Wonji weather in August

In August, Wonji sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 83 mm of rain across 18.4 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% 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 Wonji's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Wonji's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 83 mm; 18.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:19 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover: 53%; 12th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.62 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.4; out of 10

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month.

A typical August day in Wonji reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 29°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)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17

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

Wonji weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 13°	3	0.9	11.6	8.1
Feb	29° / 14°	5	1.3	11.7	6.8
Mar	30° / 16°	22	4.2	11.9	5.8
Apr	30° / 17°	30	6.1	12.2	5.3
May	31° / 17°	29	4.9	12.4	5.4
Jun	30° / 17°	17	4.4	12.5	6.0
Jul	27° / 17°	53	13.2	12.4	6.0
Aug	27° / 17°	83	18.4	12.3	5.4
Sep	28° / 17°	62	13.3	12	5.9
Oct	29° / 16°	17	3.2	11.8	6.9
Nov	28° / 14°	6	1.1	11.6	8.2
Dec	27° / 12°	2	0.5	11.5	8.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 36% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 31%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	59	59	59	59	59	60	60	61	61	63	63	65	65	67	68	70	70	72	73	74	75	75	76	77	77	78	78	79	79	80	80
Cloudier (%)	41	41	41	41	41	40	40	39	39	37	37	35	35	33	32	30	30	28	27	26	25	25	24	23	23	22	22	21	21	20	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	60	40
7	60	40
8	61	39
9	61	39
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	67	33
15	68	32
16	70	30
17	70	30
18	72	28
19	73	27
20	74	26
21	75	25
22	75	25
23	76	24
24	77	23
25	77	23
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	80	20
31	80	20

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Wonji gets around 83 mm of rain over 18.4 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 59% and peaks near 60% 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 (%)	56	56	57	57	58	58	58	59	59	59	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	59	59	59	59	58	58	57	56	56

	Rain chance (%)
1	56
2	56
3	57
4	57
5	58
6	58
7	58
8	59
9	59
10	59
11	60
12	60
13	60
14	60
15	60
16	60
17	60
18	60
19	60
20	60
21	60
22	60
23	59
24	59
25	59
26	59
27	58
28	58
29	57
30	56
31	56

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 93% 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
Dry (%)	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5
Comfortable (%)	92	93	93	93	92	93	93	93	93	93	93	92	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	92	92	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93
Humid (%)	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2

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

Wind in August

Winds average 9 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
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20	9	calm
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25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	8	calm
28	8	calm
29	8	calm
30	8	calm
31	8	calm

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 6:18 AM to 6:18 AM, and sunset from 6:40 PM to 6:28 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	12.4	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
Sunrise (AM)	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18
Sunset (PM)	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:28

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	6:18	6:40
2	12.4	6:18	6:40
3	12.4	6:18	6:40
4	12.4	6:18	6:40
5	12.4	6:18	6:39
6	12.3	6:18	6:39
7	12.3	6:19	6:39
8	12.3	6:19	6:39
9	12.3	6:19	6:38
10	12.3	6:19	6:38
11	12.3	6:19	6:38
12	12.3	6:19	6:37
13	12.3	6:19	6:37
14	12.3	6:19	6:36
15	12.3	6:19	6:36
16	12.3	6:19	6:36
17	12.3	6:19	6:35
18	12.3	6:19	6:35
19	12.3	6:19	6:34
20	12.3	6:19	6:34
21	12.2	6:19	6:33
22	12.2	6:19	6:33
23	12.2	6:19	6:32
24	12.2	6:19	6:32
25	12.2	6:19	6:31
26	12.2	6:18	6:31
27	12.2	6:18	6:30
28	12.2	6:18	6:30
29	12.2	6:18	6:29
30	12.2	6:18	6:29
31	12.2	6:18	6:28

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.62 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.38 kWh/m² to a high of 6.59 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 5.62 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)	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8
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	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.4	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.4	Bright
6	5.4	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.6	Bright
13	5.6	Bright
14	5.6	Bright
15	5.6	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.7	Bright
18	5.7	Bright
19	5.7	Bright
20	5.7	Bright
21	5.8	Bright
22	5.8	Bright
23	5.8	Bright
24	5.8	Bright
25	5.8	Bright
26	5.8	Bright
27	5.8	Bright
28	5.8	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.8	Bright
31	5.8	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Wonji?

