Harbu weather in August

In August, Harbu sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 176 mm of rain across 23 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

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 Harbu's 10th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Harbu's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 176 mm; 23 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 24 min; 6:14 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover: 50%; 10th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.69 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.1; out of 10

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month.

A typical August day in Harbu reaches about 24°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 22°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C cooler than 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)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	14
2	24	14
3	24	14
4	24	14
5	24	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	24	14
16	24	14
17	24	14
18	24	14
19	24	14
20	24	14
21	24	14
22	24	14
23	24	14
24	24	14
25	24	14
26	24	13
27	24	13
28	24	13
29	24	13
30	24	13
31	24	13

Harbu weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 5th-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	21° / 9°	48	8.8	11.4	6.9
Feb	22° / 10°	49	8.4	11.6	7.1
Mar	23° / 12°	104	14.3	11.9	6.5
Apr	24° / 13°	115	14.9	12.2	6.4
May	25° / 14°	54	8.6	12.5	7.3
Jun	27° / 15°	12	2.5	12.6	7.8
Jul	25° / 14°	130	17.3	12.6	5.8
Aug	24° / 14°	176	23	12.4	5.1
Sep	23° / 13°	74	13.7	12.1	6.6
Oct	23° / 11°	36	6.3	11.8	7.8
Nov	22° / 9°	25	3.7	11.5	8.1
Dec	21° / 9°	25	4.5	11.4	7.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 29% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 31%. 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 (%)	56	56	57	57	58	58	59	60	61	63	63	65	66	68	68	70	72	72	74	75	75	76	78	78	79	79	80	81	81	81	82
Cloudier (%)	44	44	43	43	42	42	41	40	39	37	37	35	34	32	32	30	28	28	26	25	25	24	22	22	21	21	20	19	19	19	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	58	42
6	58	42
7	59	41
8	60	40
9	61	39
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	65	35
13	66	34
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	70	30
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	74	26
20	75	25
21	75	25
22	76	24
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	80	20
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	81	19
31	82	18

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Harbu gets around 176 mm of rain over 23 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 74% and peaks near 78% 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 (%)	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	78	78	78	77	77	76	76	75	74	74	73	72	71	70	69	68	67	66	65	64	63

	Rain chance (%)
1	77
2	77
3	77
4	77
5	77
6	77
7	77
8	77
9	77
10	77
11	78
12	78
13	78
14	77
15	77
16	76
17	76
18	75
19	74
20	74
21	73
22	72
23	71
24	70
25	69
26	68
27	67
28	66
29	65
30	64
31	63

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 66% 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 (%)	64	63	62	62	61	61	61	61	60	60	60	60	61	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79
Comfortable (%)	36	37	38	38	39	39	39	39	40	40	40	40	39	39	38	37	36	35	34	33	32	31	30	28	27	26	25	24	23	22	21

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	64	36
2	63	37
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	61	39
14	61	39
15	62	38
16	63	37
17	64	36
18	65	35
19	66	34
20	67	33
21	68	32
22	69	31
23	70	30
24	72	28
25	73	27
26	74	26
27	75	25
28	76	24
29	77	23
30	78	22
31	79	21

Wind in August

Winds average 6 km/h in August.

Across August, 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	31
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	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
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
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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
31	6	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 6:12 AM to 6:14 AM, and sunset from 6:41 PM to 6:28 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	12.5	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
Sunrise (AM)	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14
Sunset (PM)	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:28

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	6:12	6:41
2	12.5	6:12	6:41
3	12.5	6:13	6:41
4	12.5	6:13	6:41
5	12.5	6:13	6:40
6	12.4	6:13	6:40
7	12.4	6:13	6:40
8	12.4	6:13	6:39
9	12.4	6:13	6:39
10	12.4	6:14	6:38
11	12.4	6:14	6:38
12	12.4	6:14	6:38
13	12.4	6:14	6:37
14	12.4	6:14	6:37
15	12.4	6:14	6:36
16	12.4	6:14	6:36
17	12.4	6:14	6:35
18	12.3	6:14	6:35
19	12.3	6:14	6:34
20	12.3	6:14	6:34
21	12.3	6:14	6:33
22	12.3	6:14	6:33
23	12.3	6:14	6:32
24	12.3	6:14	6:32
25	12.3	6:14	6:31
26	12.3	6:14	6:31
27	12.3	6:14	6:30
28	12.3	6:14	6:29
29	12.2	6:14	6:29
30	12.2	6:14	6:28
31	12.2	6:14	6:28

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.69 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.3 kWh/m² to a high of 6.63 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.69 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0
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	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.4	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.4	Bright
6	5.4	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.6	Bright
13	5.6	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.8	Bright
21	5.8	Bright
22	5.9	Bright
23	5.9	Bright
24	5.9	Bright
25	5.9	Bright
26	5.9	Bright
27	5.9	Bright
28	5.9	Bright
29	5.9	Bright
30	5.9	Bright
31	6.0	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Harbu

In seasonPeak

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

Harbu sees seasonal dust haze (June–August), heaviest in July.

Dust

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Harbu?

