Metu weather in August

In August, Metu sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 156 mm of rain across 28.4 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in August, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Metu's 11th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Metu's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 156 mm; 28.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:34 AM – 6:50 PM
Cloud cover: 74%; 11th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 4.61 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.8; out of 10

Metu is market town in southwestern Ethiopia.

Density: 3,672/km²; people per km²

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 22°C through the month.

A typical August day in Metu reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°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)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	14
2	22	14
3	22	14
4	22	14
5	22	14
6	22	14
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22	22	14
23	22	14
24	23	14
25	23	14
26	23	14
27	23	14
28	23	14
29	23	14
30	23	14
31	23	14

Metu weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 14°	6	2	11.6	7.8
Feb	29° / 15°	8	2.2	11.7	6.8
Mar	29° / 16°	22	6.5	11.9	6.0
Apr	28° / 16°	71	14.3	12.2	5.4
May	25° / 15°	155	25.8	12.4	4.3
Jun	23° / 14°	155	27.4	12.5	4.0
Jul	22° / 14°	166	28.5	12.4	3.8
Aug	22° / 14°	156	28.4	12.3	3.8
Sep	23° / 14°	118	25.4	12	4.4
Oct	24° / 14°	82	19.7	11.8	5.5
Nov	25° / 13°	33	8.2	11.6	7.2
Dec	26° / 13°	8	2.3	11.5	8.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 79%.

	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 (%)	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	23	23	24	24	25	26	26	27	27	27	28	28	29	29
Cloudier (%)	84	85	84	84	84	84	84	84	83	83	83	82	81	80	79	78	77	77	77	76	76	75	74	74	73	73	73	72	72	71	71

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	16	84
2	15	85
3	16	84
4	16	84
5	16	84
6	16	84
7	16	84
8	16	84
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	18	82
13	19	81
14	20	80
15	21	79
16	22	78
17	23	77
18	23	77
19	23	77
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	25	75
23	26	74
24	26	74
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	28	72
29	28	72
30	29	71
31	29	71

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Metu gets around 156 mm of rain over 28.4 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 92% and peaks near 93% 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 (%)	93	93	93	93	93	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	93	93	93	93	93	92	92	92	92	92	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	90	90

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

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the comfortable band about 74% 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
Comfortable (%)	75	75	75	75	75	75	74	74	74	74	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73
Humid (%)	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	75	25
2	75	25
3	75	25
4	75	25
5	75	25
6	75	25
7	74	26
8	74	26
9	74	26
10	74	26
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	73	27
15	73	27
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	73	27

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.

	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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 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 12 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:33 AM to 6:33 AM, and sunset from 6:55 PM to 6:43 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)	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	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
Sunrise (AM)	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33
Sunset (PM)	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:43

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	6:33	6:55
2	12.4	6:33	6:55
3	12.4	6:33	6:54
4	12.4	6:33	6:54
5	12.3	6:33	6:54
6	12.3	6:33	6:53
7	12.3	6:33	6:53
8	12.3	6:33	6:53
9	12.3	6:33	6:53
10	12.3	6:33	6:52
11	12.3	6:33	6:52
12	12.3	6:33	6:52
13	12.3	6:33	6:51
14	12.3	6:34	6:51
15	12.3	6:34	6:50
16	12.3	6:34	6:50
17	12.3	6:34	6:50
18	12.3	6:33	6:49
19	12.3	6:33	6:49
20	12.2	6:33	6:48
21	12.2	6:33	6:48
22	12.2	6:33	6:47
23	12.2	6:33	6:47
24	12.2	6:33	6:46
25	12.2	6:33	6:46
26	12.2	6:33	6:45
27	12.2	6:33	6:45
28	12.2	6:33	6:44
29	12.2	6:33	6:44
30	12.2	6:33	6:43
31	12.2	6:33	6:43

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.61 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.32 kWh/m² to a high of 5.87 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 4.61 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)	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9
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	4.3	Bright
2	4.3	Bright
3	4.3	Bright
4	4.4	Bright
5	4.4	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.4	Bright
8	4.4	Bright
9	4.5	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.6	Bright
14	4.6	Bright
15	4.6	Bright
16	4.6	Bright
17	4.7	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.7	Bright
20	4.7	Bright
21	4.8	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.8	Bright
24	4.8	Bright
25	4.8	Bright
26	4.8	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.9	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	4.9	Bright
31	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Metu

In seasonPeak

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

Metu's rainy season runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Metu?

