Dibate weather in August

In August, Dibate sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 279 mm of rain across 28.9 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-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 0% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

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 Dibate's 11th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dibate's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 25°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 279 mm; 28.9 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 24 min; 6:29 AM – 6:50 PM
Cloud cover: 76%; 11th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.62 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.9; out of 10

Dibate is place in Benishangul-Gumuz, 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 Dibate reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 26°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)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25
Avg low (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17

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

How August really feels in Dibate

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Dibate 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	31° / 16°	1	0	11.4	5.7
Feb	33° / 18°	0	0.1	11.6	4.4
Mar	34° / 20°	4	1	11.9	3.5
Apr	34° / 21°	17	4.4	12.2	3.5
May	31° / 20°	97	15.9	12.5	3.9
Jun	28° / 18°	185	25.2	12.6	4.0
Jul	25° / 17°	279	28.7	12.6	3.9
Aug	25° / 17°	279	28.9	12.4	3.9
Sep	26° / 17°	186	24.5	12.1	4.4
Oct	28° / 17°	69	14.2	11.8	5.8
Nov	29° / 16°	8	2.4	11.5	6.6
Dec	31° / 16°	1	0.1	11.4	6.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%.

	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 (%)	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	16	17	17	18	19	20	21	21	22	23	24	26	27	27	28	29	30	31
Cloudier (%)	87	87	88	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	86	86	85	84	83	83	82	81	80	79	79	78	77	76	74	73	73	72	71	70	69

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	13	87
2	13	87
3	12	88
4	12	88
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	15	85
14	16	84
15	17	83
16	17	83
17	18	82
18	19	81
19	20	80
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	22	78
23	23	77
24	24	76
25	26	74
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	28	72
29	29	71
30	30	70
31	31	69

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Dibate gets around 279 mm of rain over 28.9 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 93% and peaks near 94% 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 (%)	94	94	94	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	93	93	93	93

	Rain chance (%)
1	94
2	94
3	94
4	93
5	93
6	93
7	93
8	93
9	93
10	93
11	93
12	93
13	93
14	93
15	93
16	93
17	93
18	93
19	93
20	93
21	94
22	94
23	94
24	94
25	94
26	94
27	94
28	93
29	93
30	93
31	93

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 91% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 9% of them.

	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
Humid (%)	95	95	94	94	94	94	94	93	93	92	92	92	91	91	90	90	90	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	90	90	90	90	90	89	89
Muggy (%)	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	11

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	91	9
14	91	9
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	90	10
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	89	11
31	89	11

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 6:27 AM to 6:29 AM, and sunset from 6:55 PM to 6:42 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	12.4	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	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29
Sunset (PM)	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:50	6:50	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

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	6:27	6:55
2	12.5	6:27	6:55
3	12.5	6:27	6:55
4	12.5	6:27	6:55
5	12.4	6:28	6:54
6	12.4	6:28	6:54
7	12.4	6:28	6:54
8	12.4	6:28	6:53
9	12.4	6:28	6:53
10	12.4	6:28	6:52
11	12.4	6:28	6:52
12	12.4	6:28	6:52
13	12.4	6:28	6:51
14	12.4	6:28	6:51
15	12.4	6:29	6:50
16	12.4	6:29	6:50
17	12.3	6:29	6:49
18	12.3	6:29	6:49
19	12.3	6:29	6:48
20	12.3	6:29	6:48
21	12.3	6:29	6:47
22	12.3	6:29	6:47
23	12.3	6:29	6:46
24	12.3	6:29	6:46
25	12.3	6:29	6:45
26	12.3	6:29	6:45
27	12.3	6:29	6:44
28	12.2	6:29	6:43
29	12.2	6:29	6:43
30	12.2	6:29	6:42
31	12.2	6:29	6:42

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.62 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.33 kWh/m² to a high of 6.65 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 4.62 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)	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	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	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0
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	4.3	Bright
2	4.3	Bright
3	4.3	Bright
4	4.3	Bright
5	4.3	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.4	Bright
8	4.4	Bright
9	4.4	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.6	Bright
14	4.6	Bright
15	4.6	Bright
16	4.7	Bright
17	4.7	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.7	Bright
20	4.8	Bright
21	4.8	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.8	Bright
24	4.9	Bright
25	4.9	Bright
26	4.9	Bright
27	4.9	Bright
28	4.9	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.0	Bright
31	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Dibate

In seasonPeak

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

Dibate's monsoon runs June–September, 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 Dibate?

