Gondar weather in June

In June, Gondar sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 284 mm of rain across 25.5 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 25°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in June, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 42 min at the start of June to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Gondar's 10th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gondar's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 284 mm; 25.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 42 min; 6:08 AM – 6:52 PM
Cloud cover: 61%; 10th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.45 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.4; out of 10

Gondar is city, former capital of Ethiopia.

Founded: 1635

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

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Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 25°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical June day in Gondar reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 3°C cooler than May and about 3°C warmer than July.

	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
Avg high (°C)	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

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

Gondar weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 9th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 11°	4	0.8	11.3	8.8
Feb	27° / 12°	5	1.2	11.6	8.3
Mar	27° / 14°	24	5.5	11.9	7.4
Apr	27° / 15°	40	8.2	12.3	6.8
May	26° / 15°	112	13.9	12.6	6.1
Jun	23° / 14°	284	25.5	12.7	4.4
Jul	21° / 13°	478	30.9	12.7	3.3
Aug	21° / 13°	559	31	12.4	3.3
Sep	22° / 13°	431	23.5	12.1	4.7
Oct	24° / 12°	85	7.1	11.7	7.7
Nov	24° / 11°	14	2.9	11.4	8.7
Dec	24° / 10°	4	1	11.3	9.1

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 29% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%. Skies tend to cloud over 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
Clearer (%)	59	58	58	58	57	56	56	55	55	54	53	52	51	51	49	48	47	47	45	44	43	41	40	38	37	35	33	32	30	29
Cloudier (%)	41	42	42	42	43	44	44	45	45	46	47	48	49	49	51	52	53	53	55	56	57	59	60	62	63	65	67	68	70	71

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	57	43
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	55	45
9	55	45
10	54	46
11	53	47
12	52	48
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	49	51
16	48	52
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	45	55
20	44	56
21	43	57
22	41	59
23	40	60
24	38	62
25	37	63
26	35	65
27	33	67
28	32	68
29	30	70
30	29	71

Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Gondar gets around 284 mm of rain over 25.5 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 85% and peaks near 97% on the wettest days. The odds climb 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
Rain chance (%)	65	67	69	71	73	74	76	77	79	80	81	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	92	93	94	94	95	96	96	97	97

	Rain chance (%)
1	65
2	67
3	69
4	71
5	73
6	74
7	76
8	77
9	79
10	80
11	81
12	83
13	84
14	85
15	86
16	87
17	88
18	89
19	90
20	91
21	92
22	92
23	93
24	94
25	94
26	95
27	96
28	96
29	97
30	97

Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, June lands in the comfortable band about 67% 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
Dry (%)	64	62	59	58	56	54	52	50	49	46	44	41	38	36	33	30	28	25	23	21	18	16	14	12	11	9	8	7	6	5
Comfortable (%)	36	38	40	41	43	45	47	49	50	53	55	58	61	63	66	69	71	74	76	78	81	83	85	87	88	90	91	91	92	93
Humid (%)	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	64	36	0
2	62	38	0
3	59	40	1
4	58	41	1
5	56	43	1
6	54	45	1
7	52	47	1
8	50	49	1
9	49	50	1
10	46	53	1
11	44	55	1
12	41	58	1
13	38	61	1
14	36	63	1
15	33	66	1
16	30	69	1
17	28	71	1
18	25	74	1
19	23	76	1
20	21	78	1
21	18	81	1
22	16	83	1
23	14	85	1
24	12	87	1
25	11	88	1
26	9	90	1
27	8	91	1
28	7	91	2
29	6	92	2
30	5	93	2

Wind in June

Winds average 6 km/h in June.

Across June, 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
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
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	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
8	6	calm
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10	6	calm
11	6	calm
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14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 42 min at the start of June to 12 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 6:07 AM to 6:11 AM, and sunset from 6:48 PM to 6:55 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
Daylight (h)	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11
Sunset (PM)	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.7	6:07	6:48
2	12.7	6:07	6:49
3	12.7	6:07	6:49
4	12.7	6:07	6:49
5	12.7	6:07	6:49
6	12.7	6:07	6:50
7	12.7	6:07	6:50
8	12.7	6:07	6:50
9	12.7	6:07	6:51
10	12.7	6:08	6:51
11	12.7	6:08	6:51
12	12.7	6:08	6:51
13	12.7	6:08	6:52
14	12.7	6:08	6:52
15	12.7	6:08	6:52
16	12.7	6:08	6:52
17	12.7	6:08	6:53
18	12.7	6:09	6:53
19	12.7	6:09	6:53
20	12.7	6:09	6:53
21	12.7	6:09	6:54
22	12.7	6:09	6:54
23	12.7	6:10	6:54
24	12.7	6:10	6:54
25	12.7	6:10	6:54
26	12.7	6:10	6:55
27	12.7	6:11	6:55
28	12.7	6:11	6:55
29	12.7	6:11	6:55
30	12.7	6:11	6:55

Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 5.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.74 kWh/m² to a high of 6.93 kWh/m² in April across the year — June's 5.45 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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1
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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.9	Bright
2	5.9	Bright
3	5.8	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.8	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.6	Bright
10	5.6	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.5	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.4	Bright
16	5.4	Bright
17	5.4	Bright
18	5.3	Bright
19	5.3	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.2	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.1	Bright
29	5.1	Bright
30	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in June

Hazard calendar for Gondar

In seasonPeak

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

Gondar's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Gondar sees seasonal dust haze (June), heaviest in June.

Monsoon

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is June a good time to visit Gondar?

