Kibre Mengist weather in August

In August, Kibre Mengist sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 31 mm of rain across 9.1 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of August to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Kibre Mengist's 11th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kibre Mengist's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 31 mm; 9.1 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 6:22 AM – 6:34 PM
Cloud cover: 84%; 11th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 3.85 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.2; out of 10

Kibre Mengist is town and worda in southern Ethiopia.

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

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical August day in Kibre Mengist reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and about 2°C cooler than 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)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	13
2	21	13
3	21	13
4	21	13
5	21	13
6	21	13
7	21	13
8	21	13
9	21	13
10	21	13
11	21	13
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24	22	13
25	22	13
26	22	13
27	22	13
28	22	13
29	22	13
30	22	13
31	22	13

Kibre Mengist weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 11th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 11°	8	1.9	11.7	8.1
Feb	28° / 12°	11	2.2	11.8	7.4
Mar	28° / 13°	63	9.6	12	6.4
Apr	25° / 14°	174	22.8	12.1	4.7
May	23° / 14°	168	25.9	12.3	4.3
Jun	22° / 14°	47	11.3	12.3	5.9
Jul	21° / 13°	33	9.7	12.3	6.0
Aug	22° / 13°	31	9.1	12.2	6.2
Sep	23° / 13°	56	11.2	12	6.3
Oct	23° / 13°	196	26.4	11.9	4.3
Nov	23° / 12°	73	15.1	11.7	6.1
Dec	25° / 11°	14	3.6	11.7	8.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 90%.

	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 (%)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	9	10	10	11	12	12	13	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	18	18
Cloudier (%)	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	94	94	93	93	91	90	90	89	88	88	87	86	86	86	85	85	84	84	84	82	82

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	5	95
2	5	95
3	5	95
4	5	95
5	5	95
6	5	95
7	5	95
8	5	95
9	5	95
10	5	95
11	6	94
12	6	94
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	9	91
16	10	90
17	10	90
18	11	89
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	13	87
22	14	86
23	14	86
24	14	86
25	15	85
26	15	85
27	16	84
28	16	84
29	16	84
30	18	82
31	18	82

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kibre Mengist gets around 31 mm of rain over 9.1 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 29% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	34	33	33	32	32	31	31	30	30	29	29	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	29	29	30	30	30	30	30

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

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 56% 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 (%)	52	53	53	54	54	55	55	56	56	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	58	58	59
Comfortable (%)	48	47	47	46	46	45	45	44	44	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	42	42	41

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	52	48
2	53	47
3	53	47
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	57	43
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	57	43
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	58	42
30	58	42
31	59	41

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
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	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
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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 18 min at the start of August to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:22 AM to 6:21 AM, and sunset from 6:38 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)	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21
Sunset (PM)	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:28

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	6:22	6:38
2	12.3	6:22	6:38
3	12.3	6:22	6:38
4	12.2	6:22	6:37
5	12.2	6:23	6:37
6	12.2	6:23	6:37
7	12.2	6:23	6:37
8	12.2	6:23	6:36
9	12.2	6:23	6:36
10	12.2	6:23	6:36
11	12.2	6:23	6:36
12	12.2	6:23	6:35
13	12.2	6:22	6:35
14	12.2	6:22	6:35
15	12.2	6:22	6:34
16	12.2	6:22	6:34
17	12.2	6:22	6:34
18	12.2	6:22	6:33
19	12.2	6:22	6:33
20	12.2	6:22	6:33
21	12.2	6:22	6:32
22	12.2	6:22	6:32
23	12.2	6:22	6:31
24	12.2	6:22	6:31
25	12.1	6:21	6:30
26	12.1	6:21	6:30
27	12.1	6:21	6:30
28	12.1	6:21	6:29
29	12.1	6:21	6:29
30	12.1	6:21	6:28
31	12.1	6:21	6:28

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.85 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.36 kWh/m² to a high of 6.49 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 3.85 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	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.4	Moderate
2	3.4	Moderate
3	3.4	Moderate
4	3.5	Moderate
5	3.5	Moderate
6	3.5	Moderate
7	3.5	Moderate
8	3.6	Moderate
9	3.6	Moderate
10	3.6	Moderate
11	3.7	Moderate
12	3.7	Moderate
13	3.8	Moderate
14	3.8	Moderate
15	3.8	Moderate
16	3.9	Moderate
17	3.9	Moderate
18	4.0	Moderate
19	4.0	Moderate
20	4.0	Bright
21	4.1	Bright
22	4.1	Bright
23	4.1	Bright
24	4.2	Bright
25	4.2	Bright
26	4.2	Bright
27	4.2	Bright
28	4.3	Bright
29	4.3	Bright
30	4.3	Bright
31	4.4	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Kibre Mengist

In seasonPeak

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

Kibre Mengist's rainy season is concentrated in October.

