Climate and average weather in Kombolcha

Kombolcha gets about 848 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 2.9 months, from around Jul 5 to Oct 1, peaking in August at about 77% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jun 14.

August is the wettest month by volume, with 176 mm over about 23 wet days; June is the driest, with 12 mm.

Over a full year, Kombolcha collects about 848 mm of rain across 126 wet days — roughly 71 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. August is the wettest month with 176 mm, while June is the driest at just 12 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 50% of the year’s total.

In Kombolcha, 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 August 16 and lasts for 4.4 months, ending around December 28. The clearest month is September, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 83% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around December 29 and lasts for 4.4 months, ending around May 12. The cloudiest month is March, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 43% of the time.

Kombolcha averages about 14 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 8 and 20 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 2.9 months, from around Oct 12 to Jan 6. The sunniest month is November, with roughly 19 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is July, down near 9 sunny days — about 52% fewer than the November peak.

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 Kombolcha, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in May, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 0% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.

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 Kombolcha is steady company: average speeds sit near 6 km/h — calm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.