Mīlē weather in August

In August, Mīlē sees average daytime highs of 37°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 63 mm of rain across 11.4 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 37°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Mīlē's 11th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mīlē's year-round climate.

Daytime high
37°
5th warmest
Overnight low
26°
8th coldest
Rainfall
63 mm
11.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:10 AM – 6:32 PM
Cloud cover
39%
11th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
6.25 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.5
out of 10

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 37°C through the month.

A typical August day in Mīlē reaches about 37°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°C and 40°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C cooler than July and on par with September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Mīlē

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Mīlē weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 19°51.311.45.6
Feb33° / 20°81.611.64.4
Mar35° / 23°304.611.93.1
Apr36° / 25°406.312.22.1
May38° / 27°193.312.51.0
Jun40° / 28°20.112.70.0
Jul39° / 27°286.612.60.8
Aug37° / 26°6311.412.41.5
Sep37° / 27°224.412.11.6
Oct36° / 24°152.911.72.9
Nov33° / 21°81.711.54.4
Dec32° / 20°60.911.35.6

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% 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 19%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17129
27129
37129
47129
57228
67327
77426
87525
97525
107723
117723
127921
138020
148020
158218
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Mīlē gets around 63 mm of rain over 11.4 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 36% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
139
239
340
440
540
640
740
840
940
1040
1140
1240
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1439
1538
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2035
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2234
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3129

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the muggy band about 29% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 37% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1112727287
2102727297
392728297
482628298
582628308
672628308
772628309
862628319
962628319
1062628319
1152628329
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1352628328
1462628328
1562627328
1662727328
1772727328
1872726318
1982826317
2082826317
2182826307
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2392927297
2492927286
2593027277
2693028267
2793128257
2893128247
29103228247
30103228237
31103228227

Wind in August

Winds average 12 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
212light breeze
312calm
412calm
512calm
612calm
712calm
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912calm
1012calm
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3111calm

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 6:08 AM to 6:10 AM, and sunset from 6:38 PM to 6:24 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.56:086:38
212.56:086:38
312.56:086:38
412.56:086:37
512.56:086:37
612.56:096:37
712.56:096:36
812.56:096:36
912.46:096:36
1012.46:096:35
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1212.46:096:34
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2712.36:106:26
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2912.36:106:25
3012.26:106:25
3112.26:106:24

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.25 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.29 kWh/m² to a high of 6.82 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 6.25 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.0Bright
26.0Bright
36.0Intense
46.0Intense
56.0Intense
66.1Intense
76.1Intense
86.1Intense
96.1Intense
106.2Intense
116.2Intense
126.2Intense
136.2Intense
146.3Intense
156.3Intense
166.3Intense
176.3Intense
186.3Intense
196.3Intense
206.3Intense
216.4Intense
226.4Intense
236.4Intense
246.4Intense
256.4Intense
266.4Intense
276.4Intense
286.4Intense
296.4Intense
306.4Intense
316.4Intense
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Mīlē

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Is August a good time to visit Mīlē?

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

1.5
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Mīlē.

What to pack for Mīlē in August

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

In August, Mīlē sees daytime highs around 37°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Mīlē in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mīlē peaks around March 19 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeVery highMar 19UV 14Dec 13UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Mīlē 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 Mīlē is worst in August — around 41 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.8× the cleanest month (November, 22 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateAug 1141 µg/m³Nov 2122 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan25Moderate
Feb26Moderate
Mar28Moderate
Apr25Moderate
May31Moderate
Jun37Poor
Jul40Poor
Aug41Poor
Sep35Poor
Oct26Moderate
Nov22Moderate
Dec23Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Mīlē?

Mīlē sits at 11.4°N, 40.8°E, 491 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Logīya, 41 km away.

KombolchaHāyk’

Topography around Mīlē

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mīlē has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 102 m around an average of 497 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 381 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,190 m.

The land around Mīlē is covered by bare terrain (84%) within 3 km, bare terrain (88%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (55%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
102 m
16 km
381 m
80 km
1,190 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Logīya 41 km · Dubti 49 km · Samara 49 km · Asaita 75 km · Sifra 84 km · Batī 85 km · Kombolcha 117 km · Hāyk’ 118 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 Mīlē (11.4217°, 40.7628°, elevation 491 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).