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

3.8

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

2.8

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Metu.

What to pack for Metu in August

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

In August, Metu sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 14°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 28 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Metu 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 Metu peaks around March 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 11 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)	11	13	15	13	12	11	12	14	13	13	10	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Metu 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 Metu is worst in February — around 52 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.9× the cleanest month (May, 18 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	51	52	37	24	18	23	22	19	19	21	29	37
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	51	Poor
Feb	52	Poor
Mar	37	Poor
Apr	24	Moderate
May	18	Moderate
Jun	23	Moderate
Jul	22	Moderate
Aug	19	Moderate
Sep	19	Moderate
Oct	21	Moderate
Nov	29	Moderate
Dec	37	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Metu?

Metu sits at 8.3°N, 35.6°E, 1,700 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Bedelē, 86 km away.

Topography around Metu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Metu has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 252 m around an average of 1,676 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 834 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,382 m.

The land around Metu is covered by trees (59%) within 3 km, trees (58%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (62%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

252 m

trees 59%

16 km

834 m

trees 58%

80 km

2,382 m

trees 62%

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

August weather nearby: Bedelē 86 km · Dembī Dolo 90 km · Gimbi 101 km · Gambēla 110 km · Tēpī 123 km · Āgaro 128 km · Wacha 130 km · Nejo 134 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 Metu (8.3°, 35.5833°, elevation 1,700 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	22	14
2	22	14
3	22	14
4	22	14
5	22	14
6	22	14
7	22	14
8	22	14
9	22	14
10	22	14
11	22	14
12	22	14
13	22	14
14	22	14
15	22	14
16	22	14
17	22	14
18	22	14
19	22	14
20	22	14
21	22	14
22	22	14
23	22	14
24	23	14
25	23	14
26	23	14
27	23	14
28	23	14
29	23	14
30	23	14
31	23	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	16	84
2	15	85
3	16	84
4	16	84
5	16	84
6	16	84
7	16	84
8	16	84
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	18	82
13	19	81
14	20	80
15	21	79
16	22	78
17	23	77
18	23	77
19	23	77
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	25	75
23	26	74
24	26	74
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	28	72
29	28	72
30	29	71
31	29	71

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

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	75	25
2	75	25
3	75	25
4	75	25
5	75	25
6	75	25
7	74	26
8	74	26
9	74	26
10	74	26
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	73	27
15	73	27
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	73	27

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	16	84
2	15	85
3	16	84
4	16	84
5	16	84
6	16	84
7	16	84
8	16	84
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	18	82
13	19	81
14	20	80
15	21	79
16	22	78
17	23	77
18	23	77
19	23	77
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	25	75
23	26	74
24	26	74
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	28	72
29	28	72
30	29	71
31	29	71

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

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	75	25
2	75	25
3	75	25
4	75	25
5	75	25
6	75	25
7	74	26
8	74	26
9	74	26
10	74	26
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	73	27
15	73	27
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	73	27

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	16	84
2	15	85
3	16	84
4	16	84
5	16	84
6	16	84
7	16	84
8	16	84
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	18	82
13	19	81
14	20	80
15	21	79
16	22	78
17	23	77
18	23	77
19	23	77
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	25	75
23	26	74
24	26	74
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	28	72
29	28	72
30	29	71
31	29	71

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

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	75	25
2	75	25
3	75	25
4	75	25
5	75	25
6	75	25
7	74	26
8	74	26
9	74	26
10	74	26
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	73	27
15	73	27
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	73	27