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

4.4

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

3.5

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

June is a reasonable time to visit Gondar for sightseeing.

What to pack for Gondar in June

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

In June, Gondar sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 14°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Gondar in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Gondar peaks around March 21 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	12	13	15	15	13	12	12	14	13	13	10	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	10	Extreme
Dec	10	Very high

Air quality in Gondar 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 Gondar is worst in April — around 27 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), 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)	22	22	26	27	20	25	24	22	26	27	23	21
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	22	Moderate
Feb	22	Moderate
Mar	26	Moderate
Apr	27	Moderate
May	20	Moderate
Jun	25	Moderate
Jul	24	Moderate
Aug	22	Moderate
Sep	26	Moderate
Oct	27	Moderate
Nov	23	Moderate
Dec	21	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Gondar?

Gondar sits at 12.6°N, 37.5°E, 2,201 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is K’ola Diba, 25 km away.

Topography around Gondar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gondar has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 395 m around an average of 2,150 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,258 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,365 m.

The land around Gondar is covered by artificial surfaces (31%) and cropland (26%) within 3 km, cropland (66%) within 16 km, and cropland (48%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

395 m

artificial surfaces 31%

16 km

1,258 m

cropland 66%

80 km

2,365 m

cropland 48%

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← May Gondar year-round climate July →Best places to visit in June

June weather nearby: K’ola Diba 25 km · Amba Giorgis 25 km · Maksenyit 26 km · Āykel 44 km · Dabat 54 km · Tikil Dingay 63 km · Ādīs Zemen 64 km · Debark’ 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 Gondar (12.6°, 37.4667°, elevation 2,201 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	14
2	25	14
3	25	14
4	25	14
5	25	14
6	24	14
7	24	14
8	24	14
9	24	14
10	24	14
11	24	14
12	24	14
13	24	14
14	24	14
15	23	14
16	23	14
17	23	13
18	23	13
19	23	13
20	23	13
21	23	13
22	23	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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	57	43
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	55	45
9	55	45
10	54	46
11	53	47
12	52	48
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	49	51
16	48	52
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	45	55
20	44	56
21	43	57
22	41	59
23	40	60
24	38	62
25	37	63
26	35	65
27	33	67
28	32	68
29	30	70
30	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	65
2	67
3	69
4	71
5	73
6	74
7	76
8	77
9	79
10	80
11	81
12	83
13	84
14	85
15	86
16	87
17	88
18	89
19	90
20	91
21	92
22	92
23	93
24	94
25	94
26	95
27	96
28	96
29	97
30	97

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	64	36	0
2	62	38	0
3	59	40	1
4	58	41	1
5	56	43	1
6	54	45	1
7	52	47	1
8	50	49	1
9	49	50	1
10	46	53	1
11	44	55	1
12	41	58	1
13	38	61	1
14	36	63	1
15	33	66	1
16	30	69	1
17	28	71	1
18	25	74	1
19	23	76	1
20	21	78	1
21	18	81	1
22	16	83	1
23	14	85	1
24	12	87	1
25	11	88	1
26	9	90	1
27	8	91	1
28	7	91	2
29	6	92	2
30	5	93	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	57	43
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	55	45
9	55	45
10	54	46
11	53	47
12	52	48
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	49	51
16	48	52
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	45	55
20	44	56
21	43	57
22	41	59
23	40	60
24	38	62
25	37	63
26	35	65
27	33	67
28	32	68
29	30	70
30	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	65
2	67
3	69
4	71
5	73
6	74
7	76
8	77
9	79
10	80
11	81
12	83
13	84
14	85
15	86
16	87
17	88
18	89
19	90
20	91
21	92
22	92
23	93
24	94
25	94
26	95
27	96
28	96
29	97
30	97

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	64	36	0
2	62	38	0
3	59	40	1
4	58	41	1
5	56	43	1
6	54	45	1
7	52	47	1
8	50	49	1
9	49	50	1
10	46	53	1
11	44	55	1
12	41	58	1
13	38	61	1
14	36	63	1
15	33	66	1
16	30	69	1
17	28	71	1
18	25	74	1
19	23	76	1
20	21	78	1
21	18	81	1
22	16	83	1
23	14	85	1
24	12	87	1
25	11	88	1
26	9	90	1
27	8	91	1
28	7	91	2
29	6	92	2
30	5	93	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	57	43
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	55	45
9	55	45
10	54	46
11	53	47
12	52	48
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	49	51
16	48	52
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	45	55
20	44	56
21	43	57
22	41	59
23	40	60
24	38	62
25	37	63
26	35	65
27	33	67
28	32	68
29	30	70
30	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	65
2	67
3	69
4	71
5	73
6	74
7	76
8	77
9	79
10	80
11	81
12	83
13	84
14	85
15	86
16	87
17	88
18	89
19	90
20	91
21	92
22	92
23	93
24	94
25	94
26	95
27	96
28	96
29	97
30	97

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	64	36	0
2	62	38	0
3	59	40	1
4	58	41	1
5	56	43	1
6	54	45	1
7	52	47	1
8	50	49	1
9	49	50	1
10	46	53	1
11	44	55	1
12	41	58	1
13	38	61	1
14	36	63	1
15	33	66	1
16	30	69	1
17	28	71	1
18	25	74	1
19	23	76	1
20	21	78	1
21	18	81	1
22	16	83	1
23	14	85	1
24	12	87	1
25	11	88	1
26	9	90	1
27	8	91	1
28	7	91	2
29	6	92	2
30	5	93	2