Debre Birhan weather in June

In June, Debre Birhan sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 113 mm of rain across 12 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in June, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of June to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Debre Birhan's 8th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Debre Birhan's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
10°
12th coldest
Rainfall
113 mm
12 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
6:05 AM – 6:39 PM
Cloud cover
53%
8th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.14 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.2
out of 10

Debre Birhan is city in Ethiopia.

Density
9,986/km²
people per km²
Founded
1456

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

Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical June day in Debre Birhan reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs on par with May and about 3°C warmer than July.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Debre Birhan weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 2nd-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan19° / 498.411.56.6
Feb20° / 569.211.76.6
Mar21° / 15215.511.95.8
Apr21° / 10°1611612.25.6
May21° / 10°789.312.46.7
Jun21° / 10°1131212.66.2
Jul18° / 10°48429.612.53.3
Aug17° / 10°57930.612.33.1
Sep18° / 25221.712.14.4
Oct19° / 476.411.86.9
Nov19° / 234.211.67.4
Dec19° / 17411.47.3

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 30% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 40%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16733
26733
36832
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56733
66634
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304951

Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Debre Birhan gets around 113 mm of rain over 12 wet days in June. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 41% and peaks near 78% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
119
219
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520
621
721
822
923
1024
1125
1227
1329
1431
1533
1636
1739
1842
1945
2048
2151
2255
2358
2461
2564
2667
2770
2873
2975
3078

Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, June 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 June

Winds average 6 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
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67calm
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Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of June to 12 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 6:04 AM to 6:08 AM, and sunset from 6:35 PM to 6:42 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202530
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.56:046:35
212.56:046:35
312.56:046:36
412.56:046:36
512.56:046:36
612.56:046:36
712.56:046:37
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2712.66:086:41
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Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 5.14 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.5 kWh/m² to a high of 6.4 kWh/m² in April across the year — June's 5.14 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.7Bright
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214.9Bright
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Planning a trip in June

Hazard calendar for Debre Birhan

In seasonPeak

In June, Debre Birhan sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

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

Debre Birhan sees seasonal dust haze (June–July), heaviest in June.

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

Is June a good time to visit Debre Birhan?

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

6.2
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
3.7
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

June is a reasonable time to visit Debre Birhan for sightseeing.

What to pack for Debre Birhan in June

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

In June, Debre Birhan sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Debre Birhan in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June 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 Debre Birhan peaks around March 19 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 10 at about 11 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 19UV 16Dec 10UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May14Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug15Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Debre Birhan in June

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Debre Birhan is worst in June — around 43 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.7× the cleanest month (November, 25 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorPoorModerateJun 1842 µg/m³Nov 2025 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan27Moderate
Feb28Moderate
Mar30Moderate
Apr28Moderate
May32Moderate
Jun43Poor
Jul37Poor
Aug34Moderate
Sep38Poor
Oct28Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec26Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Debre Birhan?

Debre Birhan sits at 9.7°N, 39.5°E, 2,830 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Sheno, 47 km away.

Topography around Debre Birhan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Debre Birhan has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 459 m around an average of 2,763 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,339 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,027 m.

The land around Debre Birhan is covered by cropland (52%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, cropland (73%) within 16 km, and cropland (51%) and shrubs (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
459 m
16 km
1,339 m
80 km
3,027 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwetland
June weather nearby: Sheno 47 km · Kobo 52 km · Robit 53 km · Abomsa 60 km · ‘Alem Ketema 71 km · Mehal Mēda 72 km · Sendafa 81 km · Āt’aye 87 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 Debre Birhan (9.6795°, 39.5326°, elevation 2,830 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).