Metahāra weather in June

In June, Metahāra sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 7 mm of rain across 1.9 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 35°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in June, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of June to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Metahāra's 8th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Metahāra's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
1st warmest
Overnight low
23°
12th coldest
Rainfall
7 mm
1.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
6:05 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover
42%
8th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.78 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.9
out of 10

Metahāra is town in central Ethiopia.

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

Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 35°C through the month.

A typical June day in Metahāra reaches about 35°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 1°C warmer than May and about 2°C warmer than July.

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How June really feels in Metahāra

Once humidity and wind are folded in, June averages 30 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
30
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in June is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Metahāra weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 18°112.611.56.0
Feb32° / 20°112.511.74.7
Mar34° / 21°447.811.93.6
Apr34° / 22°5010.212.23.2
May35° / 22°307.712.43.0
Jun35° / 23°71.912.52.9
Jul34° / 23°299.512.53.3
Aug33° / 22°391312.33.5
Sep33° / 22°26812.13.7
Oct33° / 21°305.611.84.3
Nov31° / 19°223.211.65.5
Dec30° / 18°92.111.56.3

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 25%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17921
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Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Metahāra gets around 7 mm of rain over 1.9 wet days in June, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 8% and peaks near 15% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of June feels comfortable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, June lands in the comfortable band about 52% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
13640231
23741211
33941201
44041181
54242160
64342150
74442130
84643120
94643100
10474490
11484480
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23356140
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25316540
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27276850
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29247060
30227260

Wind in June

Winds average 9 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
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Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of June to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 6:03 AM to 6:08 AM, and sunset from 6:32 PM to 6:39 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.56:036:32
212.56:046:33
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512.56:046:33
612.56:046:34
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Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 5.78 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.62 kWh/m² to a high of 6.45 kWh/m² in March across the year — June's 5.78 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Metahāra

In seasonPeak

In June, Metahāra sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Metahāra sees seasonal dust haze (June), heaviest in June.

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

Is June a good time to visit Metahāra?

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

2.9
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
6.4
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

June is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Metahāra. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Metahāra in June

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

In June, Metahāra sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Metahāra in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June 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 Metahāra peaks around March 19 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 10 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 19UV 15Dec 10UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Metahāra in June

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where June falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Metahāra is worst in June — around 38 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.7× the cleanest month (November, 22 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateJun 1937 µg/m³Nov 2222 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan22Moderate
Feb23Moderate
Mar25Moderate
Apr24Moderate
May28Moderate
Jun38Poor
Jul34Moderate
Aug31Moderate
Sep35Moderate
Oct27Moderate
Nov22Moderate
Dec23Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Metahāra?

Metahāra sits at 8.9°N, 39.9°E, 958 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Āwash, 29 km away.

Topography around Metahāra

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Metahāra has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 54 m around an average of 959 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,109 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,839 m.

The land around Metahāra is covered by grassland (33%) and shrubs (32%) within 3 km, shrubs (47%) and grassland (29%) within 16 km, and shrubs (46%) and cropland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
54 m
16 km
1,109 m
80 km
2,839 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
June weather nearby: Āwash 29 km · Welench’ītī 59 km · Gelemso 67 km · Sīrē 80 km · Adama 81 km · Sheno 83 km · Wenjī 86 km · Wonji 91 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 Metahāra (8.9°, 39.9167°, elevation 958 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).