Shakiso weather in August

In August, Shakiso sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 33 mm of rain across 10.9 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of August to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Shakiso's 11th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Shakiso's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
10th warmest
Overnight low
14°
6th coldest
Rainfall
33 mm
10.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
6:23 AM – 6:34 PM
Cloud cover
83%
11th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
3.85 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

Shakiso is town in southern Ethiopia.

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical August day in Shakiso reaches about 21°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 19°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and about 2°C cooler than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Shakiso weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan26° / 12°102.111.78.1
Feb28° / 13°162.111.87.6
Mar27° / 14°819.5126.6
Apr24° / 14°22223.512.14.6
May23° / 15°19026.512.34.2
Jun21° / 14°4814.312.35.4
Jul20° / 14°3511.612.35.6
Aug21° / 14°3310.912.25.9
Sep23° / 14°5612.2126.1
Oct23° / 14°22626.311.94.3
Nov23° / 12°8215.211.76.0
Dec25° / 11°173.611.78.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 89%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1694
2694
3694
4694
5694
6694
7694
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Shakiso gets around 33 mm of rain over 10.9 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 35% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
139
238
338
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737
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937
1036
1136
1236
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1435
1534
1634
1734
1834
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2033
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2233
2333
2433
2534
2634
2734
2835
2935
3035
3135

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

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
163370
264360
364360
465350
566340
666340
767330
867330
968320
1068320
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Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August.

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

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
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318calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of August to 12 h 06 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 6:23 AM to 6:21 AM, and sunset from 6:38 PM to 6:28 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.36:236:38
212.36:236:38
312.26:236:38
412.26:236:37
512.26:236:37
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712.26:236:37
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1212.26:236:35
1312.26:236:35
1412.26:236:35
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1612.26:236:34
1712.26:236:34
1812.26:236:33
1912.26:236:33
2012.26:226:33
2112.26:226:32
2212.26:226:32
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2512.16:226:31
2612.16:226:30
2712.16:226:30
2812.16:216:29
2912.16:216:29
3012.16:216:28
3112.16:216:28

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.85 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.32 kWh/m² to a high of 6.55 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 3.85 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.4Moderate
23.4Moderate
33.5Moderate
43.5Moderate
53.5Moderate
63.5Moderate
73.5Moderate
83.6Moderate
93.6Moderate
103.6Moderate
113.7Moderate
123.7Moderate
133.7Moderate
143.8Moderate
153.8Moderate
163.9Moderate
173.9Moderate
183.9Moderate
194.0Moderate
204.0Bright
214.0Bright
224.1Bright
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264.2Bright
274.2Bright
284.3Bright
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304.3Bright
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Shakiso

In seasonPeak

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

Shakiso's rainy season is concentrated in October.

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

Is August a good time to visit Shakiso?

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

5.9
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
3.7
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Shakiso for sightseeing.

What to pack for Shakiso in August

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

In August, Shakiso sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Shakiso 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 Shakiso peaks around March 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 22 at about 11 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 16UV 15Nov 22UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Shakiso 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 Shakiso is worst in November — around 24 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateNov 1323 µg/m³Aug 2017 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan18Moderate
Feb18Moderate
Mar20Moderate
Apr21Moderate
May19Moderate
Jun22Moderate
Jul21Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct22Moderate
Nov24Moderate
Dec21Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Shakiso?

Shakiso sits at 5.8°N, 38.9°E, 1,741 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Kibre Mengist, 15 km away.

WenagoDīlaKele

Topography around Shakiso

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Shakiso has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 263 m around an average of 1,710 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 781 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,277 m.

The land around Shakiso is covered by trees (56%) and cropland (21%) within 3 km, trees (68%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and shrubs (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
263 m
16 km
781 m
80 km
2,277 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Kibre Mengist 15 km · Kercha 55 km · Hagere Maryam 76 km · Negēlē 90 km · Yirga Ch’efē 90 km · Wenago 94 km · Dīla 98 km · Kele 103 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 Shakiso (5.7649°, 38.9101°, elevation 1,741 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).