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

5.4

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

5.6

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Wonji for sightseeing.

What to pack for Wonji in August

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

In August, Wonji sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Wonji 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 Wonji peaks around March 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 10 at about 11 (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)	13	14	16	15	13	12	12	14	13	13	11	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Wonji 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 Wonji is worst in June — around 39 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	25	26	27	26	31	39	32	29	36	32	24	24
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	25	Moderate
Feb	26	Moderate
Mar	27	Moderate
Apr	26	Moderate
May	31	Moderate
Jun	39	Poor
Jul	32	Moderate
Aug	29	Moderate
Sep	36	Poor
Oct	32	Moderate
Nov	24	Moderate
Dec	24	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Wonji?

Wonji sits at 8.5°N, 39.2°E, 1,559 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Wenjī, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Wonji

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Wonji has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 154 m around an average of 1,563 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 536 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,227 m.

The land around Wonji is covered by cropland (58%) within 3 km, cropland (53%) within 16 km, and cropland (70%) within 80 km.

3 km

154 m

cropland 58%

16 km

536 m

cropland 53%

80 km

3,227 m

cropland 70%

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

August weather nearby: Wenjī 7.0 km · Adama 12 km · Mojo 18 km · Sīrē 33 km · Welench’ītī 33 km · ‘Alem T’ēna 34 km · Īteya 36 km · Huruta 37 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 Wonji (8.4541°, 39.2175°, elevation 1,559 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	27	17
2	27	17
3	27	17
4	27	17
5	27	17
6	27	17
7	27	17
8	27	17
9	27	17
10	27	17
11	27	17
12	27	17
13	27	17
14	27	17
15	27	17
16	27	17
17	27	17
18	27	17
19	27	17
20	27	17
21	27	17
22	27	17
23	27	17
24	27	17
25	27	17
26	27	17
27	27	17
28	27	17
29	27	17
30	27	17
31	27	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	60	40
7	60	40
8	61	39
9	61	39
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	67	33
15	68	32
16	70	30
17	70	30
18	72	28
19	73	27
20	74	26
21	75	25
22	75	25
23	76	24
24	77	23
25	77	23
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	80	20
31	80	20

	Rain chance (%)
1	56
2	56
3	57
4	57
5	58
6	58
7	58
8	59
9	59
10	59
11	60
12	60
13	60
14	60
15	60
16	60
17	60
18	60
19	60
20	60
21	60
22	60
23	59
24	59
25	59
26	59
27	58
28	58
29	57
30	56
31	56

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	60	40
7	60	40
8	61	39
9	61	39
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	67	33
15	68	32
16	70	30
17	70	30
18	72	28
19	73	27
20	74	26
21	75	25
22	75	25
23	76	24
24	77	23
25	77	23
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	80	20
31	80	20

	Rain chance (%)
1	56
2	56
3	57
4	57
5	58
6	58
7	58
8	59
9	59
10	59
11	60
12	60
13	60
14	60
15	60
16	60
17	60
18	60
19	60
20	60
21	60
22	60
23	59
24	59
25	59
26	59
27	58
28	58
29	57
30	56
31	56

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	60	40
7	60	40
8	61	39
9	61	39
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	67	33
15	68	32
16	70	30
17	70	30
18	72	28
19	73	27
20	74	26
21	75	25
22	75	25
23	76	24
24	77	23
25	77	23
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	80	20
31	80	20

	Rain chance (%)
1	56
2	56
3	57
4	57
5	58
6	58
7	58
8	59
9	59
10	59
11	60
12	60
13	60
14	60
15	60
16	60
17	60
18	60
19	60
20	60
21	60
22	60
23	59
24	59
25	59
26	59
27	58
28	58
29	57
30	56
31	56

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