Kemisē weather in August

In August, Kemisē sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 189 mm of rain across 24.2 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°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 Kemisē's 11th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kemisē's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
6th warmest
Overnight low
13°
9th coldest
Rainfall
189 mm
24.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:14 AM – 6:35 PM
Cloud cover
50%
11th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.64 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.9
out of 10

Kemisē is place in Amhara, Ethiopia.

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month.

A typical August day in Kemisē reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°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 24°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C cooler than July and on par with September.

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Kemisē weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 6th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan21° / 549.511.46.8
Feb22° / 10°569.211.66.9
Mar23° / 12°14315.411.96.2
Apr24° / 13°10714.512.26.4
May25° / 14°386.712.57.7
Jun26° / 15°152.812.67.9
Jul24° / 14°15118.812.65.7
Aug23° / 13°18924.212.44.9
Sep23° / 13°5211.412.16.8
Oct22° / 12°214.611.88.0
Nov22° / 223.511.58.1
Dec21° / 244.411.47.8

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.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15446
25446
35446
45545
55644
65743
75842
85941
96139
106238
116337
126535
136634
146733
156931
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kemisē gets around 189 mm of rain over 24.2 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 77% and peaks near 82% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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581
682
782
882
982
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1182
1282
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1481
1580
1680
1779
1878
1977
2077
2176
2275
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2473
2572
2671
2770
2868
2967
3065
3164

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 71% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
16832
26733
36634
46535
56535
66436
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86436
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207228
217327
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247822
257921
268119
278218
288317
298515
308614
318713

Wind in August

Winds average 5 km/h in August.

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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 6:27 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.56:126:41
212.56:126:41
312.56:136:40
412.56:136:40
512.46:136:40
612.46:136:39
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.64 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.25 kWh/m² to a high of 6.66 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.64 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Kemisē

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Kemisē?

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

4.9
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
3.7
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Kemisē for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kemisē in August

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

In August, Kemisē sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 13°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Kemisē in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August 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 Kemisē peaks around March 18 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 18UV 15Dec 12UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Kemisē 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 Kemisē is worst in June — around 45 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateJun 1844 µg/m³Nov 1729 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan32Moderate
Feb32Moderate
Mar34Moderate
Apr32Moderate
May36Poor
Jun45Poor
Jul40Poor
Aug40Poor
Sep42Poor
Oct31Moderate
Nov29Moderate
Dec31Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Kemisē?

Kemisē sits at 10.7°N, 39.9°E, 1,438 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Harbu, 24 km away.

Topography around Kemisē

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kemisē has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 367 m around an average of 1,473 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,894 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,457 m.

The land around Kemisē is covered by shrubs (39%) and cropland (37%) within 3 km, shrubs (46%) and cropland (40%) within 16 km, and shrubs (43%) and cropland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
367 m
16 km
1,894 m
80 km
3,457 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwetland
August weather nearby: Harbu 24 km · Āt’aye 41 km · Kombolcha 43 km · Were Īlu 49 km · Mehal Mēda 51 km · Dessie 53 km · Batī 55 km · Hāyk’ 68 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 Kemisē (10.7167°, 39.87°, elevation 1,438 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).