Gobēsa weather in August

In August, Gobēsa sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 299 mm of rain across 28.3 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-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 11% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

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 Gobēsa's 11th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gobēsa's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 299 mm; 28.3 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:19 AM – 6:34 PM
Cloud cover: 62%; 11th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 5.5 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.9; out of 10

Gobēsa is Ethiopian town.

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 21°C through the month.

A typical August day in Gobēsa 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 19°C and 22°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	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

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

Gobēsa weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-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	23° / 8°	12	2.2	11.6	8.4
Feb	24° / 9°	19	2.5	11.7	8.4
Mar	24° / 10°	68	8	11.9	7.5
Apr	22° / 10°	123	15.9	12.2	5.8
May	23° / 10°	96	12.4	12.3	6.4
Jun	23° / 10°	93	14.4	12.4	6.1
Jul	21° / 10°	242	27.5	12.4	4.0
Aug	21° / 10°	299	28.3	12.2	3.9
Sep	21° / 10°	160	19.8	12	5.1
Oct	20° / 9°	67	11.6	11.8	6.2
Nov	21° / 8°	19	3.9	11.7	7.6
Dec	22° / 7°	5	1.6	11.6	8.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 35% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	37	36	35	35	35	36	37	37	38	39	40	41	42	44	45	47	48	49	50	52	53	54	55	55	56	56	57	58	58	59	59
Cloudier (%)	63	64	65	65	65	64	63	63	62	61	60	59	58	56	55	53	52	51	50	48	47	46	45	45	44	44	43	42	42	41	41

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	36	64
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	36	64
7	37	63
8	37	63
9	38	62
10	39	61
11	40	60
12	41	59
13	42	58
14	44	56
15	45	55
16	47	53
17	48	52
18	49	51
19	50	50
20	52	48
21	53	47
22	54	46
23	55	45
24	55	45
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	57	43
28	58	42
29	58	42
30	59	41
31	59	41

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Gobēsa gets around 299 mm of rain over 28.3 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 90% and peaks near 94% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	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	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	93	93	93	92	92	91	91	90	90	89	89	88	88	87	87	86	86	85	84	83	82

	Rain chance (%)
1	94
2	94
3	94
4	94
5	94
6	94
7	94
8	94
9	94
10	94
11	93
12	93
13	93
14	92
15	92
16	91
17	91
18	90
19	90
20	89
21	89
22	88
23	88
24	87
25	87
26	86
27	86
28	85
29	84
30	83
31	82

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 100% 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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in August

Winds average 5 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
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31	5	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 6:18 AM to 6:17 AM, and sunset from 6:38 PM to 6:27 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	12.2	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
Sunrise (AM)	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:17
Sunset (PM)	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:27

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

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.23 kWh/m² to a high of 6.72 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 5.5 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)	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8
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	5.2	Bright
2	5.2	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.4	Bright
11	5.4	Bright
12	5.4	Bright
13	5.5	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.5	Bright
17	5.6	Bright
18	5.6	Bright
19	5.6	Bright
20	5.6	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.7	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.8	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.8	Bright
31	5.8	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Gobēsa

In seasonPeak

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

Gobēsa's monsoon runs July–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 Gobēsa?

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

3.9

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

2.3

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Gobēsa.

What to pack for Gobēsa in August

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

In August, Gobēsa sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 10°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 28 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Gobēsa 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 Gobēsa peaks around March 17 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 23 at about 12 (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)	14	15	16	16	14	13	12	14	14	14	12	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	16	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Gobēsa 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 Gobēsa is worst in June — around 28 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (January, 15 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)	15	16	17	18	20	28	25	21	23	22	18	16
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	15	Moderate
Feb	16	Moderate
Mar	17	Moderate
Apr	18	Moderate
May	20	Moderate
Jun	28	Moderate
Jul	25	Moderate
Aug	21	Moderate
Sep	23	Moderate
Oct	22	Moderate
Nov	18	Moderate
Dec	16	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Gobēsa?

Gobēsa sits at 7.6°N, 39.5°E, 2,349 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Bek’ojī, 29 km away.

Topography around Gobēsa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gobēsa has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 254 m around an average of 2,381 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,179 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,123 m.

The land around Gobēsa is covered by cropland (68%) within 3 km, cropland (62%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and cropland (65%) within 80 km.

3 km

254 m

cropland 68%

16 km

2,179 m

cropland 62%

80 km

3,123 m

cropland 65%

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

August weather nearby: Bek’ojī 29 km · Sagurē 41 km · Āsela 55 km · Huruta 62 km · Īteya 65 km · Āsasa 66 km · Sīrē 78 km · Bale Robe 78 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 Gobēsa (7.6167°, 39.5°, elevation 2,349 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	11
2	21	11
3	21	11
4	21	11
5	21	11
6	21	11
7	21	11
8	21	11
9	21	11
10	21	11
11	21	11
12	21	11
13	21	10
14	21	10
15	21	10
16	21	10
17	21	10
18	21	10
19	21	10
20	21	10
21	21	10
22	21	10
23	21	10
24	21	10
25	21	10
26	21	10
27	21	10
28	21	10
29	21	10
30	21	10
31	21	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	36	64
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	36	64
7	37	63
8	37	63
9	38	62
10	39	61
11	40	60
12	41	59
13	42	58
14	44	56
15	45	55
16	47	53
17	48	52
18	49	51
19	50	50
20	52	48
21	53	47
22	54	46
23	55	45
24	55	45
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	57	43
28	58	42
29	58	42
30	59	41
31	59	41

	Rain chance (%)
1	94
2	94
3	94
4	94
5	94
6	94
7	94
8	94
9	94
10	94
11	93
12	93
13	93
14	92
15	92
16	91
17	91
18	90
19	90
20	89
21	89
22	88
23	88
24	87
25	87
26	86
27	86
28	85
29	84
30	83
31	82

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	36	64
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	36	64
7	37	63
8	37	63
9	38	62
10	39	61
11	40	60
12	41	59
13	42	58
14	44	56
15	45	55
16	47	53
17	48	52
18	49	51
19	50	50
20	52	48
21	53	47
22	54	46
23	55	45
24	55	45
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	57	43
28	58	42
29	58	42
30	59	41
31	59	41

	Rain chance (%)
1	94
2	94
3	94
4	94
5	94
6	94
7	94
8	94
9	94
10	94
11	93
12	93
13	93
14	92
15	92
16	91
17	91
18	90
19	90
20	89
21	89
22	88
23	88
24	87
25	87
26	86
27	86
28	85
29	84
30	83
31	82

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	36	64
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	36	64
7	37	63
8	37	63
9	38	62
10	39	61
11	40	60
12	41	59
13	42	58
14	44	56
15	45	55
16	47	53
17	48	52
18	49	51
19	50	50
20	52	48
21	53	47
22	54	46
23	55	45
24	55	45
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	57	43
28	58	42
29	58	42
30	59	41
31	59	41

	Rain chance (%)
1	94
2	94
3	94
4	94
5	94
6	94
7	94
8	94
9	94
10	94
11	93
12	93
13	93
14	92
15	92
16	91
17	91
18	90
19	90
20	89
21	89
22	88
23	88
24	87
25	87
26	86
27	86
28	85
29	84
30	83
31	82

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100