Climate and average weather in Kele

In Kele, the summers are hot, fairly dry, and partly cloudy and the winters are warm and mostly cloudy.

Best: early June to late September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Kele typically varies from 15°C to 31°C, and is rarely below 13°C or above 34°C. February is the hottest month of the year, while July is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Kele for warm-weather activities are from early June to late September and mid November to late December.

Hottest
Feb
31°
Coldest
Jul
17°
Wettest
May
191 mm
Driest
Feb
19 mm
Rain / yr
1018 mm
149 wet days
Daylight
11.6–12.4 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
1,533 m
6.1°N
Clearest
Dec
45% cloud

Kele weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early June to late September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Kele, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

Temperatures in Kele stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is February, with an average high of 31°C and low of 17°C; the coolest is July, with an average low of 17°C and high of 24°C.

Days typically run about 11°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 14°C) in February.

10°15°20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2916
Feb3117
Mar3018
Apr2818
May2617
Jun2517
Jul2417
Aug2517
Sep2617
Oct2617
Nov2716
Dec2815

Average hourly temperature in Kele

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on February afternoons, near 31°C, and coldest before dawn in July, near 17°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Kele weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 16°203.311.76.3
Feb31° / 17°193.411.85.5
Mar30° / 18°7810.9124.7
Apr28° / 18°19021.412.14.3
May26° / 17°1912512.34.4
Jun25° / 17°4711.212.36.4
Jul24° / 17°389.112.36.8
Aug25° / 17°369.712.26.6
Sep26° / 17°7414.1125.9
Oct26° / 17°19124.211.94.5
Nov27° / 16°10712.611.76.1
Dec28° / 15°274.211.77.0

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Kele gets about 1018 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 2.7 months, from around Mar 22 to Jun 10, peaking in May at about 88% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 1.

May is the wettest month by volume, with 191 mm over about 25 wet days; February is the driest, with 19 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetMay 7 · 88%Jan 1 · 8%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan103
Feb133
Mar3511
Apr7221
May7925
Jun3811
Jul309
Aug3110
Sep4814
Oct7624
Nov4313
Dec144

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Kele collects about 1018 mm of rain across 149 wet days — roughly 85 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. May is the wettest month with 191 mm, while February is the driest at just 19 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 56% of the year’s total.

050100150200JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2019781901914738367419110727
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan203
Feb193
Mar7811
Apr19021
May19125
Jun4711
Jul389
Aug3610
Sep7414
Oct19124
Nov10713
Dec274

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Kele, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around November 4 and lasts for 4.7 months, ending around March 26. The clearest month is December, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 71% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around March 27 and lasts for 5.5 months, ending around September 8. The cloudiest month is July, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 82% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecDec 21 · 74%Jul 29 · 16%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan6832
Feb6436
Mar4951
Apr2674
May2971
Jun3268
Jul1882
Aug2476
Sep4357
Oct3268
Nov5446
Dec7129

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 16, brings about 12 h 24 min of light; the shortest, around December 15, only 11 h 36 min — a swing of roughly 0 h 48 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan11.76:476:28
Feb11.86:486:37
Mar12.06:396:36
Apr12.16:246:32
May12.36:166:32
Jun12.36:186:39
Jul12.36:246:43
Aug12.26:266:38
Sep12.06:216:23
Oct11.96:176:09
Nov11.76:226:05
Dec11.76:356:13

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Kele averages about 6 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 1 and 15 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.8 months, from around Nov 6 to Apr 1. The sunniest month is December, with roughly 14 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is August, down near 1 sunny days — about 92% fewer than the December peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightDec 2115 daysAug 51 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan14Mixed
Feb11Mixed
Mar8Gloomy
Apr3Gloomy
May2Gloomy
Jun2Gloomy
Jul1Gloomy
Aug1Gloomy
Sep3Gloomy
Oct2Gloomy
Nov8Gloomy
Dec14Mixed

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Kele, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 2.9 months, from around March 25 to June 19. The muggiest month is May, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 89% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around November 17 to March 24, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 94% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 21 · 95%May 8 · 4%comfortablehumiddrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan791560
Feb761680
Mar5223250
Apr1117702
May011872
Jun354430
Jul118180
Aug1971100
Sep2051280
Oct332650
Nov2341360
Dec6425120

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Wind in Kele is steady company: average speeds sit near 5 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmJul 6 · 5 km/hOct 20 · 4 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan4calm
Feb4calm
Mar4calm
Apr4calm
May5calm
Jun5calm
Jul5calm
Aug5calm
Sep5calm
Oct4calm
Nov4calm
Dec4calm

Best time to visit Kele

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Kele throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around mid September, Kele is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Kele for general outdoor tourist activities run from early June to late September and again from mid November to early February, with a peak score in the second week of December.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationDec 13 · 7.1

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan6.3good
Feb5.5fair
Mar4.8fair
Apr4.3fair
May4.5fair
Jun6.4good
Jul6.8good
Aug6.6good
Sep5.8good
Oct4.6fair
Nov6.1good
Dec7.0good

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Kele for hot-weather activities is from late November to mid March, with a peak score in the first week of January.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 2 · 8.5

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Kele, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around February (highs near 31°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around July (highs near 24°C), pack light clothes and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In February, Kele sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Kele by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kele peaks around March 15 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 22 at about 11 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 15UV 15Nov 22UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Kele

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in March the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan7.56
Feb86.5
Mar86.5
Apr8.56.5
May86
Jun86
Jul86
Aug8.56.5
Sep86
Oct86
Nov7.55.5
Dec7.55.5

Air quality in Kele by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Kele is worst in December — around 36 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.6× the cleanest month (August, 22 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorDec 1736 µg/m³Aug 1922 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan33Moderate
Feb32Moderate
Mar27Moderate
Apr25Moderate
May23Moderate
Jun28Moderate
Jul27Moderate
Aug22Moderate
Sep24Moderate
Oct27Moderate
Nov33Moderate
Dec36Poor
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Kele is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Kele banks about 4,316 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around March.

01,0002,0003,0004,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan389
Feb381
Mar432
Apr379
May356
Jun322
Jul320
Aug337
Sep351
Oct351
Nov338
Dec360

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Kele receives about 5.3 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 4.1 and 6.3 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.9 months, from around Nov 1 to Apr 29. The brightest month is February, averaging about 6.2 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is July, down near 4.1 kWh/m² — roughly 34% less than the February peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbrighterdimmerbrighterdimmoderatebrightintenseFeb 266.3 kWhJul 214.1 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan5.9Bright
Feb6.2Intense
Mar6.1Intense
Apr5.6Bright
May5.1Bright
Jun4.5Bright
Jul4.1Bright
Aug4.6Bright
Sep5.3Bright
Oct5.1Bright
Nov5.4Bright
Dec5.6Bright

Where is Kele?

Kele sits at 6.1°N, 38.0°E, 1,533 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Yirga Ch’efē, 21 km away.

Topography around Kele

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kele has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 319 m around an average of 1,438 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,123 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,644 m.

The land around Kele is covered by shrubs (49%), trees (25%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, shrubs (41%) and trees (38%) within 16 km, and trees (33%) and shrubs (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
319 m
16 km
1,123 m
80 km
2,644 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandwaterwetland
Nearby: Yirga Ch’efē 21 km · Wenago 37 km · Dīla 49 km · Kercha 54 km · Arba Minch 54 km · Hagere Maryam 55 km · Ch’ench’a 55 km · Ch’iko 65 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
Ethiopian Orthodox 44%Muslim 31%Protestant 23%other 1%

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 Kele (6.0833°, 38.0333°, elevation 1,533 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).