Lalibela weather in August

In August, Lalibela sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 521 mm of rain across 30.8 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% 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 Lalibela's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lalibela's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 521 mm; 30.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 24 min; 6:16 AM – 6:40 PM
Cloud cover: 68%; 12th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 5.39 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.4; out of 10

Lalibela is Town of 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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month.

A typical August day in Lalibela reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with 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)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	11
2	19	11
3	19	11
4	19	11
5	19	11
6	19	11
7	19	11
8	19	11
9	19	11
10	19	11
11	19	11
12	19	11
13	19	11
14	20	11
15	20	11
16	20	11
17	20	11
18	20	11
19	20	11
20	20	11
21	20	10
22	20	10
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24	20	10
25	20	10
26	20	10
27	20	10
28	20	10
29	20	10
30	20	10
31	20	10

Lalibela weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	24° / 10°	5	1.2	11.4	8.8
Feb	25° / 11°	11	2	11.6	8.5
Mar	25° / 12°	37	5.9	11.9	7.7
Apr	25° / 13°	47	6.6	12.3	7.5
May	25° / 13°	59	5.8	12.5	7.6
Jun	24° / 12°	101	10.4	12.7	6.8
Jul	20° / 11°	497	29.3	12.6	3.6
Aug	20° / 11°	521	30.8	12.4	3.4
Sep	21° / 10°	157	15.7	12.1	5.8
Oct	22° / 9°	21	2.9	11.7	8.1
Nov	23° / 9°	10	1.4	11.4	8.7
Dec	23° / 9°	4	1.1	11.3	8.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 67%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	20	20	20	20	21	21	22	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	30	31	34	35	37	38	39	41	43	44	45	46	48	49	51	52	54
Cloudier (%)	80	80	80	80	79	79	78	78	77	76	75	74	73	72	70	69	66	65	63	62	61	59	57	56	55	54	52	51	49	48	46

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	20	80
3	20	80
4	20	80
5	21	79
6	21	79
7	22	78
8	22	78
9	23	77
10	24	76
11	25	75
12	26	74
13	27	73
14	28	72
15	30	70
16	31	69
17	34	66
18	35	65
19	37	63
20	38	62
21	39	61
22	41	59
23	43	57
24	44	56
25	45	55
26	46	54
27	48	52
28	49	51
29	51	49
30	52	48
31	54	46

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Lalibela gets around 521 mm of rain over 30.8 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 99% and peaks near 100% 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 (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	97	96	96	95

	Rain chance (%)
1	99
2	99
3	99
4	99
5	99
6	99
7	100
8	100
9	99
10	99
11	99
12	99
13	99
14	99
15	99
16	99
17	99
18	99
19	99
20	99
21	99
22	99
23	99
24	99
25	98
26	98
27	98
28	97
29	96
30	96
31	95

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 90% 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 (%)	89	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	89	89	89	90	90	91	91	92	93	93	94	94	95	95
Comfortable (%)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	7	7	6	6	5	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	89	11
2	88	12
3	88	12
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	88	12
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	92	8
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	95	5
31	95	5

Wind in August

Winds average 4 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 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)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
5	4	calm
6	4	calm
7	4	calm
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23	4	calm
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25	4	calm
26	4	calm
27	4	calm
28	4	calm
29	4	calm
30	4	calm
31	4	calm

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 6:14 AM to 6:16 AM, and sunset from 6:46 PM to 6:31 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)	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16
Sunset (PM)	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	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:31

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	6:14	6:46
2	12.5	6:14	6:46
3	12.5	6:14	6:45
4	12.5	6:14	6:45
5	12.5	6:14	6:45
6	12.5	6:15	6:44
7	12.5	6:15	6:44
8	12.5	6:15	6:44
9	12.5	6:15	6:43
10	12.5	6:15	6:43
11	12.4	6:15	6:42
12	12.4	6:15	6:42
13	12.4	6:16	6:41
14	12.4	6:16	6:41
15	12.4	6:16	6:40
16	12.4	6:16	6:40
17	12.4	6:16	6:39
18	12.4	6:16	6:39
19	12.4	6:16	6:38
20	12.4	6:16	6:38
21	12.4	6:16	6:37
22	12.3	6:16	6:37
23	12.3	6:16	6:36
24	12.3	6:16	6:36
25	12.3	6:16	6:35
26	12.3	6:16	6:34
27	12.3	6:16	6:34
28	12.3	6:16	6:33
29	12.3	6:16	6:33
30	12.3	6:16	6:32
31	12.2	6:16	6:31

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.39 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.2 kWh/m² to a high of 6.68 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.39 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)	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.1	Bright
2	5.1	Bright
3	5.1	Bright
4	5.1	Bright
5	5.1	Bright
6	5.2	Bright
7	5.2	Bright
8	5.2	Bright
9	5.2	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.3	Bright
14	5.4	Bright
15	5.4	Bright
16	5.4	Bright
17	5.4	Bright
18	5.5	Bright
19	5.5	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.6	Bright
24	5.6	Bright
25	5.6	Bright
26	5.6	Bright
27	5.6	Bright
28	5.7	Bright
29	5.7	Bright
30	5.7	Bright
31	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Lalibela

In seasonPeak

In August, Lalibela sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Lalibela's monsoon runs July–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Monsoon

Dust

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Lalibela?

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

3.4

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

1.7

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Lalibela.

