Ādīs K’idamē weather in August

In August, Ādīs K’idamē sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 489 mm of rain across 31 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in August, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Ādīs K’idamē's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ādīs K’idamē's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 489 mm; 31 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 24 min; 6:25 AM – 6:48 PM
Cloud cover: 83%; 12th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.49 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.1; out of 10

← July Ādīs K’idamē year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month.

A typical August day in Ādīs K’idamē reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°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)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

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

Ādīs K’idamē weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	24° / 11°	10	2.4	11.4	8.4
Feb	26° / 12°	12	2.8	11.6	7.9
Mar	26° / 14°	42	7.2	11.9	7.2
Apr	26° / 14°	71	9.1	12.2	6.8
May	24° / 14°	238	19.5	12.5	5.4
Jun	21° / 12°	391	29	12.6	3.6
Jul	19° / 12°	464	31	12.6	3.1
Aug	19° / 12°	489	31	12.4	3.1
Sep	21° / 12°	507	28	12.1	3.7
Oct	21° / 11°	262	17.5	11.8	5.4
Nov	22° / 11°	51	7.7	11.5	7.2
Dec	23° / 11°	16	3	11.4	8.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 4% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 96%.

	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 (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	8	8	9	9	10
Cloudier (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	97	97	96	96	96	95	95	94	94	93	92	92	91	91	90

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	1	99
2	1	99
3	1	99
4	1	99
5	1	99
6	1	99
7	1	99
8	1	99
9	1	99
10	1	99
11	1	99
12	1	99
13	1	99
14	2	98
15	2	98
16	2	98
17	3	97
18	3	97
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	6	94
25	6	94
26	7	93
27	8	92
28	8	92
29	9	91
30	9	91
31	10	90

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Ādīs K’idamē gets around 489 mm of rain over 31 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 100% and peaks near 100% 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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Rain chance (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the comfortable band about 81% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	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
Dry (%)	27	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	19	19	19	20
Comfortable (%)	73	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	82	83	84	84	84	85	85	85	84	84	84	83	83	83	82	82	81	81	81	80

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	26	74
4	25	75
5	24	76
6	23	77
7	22	78
8	21	79
9	20	80
10	19	81
11	18	82
12	18	82
13	17	83
14	16	84
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	16	84
21	16	84
22	16	84
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	17	83
26	18	82
27	18	82
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	20	80

Wind in August

Winds average 4 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	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
Wind speed (km/h)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
5	4	calm
6	4	calm
7	4	calm
8	4	calm
9	4	calm
10	4	calm
11	4	calm
12	4	calm
13	4	calm
14	4	calm
15	4	calm
16	4	calm
17	4	calm
18	4	calm
19	4	calm
20	4	calm
21	4	calm
22	4	calm
23	4	calm
24	4	calm
25	4	calm
26	4	calm
27	4	calm
28	4	calm
29	4	calm
30	4	calm
31	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 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 6:24 AM to 6:26 AM, and sunset from 6:53 PM to 6:39 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)	12.5	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	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	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	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26
Sunset (PM)	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:39

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	6:24	6:53
2	12.5	6:24	6:53
3	12.5	6:24	6:53
4	12.5	6:24	6:52
5	12.5	6:24	6:52
6	12.5	6:24	6:52
7	12.4	6:25	6:51
8	12.4	6:25	6:51
9	12.4	6:25	6:51
10	12.4	6:25	6:50
11	12.4	6:25	6:50
12	12.4	6:25	6:49
13	12.4	6:25	6:49
14	12.4	6:25	6:49
15	12.4	6:25	6:48
16	12.4	6:25	6:48
17	12.4	6:26	6:47
18	12.4	6:26	6:47
19	12.3	6:26	6:46
20	12.3	6:26	6:46
21	12.3	6:26	6:45
22	12.3	6:26	6:45
23	12.3	6:26	6:44
24	12.3	6:26	6:43
25	12.3	6:26	6:43
26	12.3	6:26	6:42
27	12.3	6:26	6:42
28	12.3	6:26	6:41
29	12.2	6:26	6:41
30	12.2	6:26	6:40
31	12.2	6:26	6:39

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.49 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.2 kWh/m² to a high of 6.52 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 4.49 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)	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9
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	4.1	Bright
2	4.1	Bright
3	4.2	Bright
4	4.2	Bright
5	4.2	Bright
6	4.2	Bright
7	4.2	Bright
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.3	Bright
10	4.3	Bright
11	4.3	Bright
12	4.4	Bright
13	4.4	Bright
14	4.4	Bright
15	4.5	Bright
16	4.5	Bright
17	4.5	Bright
18	4.6	Bright
19	4.6	Bright
20	4.7	Bright
21	4.7	Bright
22	4.7	Bright
23	4.7	Bright
24	4.8	Bright
25	4.8	Bright
26	4.8	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.9	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	4.9	Bright
31	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Ādīs K’idamē

In seasonPeak

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

Ādīs K’idamē's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Ādīs K’idamē?

