Ciro weather in August

In August, Ciro sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 212 mm of rain across 28.2 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in August, and the air most often feels comfortable.

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

Daytime high: 21°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 212 mm; 28.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:23 AM – 6:39 PM
Cloud cover: 74%; 12th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 4.86 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.8; 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 21°C through the month.

A typical August day in Ciro reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with 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)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

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

Ciro 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	26° / 12°	8	2	11.6	8.4
Feb	27° / 13°	17	3	11.7	7.9
Mar	27° / 14°	49	7.2	11.9	7.1
Apr	26° / 15°	105	12.3	12.2	6.2
May	25° / 14°	99	13.8	12.4	6.2
Jun	24° / 14°	89	18.8	12.4	5.5
Jul	22° / 13°	178	27.4	12.4	3.9
Aug	21° / 13°	212	28.2	12.3	3.8
Sep	22° / 13°	162	23.6	12	4.6
Oct	24° / 13°	37	5.7	11.8	7.8
Nov	25° / 12°	6	1.4	11.6	8.7
Dec	25° / 12°	3	0.7	11.6	8.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 80%.

	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 (%)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	18	18	19	19	20	20	21	21	22	22	22	23	23	25	26	26	28	28	29
Cloudier (%)	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	84	84	84	82	82	81	81	80	80	79	79	78	78	78	77	77	75	74	74	72	72	71

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	15	85
2	15	85
3	15	85
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	15	85
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	16	84
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	19	81
16	19	81
17	20	80
18	20	80
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	23	77
25	23	77
26	25	75
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	29	71

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Ciro gets around 212 mm of rain over 28.2 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 91% 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 (%)	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	92	92	92	92	92	92	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	90	90	90	90	89	89	89

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

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 89% 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 (%)	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11
Comfortable (%)	84	85	85	85	86	86	86	87	87	88	88	89	89	89	90	90	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	90	90	90	90	90	90	89

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	16	84
2	15	85
3	15	85
4	15	85
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	12	88
11	12	88
12	11	89
13	11	89
14	11	89
15	10	90
16	10	90
17	9	91
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	10	90
30	10	90
31	11	89

Wind in August

Winds average 6 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
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27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 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 6 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:23 AM to 6:22 AM, and sunset from 6:44 PM to 6:32 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	12.3	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
Sunrise (AM)	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:22
Sunset (PM)	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	6:23	6:44
2	12.3	6:23	6:43
3	12.3	6:23	6:43
4	12.3	6:23	6:43
5	12.3	6:23	6:43
6	12.3	6:23	6:42
7	12.3	6:23	6:42
8	12.3	6:23	6:42
9	12.3	6:23	6:41
10	12.3	6:23	6:41
11	12.3	6:23	6:41
12	12.3	6:23	6:40
13	12.3	6:23	6:40
14	12.3	6:23	6:40
15	12.3	6:23	6:39
16	12.3	6:23	6:39
17	12.3	6:23	6:39
18	12.2	6:23	6:38
19	12.2	6:23	6:38
20	12.2	6:23	6:37
21	12.2	6:23	6:37
22	12.2	6:23	6:36
23	12.2	6:23	6:36
24	12.2	6:23	6:35
25	12.2	6:23	6:35
26	12.2	6:23	6:34
27	12.2	6:23	6:34
28	12.2	6:23	6:33
29	12.2	6:23	6:33
30	12.2	6:22	6:32
31	12.2	6:22	6:32

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.86 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.49 kWh/m² to a high of 6.41 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 4.86 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)	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2
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	4.5	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.5	Bright
4	4.6	Bright
5	4.6	Bright
6	4.6	Bright
7	4.6	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.7	Bright
11	4.7	Bright
12	4.8	Bright
13	4.8	Bright
14	4.8	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	4.9	Bright
18	5.0	Bright
19	5.0	Bright
20	5.0	Bright
21	5.0	Bright
22	5.0	Bright
23	5.1	Bright
24	5.1	Bright
25	5.1	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.1	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.2	Bright
31	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Ciro

In seasonPeak

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

Ciro's monsoon runs April–May, 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 Ciro?

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

3.8

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

2.5

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ciro.

What to pack for Ciro in August

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

In August, Ciro sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 13°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 28 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Ciro 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 Ciro peaks around March 17 at about 16 (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	16	14	14	12	12	14	13	13	11	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Ciro 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 Ciro is worst in December — around 68 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	65	62	59	52	50	51	46	45	53	64	65	68
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	65	Unhealthy
Feb	62	Unhealthy
Mar	59	Unhealthy
Apr	52	Poor
May	50	Poor
Jun	51	Poor
Jul	46	Poor
Aug	45	Poor
Sep	53	Poor
Oct	64	Unhealthy
Nov	65	Unhealthy
Dec	68	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Ciro?

Ciro sits at 7.8°N, 38.2°E, 1,957 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Worabe, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Ciro

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ciro has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 193 m around an average of 1,975 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,109 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,697 m.

The land around Ciro is covered by cropland (88%) within 3 km, cropland (74%) within 16 km, and cropland (62%) within 80 km.

3 km

193 m

cropland 88%

16 km

1,109 m

cropland 74%

80 km

2,697 m

cropland 62%

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

August weather nearby: Worabe 6.0 km · Butajīra 35 km · Insēno 37 km · Hosa’ina 52 km · Ziway 54 km · K’olīto 60 km · Damboya 62 km · Welk’īt’ē 70 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 Ciro (7.8333°, 38.2333°, elevation 1,957 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	21	13
2	21	13
3	21	13
4	21	13
5	21	13
6	21	13
7	21	13
8	21	13
9	21	13
10	21	13
11	21	13
12	21	13
13	21	13
14	21	13
15	21	13
16	21	13
17	21	13
18	21	13
19	22	13
20	22	13
21	22	13
22	22	13
23	22	13
24	22	13
25	22	13
26	22	13
27	22	13
28	22	13
29	22	13
30	22	13
31	22	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	15	85
2	15	85
3	15	85
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	15	85
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	16	84
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	19	81
16	19	81
17	20	80
18	20	80
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	23	77
25	23	77
26	25	75
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	29	71

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	16	84
2	15	85
3	15	85
4	15	85
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	12	88
11	12	88
12	11	89
13	11	89
14	11	89
15	10	90
16	10	90
17	9	91
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	10	90
30	10	90
31	11	89

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	15	85
2	15	85
3	15	85
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	15	85
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	16	84
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	19	81
16	19	81
17	20	80
18	20	80
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	23	77
25	23	77
26	25	75
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	29	71

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	16	84
2	15	85
3	15	85
4	15	85
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	12	88
11	12	88
12	11	89
13	11	89
14	11	89
15	10	90
16	10	90
17	9	91
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	10	90
30	10	90
31	11	89

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	15	85
2	15	85
3	15	85
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	15	85
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	16	84
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	19	81
16	19	81
17	20	80
18	20	80
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	23	77
25	23	77
26	25	75
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	29	71

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	16	84
2	15	85
3	15	85
4	15	85
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	12	88
11	12	88
12	11	89
13	11	89
14	11	89
15	10	90
16	10	90
17	9	91
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	10	90
30	10	90
31	11	89