Mī’ēso weather in August

In August, Mī’ēso sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 99 mm of rain across 21.1 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% 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 Mī’ēso's 7th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mī’ēso's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
9th warmest
Overnight low
19°
8th coldest
Rainfall
99 mm
21.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
6:12 AM – 6:30 PM
Cloud cover
45%
7th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
6.02 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.7
out of 10

Mī’ēso is town in northeastern Ethiopia.

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical August day in Mī’ēso reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and on par with September.

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Mī’ēso weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 9th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 15°193.811.57.8
Feb29° / 16°253.511.76.7
Mar30° / 18°8810.211.95.3
Apr29° / 19°9814.312.24.8
May30° / 19°6913.612.44.6
Jun31° / 19°278.912.54.9
Jul29° / 19°7818.212.54.7
Aug28° / 19°9921.112.34.7
Sep29° / 19°5814.612.15.2
Oct29° / 17°538.111.86.2
Nov28° / 15°27411.67.7
Dec27° / 15°162.711.58.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 27% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 23%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Mī’ēso gets around 99 mm of rain over 21.1 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 68% and peaks near 69% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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3163

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 65% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 9 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 6:11 AM to 6:11 AM, and sunset from 6:35 PM to 6:23 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.46:116:35
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512.46:116:34
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.02 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.62 kWh/m² to a high of 6.25 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 6.02 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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126.0Bright
136.0Bright
146.0Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Mī’ēso

In seasonPeak

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

Mī’ēso sees seasonal dust haze (June–July), heaviest in June.

Dust
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Is August a good time to visit Mī’ēso?

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

4.7
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
5.5
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Mī’ēso for sightseeing.

What to pack for Mī’ēso in August

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

In August, Mī’ēso sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Mī’ēso in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mī’ēso 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
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Mī’ēso 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 Mī’ēso is worst in June — around 30 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 2230 µg/m³Apr 2022 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan23Moderate
Feb24Moderate
Mar25Moderate
Apr22Moderate
May23Moderate
Jun30Moderate
Jul29Moderate
Aug24Moderate
Sep25Moderate
Oct26Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec24Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Mī’ēso?

Mī’ēso sits at 9.2°N, 40.8°E, 1,322 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Āsbe Teferī, 21 km away.

Metahāra

Topography around Mī’ēso

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mī’ēso has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 315 m around an average of 1,352 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 971 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,510 m.

The land around Mī’ēso is covered by shrubs (41%) and cropland (39%) within 3 km, shrubs (61%) and cropland (33%) within 16 km, and shrubs (54%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
315 m
16 km
971 m
80 km
2,510 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwetland
August weather nearby: Āsbe Teferī 21 km · Bedēsa 37 km · Hīrna 38 km · Gelemso 53 km · Āwash 70 km · Deder 76 km · Chelenko 90 km · Metahāra 99 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 Mī’ēso (9.2348°, 40.7559°, elevation 1,322 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).