Ābīy Ādī gets around 349 mm of rain over 30.6 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 98% and peaks near 100% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the humid band about 70% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
103466
203367
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403268
503169
603070
702971
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1002773
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2403070
2503169
2603367
2703466
2803664
2913861
3014059
3114257

Wind in August

Winds average 5 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

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 6:12 AM to 6:16 AM, and sunset from 6:48 PM to 6:32 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.66:126:48
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312.66:126:48
412.66:136:47
512.66:136:47
612.66:136:47
712.66:136:46
812.56:136:46
912.56:146:45
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1612.56:156:42
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.16 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.16 kWh/m² to a high of 7.11 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.16 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
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45.0Bright
55.0Bright
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Ābīy Ādī

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Monsoon
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Ābīy Ādī?

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

3.8
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
3.3
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ābīy Ādī.

What to pack for Ābīy Ādī in August

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

In August, Ābīy Ādī sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 15°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 31 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Ābīy Ādī in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ābīy Ādī peaks around March 22 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 22UV 15Dec 13UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Ābīy Ādī 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 Ābīy Ādī is worst in June — around 30 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 1729 µg/m³Apr 1823 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan28Moderate
Feb26Moderate
Mar27Moderate
Apr23Moderate
May25Moderate
Jun30Moderate
Jul26Moderate
Aug24Moderate
Sep29Moderate
Oct27Moderate
Nov24Moderate
Dec27Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Ābīy Ādī?

Ābīy Ādī sits at 13.6°N, 39.0°E, 1,672 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Mekele, 55 km away.

Idaga HamusĀdīgrat

Topography around Ābīy Ādī

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ābīy Ādī has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 249 m around an average of 1,679 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,515 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,655 m.

The land around Ābīy Ādī is covered by cropland (45%) and grassland (35%) within 3 km, grassland (55%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (47%) and cropland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
249 m
16 km
1,515 m
80 km
3,655 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Mekele 55 km · Adwa 68 km · Aksum 68 km · Dolo 72 km · Wik’ro 73 km · Intich’o 82 km · Idaga Hamus 94 km · Ādīgrat 95 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
Ethiopian Orthodox 44%Muslim 31%Protestant 23%other 1%

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 Ābīy Ādī (13.5608°, 38.9739°, elevation 1,672 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).