Harbu weather in February

In February, Harbu sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 49 mm of rain across 8.4 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of February to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Harbu's 7th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Harbu's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 49 mm; 8.4 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 6:46 AM – 6:25 PM
Cloud cover: 45%; 7th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.97 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.1; out of 10

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month.

A typical February day in Harbu reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 1°C warmer than January and about 1°C cooler than March.

	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
Avg high (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

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

Harbu weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 9th-warmest and 7th-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 February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 38%.

	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
Clearer (%)	64	65	64	64	64	63	63	62	62	61	61	61	61	60	60	60	61	61	61	61	61	61	62	62	63	63	62	63
Cloudier (%)	36	35	36	36	36	37	37	38	38	39	39	39	39	40	40	40	39	39	39	39	39	39	38	38	37	37	38	37

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	65	35
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	61	39
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	60	40
15	60	40
16	60	40
17	61	39
18	61	39
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	61	39
23	62	38
24	62	38
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	62	38
28	63	37

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Harbu gets around 49 mm of rain over 8.4 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 30% and peaks near 35% 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
Rain chance (%)	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	29	29	29	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	34	35

	Rain chance (%)
1	27
2	27
3	27
4	27
5	27
6	27
7	28
8	28
9	29
10	29
11	29
12	30
13	30
14	30
15	31
16	31
17	31
18	31
19	32
20	32
21	32
22	32
23	32
24	32
25	33
26	33
27	34
28	35

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, February lands in the dry band about 83% 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
Dry (%)	88	88	87	87	86	86	85	84	84	83	83	82	82	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82
Comfortable (%)	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	16	16	17	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	88	12
2	88	12
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	86	14
6	86	14
7	85	15
8	84	16
9	84	16
10	83	17
11	83	17
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	81	19
19	81	19
20	81	19
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18

Wind in February

Winds average 6 km/h in February.

Across February, 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
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
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

	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
13	6	calm
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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of February to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 6:49 AM to 6:41 AM, and sunset from 6:20 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
Daylight (h)	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8
Sunrise (AM)	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:41
Sunset (PM)	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.5	6:49	6:20
2	11.5	6:49	6:21
3	11.5	6:48	6:21
4	11.5	6:48	6:21
5	11.6	6:48	6:22
6	11.6	6:48	6:22
7	11.6	6:48	6:22
8	11.6	6:48	6:23
9	11.6	6:48	6:23
10	11.6	6:47	6:23
11	11.6	6:47	6:24
12	11.6	6:47	6:24
13	11.6	6:47	6:24
14	11.6	6:46	6:24
15	11.6	6:46	6:25
16	11.6	6:46	6:25
17	11.7	6:46	6:25
18	11.7	6:45	6:25
19	11.7	6:45	6:26
20	11.7	6:45	6:26
21	11.7	6:44	6:26
22	11.7	6:44	6:26
23	11.7	6:44	6:26
24	11.7	6:43	6:27
25	11.7	6:43	6:27
26	11.7	6:42	6:27
27	11.8	6:42	6:27
28	11.8	6:41	6:27

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5.97 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 — February's 5.97 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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.7	Bright
2	5.7	Bright
3	5.7	Bright
4	5.7	Bright
5	5.8	Bright
6	5.8	Bright
7	5.8	Bright
8	5.8	Bright
9	5.8	Bright
10	5.8	Bright
11	5.8	Bright
12	5.9	Bright
13	5.9	Bright
14	5.9	Bright
15	5.9	Bright
16	5.9	Bright
17	6.0	Bright
18	6.0	Bright
19	6.0	Intense
20	6.0	Intense
21	6.1	Intense
22	6.1	Intense
23	6.1	Intense
24	6.1	Intense
25	6.1	Intense
26	6.2	Intense
27	6.2	Intense
28	6.2	Intense

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Harbu

In seasonPeak

None of Harbu's seasonal hazards are active in February. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

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

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Harbu?

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

7.1

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

5.1

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

February is one of the better times to visit Harbu for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Harbu in February

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

In February, Harbu sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Harbu in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February 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 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 February

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where February 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%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwetland

← January Harbu year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February 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	22	10
2	22	10
3	22	10
4	22	10
5	22	10
6	22	10
7	22	10
8	22	10
9	22	10
10	22	10
11	22	10
12	22	10
13	22	10
14	22	10
15	22	10
16	22	10
17	23	10
18	23	11
19	23	11
20	23	11
21	23	11
22	23	11
23	23	11
24	23	11
25	23	11
26	23	11
27	23	11
28	23	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	65	35
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	61	39
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	60	40
15	60	40
16	60	40
17	61	39
18	61	39
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	61	39
23	62	38
24	62	38
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	62	38
28	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	27
2	27
3	27
4	27
5	27
6	27
7	28
8	28
9	29
10	29
11	29
12	30
13	30
14	30
15	31
16	31
17	31
18	31
19	32
20	32
21	32
22	32
23	32
24	32
25	33
26	33
27	34
28	35

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	88	12
2	88	12
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	86	14
6	86	14
7	85	15
8	84	16
9	84	16
10	83	17
11	83	17
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	81	19
19	81	19
20	81	19
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	65	35
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	61	39
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	60	40
15	60	40
16	60	40
17	61	39
18	61	39
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	61	39
23	62	38
24	62	38
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	62	38
28	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	27
2	27
3	27
4	27
5	27
6	27
7	28
8	28
9	29
10	29
11	29
12	30
13	30
14	30
15	31
16	31
17	31
18	31
19	32
20	32
21	32
22	32
23	32
24	32
25	33
26	33
27	34
28	35

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	88	12
2	88	12
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	86	14
6	86	14
7	85	15
8	84	16
9	84	16
10	83	17
11	83	17
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	81	19
19	81	19
20	81	19
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	65	35
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	61	39
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	60	40
15	60	40
16	60	40
17	61	39
18	61	39
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	61	39
23	62	38
24	62	38
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	62	38
28	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	27
2	27
3	27
4	27
5	27
6	27
7	28
8	28
9	29
10	29
11	29
12	30
13	30
14	30
15	31
16	31
17	31
18	31
19	32
20	32
21	32
22	32
23	32
24	32
25	33
26	33
27	34
28	35

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	88	12
2	88	12
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	86	14
6	86	14
7	85	15
8	84	16
9	84	16
10	83	17
11	83	17
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	81	19
19	81	19
20	81	19
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18