Bale Hawassa weather in August

In August, Bale Hawassa sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 164 mm of rain across 27.4 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of August to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Bale Hawassa's 11th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bale Hawassa's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 25°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 16°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 164 mm; 27.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 6:27 AM – 6:41 PM
Cloud cover: 71%; 11th clearest
Wind: 3 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.07 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.2; out of 10

Bale Hawassa is City in Wolayita, Ethiopia.

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

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month.

A typical August day in Bale Hawassa reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 27°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)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

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

Bale Hawassa weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 16°	13	3.2	11.6	5.9
Feb	31° / 17°	15	3.8	11.8	5.0
Mar	31° / 18°	51	10.9	12	4.4
Apr	29° / 18°	135	20.8	12.1	4.0
May	27° / 17°	184	26	12.3	4.1
Jun	25° / 16°	136	26.6	12.4	4.2
Jul	24° / 16°	149	27	12.4	4.3
Aug	25° / 16°	164	27.4	12.2	4.2
Sep	26° / 16°	186	27.3	12	4.1
Oct	27° / 16°	104	17	11.8	5.3
Nov	29° / 16°	31	5.3	11.7	6.1
Dec	30° / 16°	11	2.5	11.6	6.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 73%.

	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 (%)	21	20	20	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	25	26	26	27	28	28	29	29	30	31	31	33	33	34	34	34	34	36	37
Cloudier (%)	79	80	80	79	79	78	78	78	78	78	77	77	75	74	74	73	72	72	71	71	70	69	69	67	67	66	66	66	66	64	63

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	20	80
3	20	80
4	21	79
5	21	79
6	22	78
7	22	78
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	23	77
12	23	77
13	25	75
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	27	73
17	28	72
18	28	72
19	29	71
20	29	71
21	30	70
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	34	66
30	36	64
31	37	63

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Bale Hawassa gets around 164 mm of rain over 27.4 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 89% and peaks near 91% 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 (%)	88	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	86	86	87	87	87	87	88	88	89	89	89	90	90	90	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91

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

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 67% 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
Comfortable (%)	35	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	30	30	30	30
Humid (%)	65	66	66	66	66	66	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	69	69	70	70	70	70

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	35	65
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	34	66
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	32	68
26	31	69
27	31	69
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	30	70
31	30	70

Wind in August

Winds average 3 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 3 km/h on the calmest days to 3 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)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
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	3	calm
2	3	calm
3	3	calm
4	3	calm
5	3	calm
6	3	calm
7	3	calm
8	3	calm
9	3	calm
10	3	calm
11	3	calm
12	3	calm
13	3	calm
14	3	calm
15	3	calm
16	3	calm
17	3	calm
18	3	calm
19	3	calm
20	3	calm
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22	3	calm
23	3	calm
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25	3	calm
26	3	calm
27	3	calm
28	3	calm
29	3	calm
30	3	calm
31	3	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of August to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:27 AM to 6:26 AM, and sunset from 6:45 PM to 6:34 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)	12.3	12.3	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	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26
Sunset (PM)	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:34

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	6:27	6:45
2	12.3	6:27	6:45
3	12.3	6:27	6:45
4	12.3	6:27	6:44
5	12.3	6:27	6:44
6	12.3	6:27	6:44
7	12.3	6:27	6:44
8	12.3	6:27	6:43
9	12.3	6:27	6:43
10	12.3	6:27	6:43
11	12.3	6:27	6:43
12	12.3	6:27	6:42
13	12.2	6:27	6:42
14	12.2	6:27	6:42
15	12.2	6:27	6:41
16	12.2	6:27	6:41
17	12.2	6:27	6:40
18	12.2	6:27	6:40
19	12.2	6:27	6:40
20	12.2	6:27	6:39
21	12.2	6:27	6:39
22	12.2	6:27	6:38
23	12.2	6:27	6:38
24	12.2	6:27	6:38
25	12.2	6:26	6:37
26	12.2	6:26	6:37
27	12.2	6:26	6:36
28	12.2	6:26	6:36
29	12.2	6:26	6:35
30	12.1	6:26	6:35
31	12.1	6:26	6:34

