Ādīgrat weather in February

In February, Ādīgrat sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 56 mm of rain across 10.9 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of February to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Ādīgrat's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ādīgrat's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
6th warmest
Overnight low
10°
4th coldest
Rainfall
56 mm
10.9 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:51 AM – 6:23 PM
Cloud cover
38%
5th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
6.17 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.8
out of 10

Ādīgrat is city in Ethiopia.

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

Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month.

A typical February day in Ādīgrat reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 1°C warmer than January and about 1°C cooler than March.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Ādīgrat weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 6th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan21° / 5412.111.26.7
Feb23° / 10°5610.911.56.8
Mar23° / 12°10916.111.96.3
Apr24° / 13°14816.512.36.2
May25° / 13°689.812.77.2
Jun25° / 14°7911.412.86.8
Jul22° / 14°33029.412.83.8
Aug22° / 14°31228.112.54.0
Sep23° / 12°617.712.17.4
Oct22° / 11°24411.78.0
Nov21° / 10°335.611.37.8
Dec21° / 31611.27.6

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18020
28020
38020
47921
57921
67921
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107822
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Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Ādīgrat gets around 56 mm of rain over 10.9 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 40% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202528
Rain chance (%)
135
235
335
435
535
636
736
837
938
1038
1139
1240
1340
1441
1542
1642
1743
1843
1943
2043
2142
2242
2342
2442
2542
2642
2742
2842

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, February lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)
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Wind in February

Winds average 5 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
15calm
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Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of February to 11 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 6:54 AM to 6:45 AM, and sunset from 6:17 PM to 6:26 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202528
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.46:546:17
211.46:546:17
311.46:546:18
411.46:546:18
511.46:546:19
611.46:546:19
711.46:536:20
811.46:536:20
911.56:536:20
1011.56:536:21
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1911.66:496:24
2011.66:496:24
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2411.66:476:25
2511.66:476:25
2611.76:466:26
2711.76:456:26
2811.76:456:26

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 6.17 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5 kWh/m² to a high of 6.88 kWh/m² in April across the year — February's 6.17 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.0Bright
26.0Bright
36.0Intense
46.0Intense
56.0Intense
66.0Intense
76.0Intense
86.1Intense
96.1Intense
106.1Intense
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136.1Intense
146.1Intense
156.2Intense
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236.3Intense
246.4Intense
256.4Intense
266.4Intense
276.4Intense
286.5Intense
Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Ādīgrat

In seasonPeak

None of Ādīgrat's seasonal hazards are active in February. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

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

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

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

Is February a good time to visit Ādīgrat?

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

6.8
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
5.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Ādīgrat for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ādīgrat in February

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

In February, Ādīgrat sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 10°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothesrain gear

UV index in Ādīgrat in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February 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 Ādīgrat peaks around March 19 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 19UV 15Dec 13UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Ādīgrat in February

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Ādīgrat is worst in June — around 31 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 1831 µg/m³Nov 1320 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan26Moderate
Feb26Moderate
Mar29Moderate
Apr24Moderate
May26Moderate
Jun31Moderate
Jul28Moderate
Aug30Moderate
Sep29Moderate
Oct21Moderate
Nov20Moderate
Dec22Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Ādīgrat?

Ādīgrat sits at 14.3°N, 39.5°E, 2,457 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Idaga Hamus, 15 km away.

Ābīy Ādī

Topography around Ādīgrat

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ādīgrat has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 559 m around an average of 2,504 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,431 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,418 m.

The land around Ādīgrat is covered by cropland (34%), shrubs (26%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, shrubs (34%), cropland (32%) and grassland (31%) within 16 km, and grassland (31%), cropland (26%) and shrubs (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
559 m
16 km
1,431 m
80 km
3,418 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
February weather nearby: Idaga Hamus 15 km · Intich’o 34 km · Wik’ro 56 km · Adwa 62 km · Aksum 81 km · Mekele 87 km · Dolo 89 km · Ābīy Ādī 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 Ādīgrat (14.277°, 39.462°, elevation 2,457 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).