What to pack for Lalibela in August

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

In August, Lalibela sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 11°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 31 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Lalibela 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 Lalibela peaks around March 20 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 at about 10 (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	14	16	15	14	13	11	14	14	13	11	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	10	Extreme

Air quality in Lalibela 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 Lalibela is worst in September — around 40 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)	30	29	31	29	33	38	31	32	40	32	28	29
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	30	Moderate
Feb	29	Moderate
Mar	31	Moderate
Apr	29	Moderate
May	33	Moderate
Jun	38	Poor
Jul	31	Moderate
Aug	32	Moderate
Sep	40	Poor
Oct	32	Moderate
Nov	28	Moderate
Dec	29	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Lalibela?

Lalibela sits at 12.0°N, 39.0°E, 2,481 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Filakit, 49 km away.

Topography around Lalibela

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lalibela has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,129 m around an average of 2,441 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,162 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,975 m.

The land around Lalibela is covered by grassland (36%), cropland (23%) and shrubs (22%) within 3 km, grassland (46%) and cropland (36%) within 16 km, and cropland (39%), grassland (36%) and shrubs (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

1,129 m

grassland 36%

16 km

2,162 m

grassland 46%

80 km

2,975 m

cropland 39%

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

August weather nearby: Filakit 49 km · Weldiya 63 km · Sek’ot’a 67 km · Alamata 70 km · Nefas Mewch’a 71 km · Korem 74 km · Mersa 77 km · Maych’ew 100 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 Lalibela (12.0322°, 39.0476°, elevation 2,481 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	19	11
2	19	11
3	19	11
4	19	11
5	19	11
6	19	11
7	19	11
8	19	11
9	19	11
10	19	11
11	19	11
12	19	11
13	19	11
14	20	11
15	20	11
16	20	11
17	20	11
18	20	11
19	20	11
20	20	11
21	20	10
22	20	10
23	20	10
24	20	10
25	20	10
26	20	10
27	20	10
28	20	10
29	20	10
30	20	10
31	20	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	20	80
3	20	80
4	20	80
5	21	79
6	21	79
7	22	78
8	22	78
9	23	77
10	24	76
11	25	75
12	26	74
13	27	73
14	28	72
15	30	70
16	31	69
17	34	66
18	35	65
19	37	63
20	38	62
21	39	61
22	41	59
23	43	57
24	44	56
25	45	55
26	46	54
27	48	52
28	49	51
29	51	49
30	52	48
31	54	46

	Rain chance (%)
1	99
2	99
3	99
4	99
5	99
6	99
7	100
8	100
9	99
10	99
11	99
12	99
13	99
14	99
15	99
16	99
17	99
18	99
19	99
20	99
21	99
22	99
23	99
24	99
25	98
26	98
27	98
28	97
29	96
30	96
31	95

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	89	11
2	88	12
3	88	12
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	88	12
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	92	8
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	95	5
31	95	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	11
2	19	11
3	19	11
4	19	11
5	19	11
6	19	11
7	19	11
8	19	11
9	19	11
10	19	11
11	19	11
12	19	11
13	19	11
14	20	11
15	20	11
16	20	11
17	20	11
18	20	11
19	20	11
20	20	11
21	20	10
22	20	10
23	20	10
24	20	10
25	20	10
26	20	10
27	20	10
28	20	10
29	20	10
30	20	10
31	20	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	20	80
3	20	80
4	20	80
5	21	79
6	21	79
7	22	78
8	22	78
9	23	77
10	24	76
11	25	75
12	26	74
13	27	73
14	28	72
15	30	70
16	31	69
17	34	66
18	35	65
19	37	63
20	38	62
21	39	61
22	41	59
23	43	57
24	44	56
25	45	55
26	46	54
27	48	52
28	49	51
29	51	49
30	52	48
31	54	46

	Rain chance (%)
1	99
2	99
3	99
4	99
5	99
6	99
7	100
8	100
9	99
10	99
11	99
12	99
13	99
14	99
15	99
16	99
17	99
18	99
19	99
20	99
21	99
22	99
23	99
24	99
25	98
26	98
27	98
28	97
29	96
30	96
31	95

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	89	11
2	88	12
3	88	12
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	88	12
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	92	8
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	95	5
31	95	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	11
2	19	11
3	19	11
4	19	11
5	19	11
6	19	11
7	19	11
8	19	11
9	19	11
10	19	11
11	19	11
12	19	11
13	19	11
14	20	11
15	20	11
16	20	11
17	20	11
18	20	11
19	20	11
20	20	11
21	20	10
22	20	10
23	20	10
24	20	10
25	20	10
26	20	10
27	20	10
28	20	10
29	20	10
30	20	10
31	20	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	20	80
3	20	80
4	20	80
5	21	79
6	21	79
7	22	78
8	22	78
9	23	77
10	24	76
11	25	75
12	26	74
13	27	73
14	28	72
15	30	70
16	31	69
17	34	66
18	35	65
19	37	63
20	38	62
21	39	61
22	41	59
23	43	57
24	44	56
25	45	55
26	46	54
27	48	52
28	49	51
29	51	49
30	52	48
31	54	46

	Rain chance (%)
1	99
2	99
3	99
4	99
5	99
6	99
7	100
8	100
9	99
10	99
11	99
12	99
13	99
14	99
15	99
16	99
17	99
18	99
19	99
20	99
21	99
22	99
23	99
24	99
25	98
26	98
27	98
28	97
29	96
30	96
31	95

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	89	11
2	88	12
3	88	12
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	88	12
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	92	8
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	95	5
31	95	5