Climate and average weather in Debark’

In Debark’, the summers are hot, wet, and mostly clear and the winters are mild and mostly cloudy.

Best: late October to late December

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Debark’ typically varies from 11°C to 28°C, and is rarely below 10°C or above 30°C. April is the hottest month of the year, while August is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Debark’ for warm-weather activities are from early January to early March and late October to late December.

Hottest
Apr
28°
Coldest
Aug
14°
Wettest
Aug
1336 mm
Driest
Jan
11 mm
Rain / yr
4419 mm
208 wet days
Daylight
11.2–12.8 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
2,854 m
13.2°N
Clearest
Dec
28% cloud

Debark’ is city.

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

Debark’ weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late October to late December.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Debark’, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.3 months, from February 10 to May 20, with daily high temperatures above 26°C. The hottest month of the year in Debark’ is April, with an average high of 28°C and low of 15°C.

The cool season lasts 2.8 months, from July 4 to September 27, with daily high temperatures below 22°C. The coldest month of the year in Debark’ is August, with an average low of 14°C and high of 20°C.

Days typically run about 11°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 14°C) in February.

10°15°20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2511
Feb2713
Mar2814
Apr2815
May2616
Jun2415
Jul2114
Aug2014
Sep2113
Oct2313
Nov2412
Dec2411

Average hourly temperature in Debark’

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on April afternoons, near 28°C, and coldest before dawn in August, near 14°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Debark’ weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan25° / 11°114.111.38.4
Feb27° / 13°186.211.67.6
Mar28° / 14°5913.211.96.3
Apr28° / 15°8816.512.35.3
May26° / 16°2582112.65.1
Jun24° / 15°55827.112.84.2
Jul21° / 14°115130.912.73.3
Aug20° / 14°13363112.43.2
Sep21° / 13°74229.312.13.6
Oct23° / 13°14715.911.76.0
Nov24° / 12°368.611.47.7
Dec24° / 11°134.411.28.5

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Debark’ gets about 4419 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is very wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 5.7 months, from around Apr 21 to Oct 12, peaking in July at about 100% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Dec 28.

August is the wettest month by volume, with 1336 mm over about 31 wet days; January is the driest, with 11 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%110%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJul 16 · 100%Dec 28 · 11%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan134
Feb226
Mar4313
Apr5517
May6821
Jun9027
Jul10031
Aug10031
Sep9629
Oct5316
Nov289
Dec154

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Debark’ collects about 4419 mm of rain across 208 wet days — roughly 368 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. August is the wettest month with 1336 mm, while January is the driest at just 11 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 73% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300350400450500550600650700750800850900950100010501100115012001250130013501400145015001550JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec11185988258558115113367421473613
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan114
Feb186
Mar5913
Apr8817
May25821
Jun55827
Jul115131
Aug133631
Sep74229
Oct14716
Nov369
Dec134

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Debark’, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around September 30 and lasts for 7.3 months, ending around May 8. The clearest month is December, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 90% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around May 9 and lasts for 4.7 months, ending around September 29. The cloudiest month is August, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 95% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecDec 23 · 91%Aug 6 · 2%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan8713
Feb8515
Mar8119
Apr7327
May5842
Jun3961
Jul991
Aug595
Sep3664
Oct7030
Nov8713
Dec9010

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 9, brings about 12 h 48 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 11 h 12 min — a swing of roughly 1 h 36 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan11.36:596:17
Feb11.66:566:30
Mar11.96:416:35
Apr12.36:206:37
May12.66:066:43
Jun12.86:066:52
Jul12.76:136:55
Aug12.46:196:46
Sep12.16:216:25
Oct11.76:226:04
Nov11.46:325:55
Dec11.26:486:01

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Debark’ averages about 12 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 0 and 23 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 6.4 months, from around Oct 16 to Apr 27. The sunniest month is December, with roughly 23 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is July, down near 0 sunny days — about 99% fewer than the December peak.