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

3.9

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

3.5

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Dibate.

What to pack for Dibate in August

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

In August, Dibate sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 17°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 29 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Dibate 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 Dibate peaks around March 23 at about 14 (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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	11	12	14	14	12	12	12	14	12	12	10	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	10	Very high

Air quality in Dibate 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 Dibate is worst in March — around 76 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 6.5× the cleanest month (May, 12 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)	52	72	76	27	12	18	19	15	13	16	25	36
Level	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	52	Poor
Feb	72	Unhealthy
Mar	76	Unhealthy
Apr	27	Moderate
May	12	Good
Jun	18	Moderate
Jul	19	Moderate
Aug	15	Moderate
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	16	Moderate
Nov	25	Moderate
Dec	36	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Dibate?

Dibate sits at 10.7°N, 36.2°E, 1,525 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Chagni, 46 km away.

Topography around Dibate

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dibate has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 346 m around an average of 1,473 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 875 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,267 m.

The land around Dibate is covered by cropland (54%) within 3 km, cropland (33%), trees (32%) and shrubs (24%) within 16 km, and trees (50%) and cropland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

346 m

cropland 54%

16 km

875 m

cropland 33%

80 km

2,267 m

trees 50%

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

August weather nearby: Chagni 46 km · Mambuk 70 km · Gimja Bēt Maryam 76 km · Ginja Bet 77 km · Shendi 80 km · Injibara 86 km · Ādīs K’idamē 87 km · Tīlīlī 90 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 Dibate (10.65°, 36.2167°, elevation 1,525 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	25	17
2	25	17
3	25	17
4	25	17
5	25	17
6	25	17
7	25	17
8	25	17
9	25	17
10	25	17
11	25	17
12	25	17
13	25	17
14	25	17
15	25	17
16	25	17
17	25	17
18	25	17
19	25	17
20	25	17
21	25	17
22	25	17
23	25	17
24	25	17
25	25	17
26	25	17
27	25	17
28	25	17
29	25	17
30	25	17
31	25	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	13	87
2	13	87
3	12	88
4	12	88
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	15	85
14	16	84
15	17	83
16	17	83
17	18	82
18	19	81
19	20	80
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	22	78
23	23	77
24	24	76
25	26	74
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	28	72
29	29	71
30	30	70
31	31	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	94
2	94
3	94
4	93
5	93
6	93
7	93
8	93
9	93
10	93
11	93
12	93
13	93
14	93
15	93
16	93
17	93
18	93
19	93
20	93
21	94
22	94
23	94
24	94
25	94
26	94
27	94
28	93
29	93
30	93
31	93

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	91	9
14	91	9
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	90	10
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	89	11
31	89	11

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	13	87
2	13	87
3	12	88
4	12	88
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	15	85
14	16	84
15	17	83
16	17	83
17	18	82
18	19	81
19	20	80
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	22	78
23	23	77
24	24	76
25	26	74
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	28	72
29	29	71
30	30	70
31	31	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	94
2	94
3	94
4	93
5	93
6	93
7	93
8	93
9	93
10	93
11	93
12	93
13	93
14	93
15	93
16	93
17	93
18	93
19	93
20	93
21	94
22	94
23	94
24	94
25	94
26	94
27	94
28	93
29	93
30	93
31	93

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	91	9
14	91	9
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	90	10
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	89	11
31	89	11

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	13	87
2	13	87
3	12	88
4	12	88
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	15	85
14	16	84
15	17	83
16	17	83
17	18	82
18	19	81
19	20	80
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	22	78
23	23	77
24	24	76
25	26	74
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	28	72
29	29	71
30	30	70
31	31	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	94
2	94
3	94
4	93
5	93
6	93
7	93
8	93
9	93
10	93
11	93
12	93
13	93
14	93
15	93
16	93
17	93
18	93
19	93
20	93
21	94
22	94
23	94
24	94
25	94
26	94
27	94
28	93
29	93
30	93
31	93

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	91	9
14	91	9
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	90	10
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	89	11
31	89	11