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.07 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.67 kWh/m² to a high of 6.4 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 5.07 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)	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	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	5.3	5.4	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	4.7	Bright
2	4.7	Bright
3	4.7	Bright
4	4.8	Bright
5	4.8	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.8	Bright
8	4.8	Bright
9	4.9	Bright
10	4.9	Bright
11	4.9	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.1	Bright
16	5.1	Bright
17	5.1	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.2	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.4	Bright
30	5.4	Bright
31	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Bale Hawassa

In seasonPeak

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

Bale Hawassa's rainy season runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Bale Hawassa?

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

4.2

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

3.7

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Bale Hawassa for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bale Hawassa in August

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

In August, Bale Hawassa sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 16°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

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UV index in Bale Hawassa 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 Bale Hawassa peaks around March 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 22 at about 11 (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)	13	14	15	14	12	11	11	14	13	13	11	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Bale Hawassa 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 Bale Hawassa is worst in January — around 69 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.8× the cleanest month (May, 38 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)	69	61	49	38	38	45	44	39	40	45	56	65
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	69	Unhealthy
Feb	61	Unhealthy
Mar	49	Poor
Apr	38	Poor
May	38	Poor
Jun	45	Poor
Jul	44	Poor
Aug	39	Poor
Sep	40	Poor
Oct	45	Poor
Nov	56	Unhealthy
Dec	65	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Bale Hawassa?

Bale Hawassa sits at 6.9°N, 37.5°E, 1,239 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Gununo, 14 km away.

Topography around Bale Hawassa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bale Hawassa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 242 m around an average of 1,225 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,062 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,948 m.

The land around Bale Hawassa is covered by cropland (61%) within 3 km, shrubs (38%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and shrubs (35%) and cropland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

242 m

cropland 61%

16 km

2,062 m

shrubs 38%

80 km

2,948 m

shrubs 35%

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

August weather nearby: Gununo 14 km · Gasuba 23 km · Āreka 25 km · Wolaita Sodo 27 km · Hadero 35 km · Tebela 36 km · Bodītī 38 km · Shanto 38 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 Bale Hawassa (6.919°, 37.529°, elevation 1,239 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	24	16
2	24	16
3	24	16
4	24	16
5	24	16
6	24	16
7	24	16
8	24	16
9	24	16
10	24	16
11	24	16
12	24	16
13	24	16
14	25	16
15	25	16
16	25	16
17	25	16
18	25	16
19	25	16
20	25	16
21	25	16
22	25	16
23	25	16
24	25	16
25	25	16
26	25	16
27	25	16
28	25	16
29	25	16
30	25	16
31	25	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	20	80
3	20	80
4	21	79
5	21	79
6	22	78
7	22	78
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	23	77
12	23	77
13	25	75
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	27	73
17	28	72
18	28	72
19	29	71
20	29	71
21	30	70
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	34	66
30	36	64
31	37	63

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

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	35	65
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	34	66
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	32	68
26	31	69
27	31	69
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	30	70
31	30	70

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	20	80
3	20	80
4	21	79
5	21	79
6	22	78
7	22	78
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	23	77
12	23	77
13	25	75
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	27	73
17	28	72
18	28	72
19	29	71
20	29	71
21	30	70
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	34	66
30	36	64
31	37	63

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

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	35	65
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	34	66
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	32	68
26	31	69
27	31	69
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	30	70
31	30	70

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	20	80
3	20	80
4	21	79
5	21	79
6	22	78
7	22	78
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	23	77
12	23	77
13	25	75
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	27	73
17	28	72
18	28	72
19	29	71
20	29	71
21	30	70
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	34	66
30	36	64
31	37	63

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

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	35	65
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	34	66
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	32	68
26	31	69
27	31	69
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	30	70
31	30	70