Sodo, Ethiopia climate

As Tropical savanna (dry summer)

Sodo has a remarkably steady warm-temperate climate (Tropical savanna (dry summer), Köppen As). The hottest month is March with an average daily high near 30°C, while the coldest is July averaging around 15°C at night. Precipitation totals about 1617 mm a year and is strongly seasonal — August alone averages 232 mm while December barely receives 18 mm.

☀️ All year

Warm

Daytime highs near 30°C most of the year.

About 22 days a year above 32 °C

🌙 Nights

Stays warm

Even the coolest nights stay near 15°C.

🌧️ Rain

Very wet

About 1617 mm of rain a year.

Wettest in August

⛅ Sky & trend

Often cloudy

Cloudy skies much of the year.

Temperature & precipitation

Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figures

Hours of sunshine per day

Estimated sunny hours each month — daylight length × clear-sky fraction · 1991–2020 monthly cloud cover (NASA POWER)

Sodo climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	29	31	30	27	25	23	23	23	24	25	26	27
Avg temp (°C)	21	23	23	22	21	19	19	19	20	20	19	20
Avg low (°C)	13	15	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	13	12
Precipitation (mm)	23	27	85	189	225	183	215	232	228	147	45	18

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°C)	29	31	30	27	25	23
Avg temp (°C)	21	23	23	22	21	19
Avg low (°C)	13	15	17	17	16	16
Precipitation (mm)	23	27	85	189	225	183

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	23	23	24	25	26	27
Avg temp (°C)	19	19	20	20	19	20
Avg low (°C)	15	15	15	14	13	12
Precipitation (mm)	215	232	228	147	45	18

How often — frequency of weather events

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	1	10	9	2	—	—	—	—	—	0.1	—	0.1

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	1	10	9	2	—	—

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	—	—	—	0.1	—	0.1

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	46	52	64	74	71	74	82	81	75	66	49	38
Relative humidity (%)	54	48	56	73	80	83	83	82	79	76	69	61
Wind speed (mph)	2.7	2.7	2.5	2.3	2.2	2.6	2.9	2.9	2.5	2.5	2.8	2.8

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	46	52	64	74	71	74
Relative humidity (%)	54	48	56	73	80	83
Wind speed (mph)	2.7	2.7	2.5	2.3	2.2	2.6

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	82	81	75	66	49	38
Relative humidity (%)	83	82	79	76	69	61
Wind speed (mph)	2.9	2.9	2.5	2.5	2.8	2.8

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — modelled for this location from ERA5-Land reanalysis, a ~9 km global grid, because no long-record weather station is close enough to use.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

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