Rainy season

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Is August a good time to visit Kibre Mengist?

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

6.2

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

4.1

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Kibre Mengist for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kibre Mengist in August

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

In August, Kibre Mengist sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Kibre Mengist 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 Kibre Mengist peaks around March 16 at about 16 (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.

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

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

Air quality in Kibre Mengist 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 Kibre Mengist is worst in November — around 24 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)	18	18	20	21	19	22	21	17	18	22	24	21
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	18	Moderate
Feb	18	Moderate
Mar	20	Moderate
Apr	21	Moderate
May	19	Moderate
Jun	22	Moderate
Jul	21	Moderate
Aug	17	Moderate
Sep	18	Moderate
Oct	22	Moderate
Nov	24	Moderate
Dec	21	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Kibre Mengist?

Kibre Mengist sits at 5.9°N, 39.0°E, 1,690 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Shakiso, 15 km away.

Topography around Kibre Mengist

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kibre Mengist has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 114 m around an average of 1,701 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,022 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,355 m.

The land around Kibre Mengist is covered by trees (68%) within 3 km, trees (58%) and cropland (28%) within 16 km, and trees (57%) and shrubs (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

114 m

trees 68%

16 km

1,022 m

trees 58%

80 km

2,355 m

trees 57%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces

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

August weather nearby: Shakiso 15 km · Kercha 65 km · Hagere Maryam 87 km · Negēlē 92 km · Yirga Ch’efē 92 km · Wenago 93 km · Dīla 95 km · Wendo 101 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 Kibre Mengist (5.8833°, 38.9833°, elevation 1,690 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	21	13
2	21	13
3	21	13
4	21	13
5	21	13
6	21	13
7	21	13
8	21	13
9	21	13
10	21	13
11	21	13
12	21	13
13	21	13
14	21	13
15	22	13
16	22	13
17	22	13
18	22	13
19	22	13
20	22	13
21	22	13
22	22	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
31	22	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	5	95
2	5	95
3	5	95
4	5	95
5	5	95
6	5	95
7	5	95
8	5	95
9	5	95
10	5	95
11	6	94
12	6	94
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	9	91
16	10	90
17	10	90
18	11	89
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	13	87
22	14	86
23	14	86
24	14	86
25	15	85
26	15	85
27	16	84
28	16	84
29	16	84
30	18	82
31	18	82

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	52	48
2	53	47
3	53	47
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	57	43
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	57	43
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	58	42
30	58	42
31	59	41

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	13
2	21	13
3	21	13
4	21	13
5	21	13
6	21	13
7	21	13
8	21	13
9	21	13
10	21	13
11	21	13
12	21	13
13	21	13
14	21	13
15	22	13
16	22	13
17	22	13
18	22	13
19	22	13
20	22	13
21	22	13
22	22	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
31	22	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	5	95
2	5	95
3	5	95
4	5	95
5	5	95
6	5	95
7	5	95
8	5	95
9	5	95
10	5	95
11	6	94
12	6	94
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	9	91
16	10	90
17	10	90
18	11	89
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	13	87
22	14	86
23	14	86
24	14	86
25	15	85
26	15	85
27	16	84
28	16	84
29	16	84
30	18	82
31	18	82

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	52	48
2	53	47
3	53	47
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	57	43
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	57	43
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	58	42
30	58	42
31	59	41

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	13
2	21	13
3	21	13
4	21	13
5	21	13
6	21	13
7	21	13
8	21	13
9	21	13
10	21	13
11	21	13
12	21	13
13	21	13
14	21	13
15	22	13
16	22	13
17	22	13
18	22	13
19	22	13
20	22	13
21	22	13
22	22	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
31	22	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	5	95
2	5	95
3	5	95
4	5	95
5	5	95
6	5	95
7	5	95
8	5	95
9	5	95
10	5	95
11	6	94
12	6	94
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	9	91
16	10	90
17	10	90
18	11	89
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	13	87
22	14	86
23	14	86
24	14	86
25	15	85
26	15	85
27	16	84
28	16	84
29	16	84
30	18	82
31	18	82

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	52	48
2	53	47
3	53	47
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	57	43
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	57	43
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	58	42
30	58	42
31	59	41