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

5.1

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

4.2

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Harbu for sightseeing.

What to pack for Harbu in August

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

In August, Harbu sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 14°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

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UV index in Harbu 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 Harbu peaks around March 20 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 11 at about 11 (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)	12	13	16	15	14	13	12	14	13	13	11	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Harbu 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 Harbu is worst in September — around 42 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), 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)	32	33	35	32	36	42	39	41	42	31	29	31
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	32	Moderate
Feb	33	Moderate
Mar	35	Moderate
Apr	32	Moderate
May	36	Poor
Jun	42	Poor
Jul	39	Poor
Aug	41	Poor
Sep	42	Poor
Oct	31	Moderate
Nov	29	Moderate
Dec	31	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Harbu?

Harbu sits at 10.9°N, 39.8°E, 1,500 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Kombolcha, 19 km away.

Topography around Harbu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Harbu has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 481 m around an average of 1,539 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,507 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,730 m.

The land around Harbu is covered by cropland (63%) and shrubs (23%) within 3 km, cropland (49%) and shrubs (38%) within 16 km, and shrubs (42%) and cropland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km

481 m

cropland 63%

16 km

1,507 m

cropland 49%

80 km

3,730 m

shrubs 42%

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

August weather nearby: Kombolcha 19 km · Kemisē 24 km · Dessie 29 km · Batī 39 km · Hāyk’ 44 km · Were Īlu 53 km · Āt’aye 65 km · Mehal Mēda 69 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 Harbu (10.9202°, 39.7871°, elevation 1,500 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	24	14
2	24	14
3	24	14
4	24	14
5	24	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	24	14
16	24	14
17	24	14
18	24	14
19	24	14
20	24	14
21	24	14
22	24	14
23	24	14
24	24	14
25	24	14
26	24	13
27	24	13
28	24	13
29	24	13
30	24	13
31	24	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	58	42
6	58	42
7	59	41
8	60	40
9	61	39
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	65	35
13	66	34
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	70	30
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	74	26
20	75	25
21	75	25
22	76	24
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	80	20
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	81	19
31	82	18

	Rain chance (%)
1	77
2	77
3	77
4	77
5	77
6	77
7	77
8	77
9	77
10	77
11	78
12	78
13	78
14	77
15	77
16	76
17	76
18	75
19	74
20	74
21	73
22	72
23	71
24	70
25	69
26	68
27	67
28	66
29	65
30	64
31	63

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	64	36
2	63	37
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	61	39
14	61	39
15	62	38
16	63	37
17	64	36
18	65	35
19	66	34
20	67	33
21	68	32
22	69	31
23	70	30
24	72	28
25	73	27
26	74	26
27	75	25
28	76	24
29	77	23
30	78	22
31	79	21

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	14
2	24	14
3	24	14
4	24	14
5	24	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	24	14
16	24	14
17	24	14
18	24	14
19	24	14
20	24	14
21	24	14
22	24	14
23	24	14
24	24	14
25	24	14
26	24	13
27	24	13
28	24	13
29	24	13
30	24	13
31	24	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	58	42
6	58	42
7	59	41
8	60	40
9	61	39
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	65	35
13	66	34
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	70	30
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	74	26
20	75	25
21	75	25
22	76	24
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	80	20
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	81	19
31	82	18

	Rain chance (%)
1	77
2	77
3	77
4	77
5	77
6	77
7	77
8	77
9	77
10	77
11	78
12	78
13	78
14	77
15	77
16	76
17	76
18	75
19	74
20	74
21	73
22	72
23	71
24	70
25	69
26	68
27	67
28	66
29	65
30	64
31	63

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	64	36
2	63	37
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	61	39
14	61	39
15	62	38
16	63	37
17	64	36
18	65	35
19	66	34
20	67	33
21	68	32
22	69	31
23	70	30
24	72	28
25	73	27
26	74	26
27	75	25
28	76	24
29	77	23
30	78	22
31	79	21

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	14
2	24	14
3	24	14
4	24	14
5	24	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	24	14
16	24	14
17	24	14
18	24	14
19	24	14
20	24	14
21	24	14
22	24	14
23	24	14
24	24	14
25	24	14
26	24	13
27	24	13
28	24	13
29	24	13
30	24	13
31	24	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	58	42
6	58	42
7	59	41
8	60	40
9	61	39
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	65	35
13	66	34
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	70	30
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	74	26
20	75	25
21	75	25
22	76	24
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	80	20
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	81	19
31	82	18

	Rain chance (%)
1	77
2	77
3	77
4	77
5	77
6	77
7	77
8	77
9	77
10	77
11	78
12	78
13	78
14	77
15	77
16	76
17	76
18	75
19	74
20	74
21	73
22	72
23	71
24	70
25	69
26	68
27	67
28	66
29	65
30	64
31	63

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	64	36
2	63	37
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	61	39
14	61	39
15	62	38
16	63	37
17	64	36
18	65	35
19	66	34
20	67	33
21	68	32
22	69	31
23	70	30
24	72	28
25	73	27
26	74	26
27	75	25
28	76	24
29	77	23
30	78	22
31	79	21