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

3.1

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

1.5

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ādīs K’idamē.

What to pack for Ādīs K’idamē in August

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

In August, Ādīs K’idamē sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 12°C. Pack rain gear. About 31 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Ādīs K’idamē in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ādīs K’idamē peaks around March 23 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 11 at about 10 (extreme).

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)	12	13	15	15	13	12	12	14	12	13	10	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	10	Extreme
Dec	10	Very high

Air quality in Ādīs K’idamē 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 Ādīs K’idamē is worst in March — around 44 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.0× the cleanest month (May, 22 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)	31	38	44	32	22	26	25	22	27	33	31	30
Level	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	31	Moderate
Feb	38	Poor
Mar	44	Poor
Apr	32	Moderate
May	22	Moderate
Jun	26	Moderate
Jul	25	Moderate
Aug	22	Moderate
Sep	27	Moderate
Oct	33	Moderate
Nov	31	Moderate
Dec	30	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Ādīs K’idamē?

Ādīs K’idamē sits at 11.1°N, 36.9°E, 2,450 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Injibara, 10 km away.

Topography around Ādīs K’idamē

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Ādīs K’idamē.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ādīs K’idamē has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 241 m around an average of 2,445 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 957 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,794 m.

The land around Ādīs K’idamē is covered by cropland (36%) and trees (35%) within 3 km, cropland (46%) and trees (35%) within 16 km, and cropland (68%) within 80 km.

3 km

241 m

cropland 36%

16 km

957 m

cropland 46%

80 km

2,794 m

cropland 68%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswetland

← July Ādīs K’idamē year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Injibara 10 km · Dangila 21 km · Ginja Bet 26 km · Gimja Bēt Maryam 26 km · Tīlīlī 30 km · Gurbetē 31 km · Chagni 44 km · Burē 47 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 Ādīs K’idamē (11.0833°, 36.8833°, elevation 2,450 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	19	12
2	19	12
3	19	12
4	19	12
5	19	12
6	19	12
7	19	12
8	19	12
9	19	12
10	19	12
11	19	12
12	19	12
13	19	12
14	19	12
15	19	12
16	19	12
17	19	12
18	19	12
19	20	12
20	20	12
21	20	12
22	20	12
23	20	12
24	20	12
25	20	12
26	20	12
27	20	12
28	20	12
29	20	12
30	20	12
31	20	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	1	99
2	1	99
3	1	99
4	1	99
5	1	99
6	1	99
7	1	99
8	1	99
9	1	99
10	1	99
11	1	99
12	1	99
13	1	99
14	2	98
15	2	98
16	2	98
17	3	97
18	3	97
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	6	94
25	6	94
26	7	93
27	8	92
28	8	92
29	9	91
30	9	91
31	10	90

	Rain chance (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	26	74
4	25	75
5	24	76
6	23	77
7	22	78
8	21	79
9	20	80
10	19	81
11	18	82
12	18	82
13	17	83
14	16	84
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	16	84
21	16	84
22	16	84
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	17	83
26	18	82
27	18	82
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	20	80

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	1	99
2	1	99
3	1	99
4	1	99
5	1	99
6	1	99
7	1	99
8	1	99
9	1	99
10	1	99
11	1	99
12	1	99
13	1	99
14	2	98
15	2	98
16	2	98
17	3	97
18	3	97
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	6	94
25	6	94
26	7	93
27	8	92
28	8	92
29	9	91
30	9	91
31	10	90

	Rain chance (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	26	74
4	25	75
5	24	76
6	23	77
7	22	78
8	21	79
9	20	80
10	19	81
11	18	82
12	18	82
13	17	83
14	16	84
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	16	84
21	16	84
22	16	84
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	17	83
26	18	82
27	18	82
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	20	80

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	1	99
2	1	99
3	1	99
4	1	99
5	1	99
6	1	99
7	1	99
8	1	99
9	1	99
10	1	99
11	1	99
12	1	99
13	1	99
14	2	98
15	2	98
16	2	98
17	3	97
18	3	97
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	6	94
25	6	94
26	7	93
27	8	92
28	8	92
29	9	91
30	9	91
31	10	90

	Rain chance (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	26	74
4	25	75
5	24	76
6	23	77
7	22	78
8	21	79
9	20	80
10	19	81
11	18	82
12	18	82
13	17	83
14	16	84
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	16	84
21	16	84
22	16	84
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	17	83
26	18	82
27	18	82
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	20	80