051015202530JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightbrilliantDec 2723 daysJul 200 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan22Bright
Feb19Bright
Mar17Bright
Apr14Mixed
May9Mixed
Jun3Gloomy
Jul0Gloomy
Aug0Gloomy
Sep2Gloomy
Oct12Mixed
Nov20Bright
Dec23Bright

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Debark’, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in August, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 3% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccomfortabledry
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
Jan10000
Feb10000
Mar9910
Apr9820
May82180
Jun55450
Jul9910
Aug0973
Sep11890
Oct71290
Nov9820
Dec10000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Wind in Debark’ is steady company: average speeds sit near 4 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmMar 8 · 5 km/hAug 5 · 3 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan5calm
Feb5calm
Mar5calm
Apr5calm
May4calm
Jun4calm
Jul3calm
Aug3calm
Sep3calm
Oct4calm
Nov4calm
Dec4calm

Hazard calendar for Debark’

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Debark’'s monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Debark’ sees seasonal dust haze (June–July), heaviest in June.

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

Best time to visit Debark’

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Debark’ throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around early November, Debark’ is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Debark’ for general outdoor tourist activities is from late October to early March, with a peak score in the last week of December.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationDec 28 · 8.7

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan8.4ideal
Feb7.6ideal
Mar6.3good
Apr5.3fair
May5.0fair
Jun4.2fair
Jul3.3poor
Aug3.2poor
Sep3.7fair
Oct6.0good
Nov7.7ideal
Dec8.5ideal

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Debark’ for hot-weather activities is from mid November to mid April, with a peak score in the first week of February.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationFeb 2 · 7.7

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Debark’, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around April (highs near 28°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around August (highs near 20°C), pack rain gear and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In April, Debark’ sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 15°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Debark’ by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Debark’ peaks around March 22 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 at about 10 (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 12UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec10Very high

Average hourly UV index in Debark’

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in March the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan7.55.5
Feb86
Mar86.5
Apr8.57
May8.56.5
Jun8.56.5
Jul86
Aug8.56.5
Sep86
Oct86
Nov75
Dec74.5

Air quality in Debark’ by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Debark’ is worst in June — around 27 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 2026 µg/m³May 1222 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan25Moderate
Feb23Moderate
Mar25Moderate
Apr23Moderate
May22Moderate
Jun27Moderate
Jul25Moderate
Aug23Moderate
Sep26Moderate
Oct25Moderate
Nov23Moderate
Dec24Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Debark’ is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Debark’ banks about 3,190 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around April.

01,0002,0003,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan249
Feb267
Mar338
Apr352
May343
Jun275
Jul226
Aug218
Sep214
Oct233
Nov233
Dec241

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Debark’ receives about 5.8 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 4.4 and 6.9 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 4.6 months, from around Jan 11 to May 29. The brightest month is April, averaging about 6.8 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is August, down near 4.7 kWh/m² — roughly 31% less than the April peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseApr 96.9 kWhAug 14.4 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan5.9Bright
Feb6.3Intense
Mar6.7Intense
Apr6.9Intense
May6.2Intense
Jun5.3Bright
Jul4.6Bright
Aug4.7Bright
Sep5.5Bright
Oct5.9Bright
Nov5.8Bright
Dec5.6Bright

Where is Debark’?

Debark’ sits at 13.2°N, 37.9°E, 2,854 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Dabat, 24 km away.

IndabagunaMaksenyitTikil DingayK’ola DibaĀykel

Topography around Debark’

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Debark’ has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 357 m around an average of 2,851 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,018 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,717 m.

The land around Debark’ is covered by cropland (61%) and trees (25%) within 3 km, cropland (44%) and grassland (25%) within 16 km, and grassland (42%) and cropland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
357 m
16 km
2,018 m
80 km
3,717 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
Nearby: Dabat 24 km · Amba Giorgis 52 km · Gondar 78 km · Indabaguna 93 km · Maksenyit 94 km · Tikil Dingay 94 km · K’ola Diba 102 km · Āykel 113 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 Debark’ (13.1561°, 37.8981°, elevation 2,854 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).