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When to go to Aksum

Twelve months of averages for Aksum, and what they say about when to go.

When to go

What the averages say

Mean daily highs and lows and the month's rain, averaged over 2001 to 2020.

Official travel advice warns against all travel to Tigray at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.

Read the official travel advice (UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): July and August.
Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): July.
The warmest month is April (31°C) and the coolest August (24°C). The wettest is August (207 mm) and the driest January (1 mm); about 584 mm of rain falls in a year.

Aksum: highs, lows and rainHighLowRain

The year at a glance

Mild to warm and dry
Mild to warm, humid or showery
Hot
Cool
Wet
Cold

JanMild–warm, dry
FebMild–warm, dry
MarMild–warm, dry
AprMild–warm, dry
MayMild–warm, dry
JunMild–warm, dry
JulWet
AugWet
SeptMild–warm, mixed
OctMild–warm, dry
NovMild–warm, dry
DecMild–warm, dry

Month by month

Every month in Aksum

The whole year, with humidity, cloud and the sunlight reaching the ground.

Climate in Aksum by month: mean daily high and low, rain, and what the month is like
Month	High	Low	Rain	Humidity	Cloud	Sunlight (kWh/m²/day)	High in Dubai	What it is like
January	27°C	12°C	1 mm	48%	17%	5.8	23°C	Mild to warm and dry
February	29°C	14°C	3 mm	43%	20%	6.4	24°C	Mild to warm and dry
March	31°C	16°C	8 mm	39%	27%	6.9	27°C	Mild to warm and dry
April	31°C	18°C	23 mm	40%	37%	7.1	31°C	Mild to warm and dry
May	31°C	19°C	35 mm	41%	47%	6.8	35°C	Mild to warm and dry
June	29°C	18°C	41 mm	54%	61%	6.4	37°C	Mild to warm and dry
July	25°C	16°C	171 mm	74%	76%	5.5	39°C	Wet
August	24°C	16°C	207 mm	80%	77%	5.2	39°C	Wet
September	27°C	16°C	65 mm	64%	56%	6.2	37°C	Mild to warm, humid or showery
October	28°C	14°C	22 mm	53%	31%	6.4	34°C	Mild to warm and dry
November	27°C	13°C	5 mm	51%	19%	5.9	29°C	Mild to warm and dry
December	26°C	11°C	3 mm	50%	15%	5.6	25°C	Mild to warm and dry

The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.

Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.

The model's grid cell sits about 356 m lower than the town, so real temperatures there run a little cooler than these.

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Travel advice

Official travel advice warns against all travel to Tigray at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.

Read the official travel advice (UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Month

High

Low

Rain

Humidity

Cloud

Sunlight (kWh/m²/day)

High in Dubai

What it is like

January

27°C

12°C

1 mm

48%

17%

5.8

23°C

Mild to warm and dry

February

29°C

14°C

3 mm

43%

20%

6.4

24°C

Mild to warm and dry

March

31°C

16°C

8 mm

39%

27%

6.9

27°C

Mild to warm and dry

April

31°C

18°C

23 mm

40%

37%

7.1

31°C

Mild to warm and dry

May

31°C

19°C

35 mm

41%

47%

6.8

35°C

Mild to warm and dry

June

29°C

18°C

41 mm

54%

61%

6.4

37°C

Mild to warm and dry

July

25°C

16°C

171 mm

74%

76%

5.5

39°C

Wet

August

24°C

16°C

207 mm

80%

77%

5.2

39°C

Wet

September

27°C

16°C

65 mm

64%

56%

6.2

37°C

Mild to warm, humid or showery

October

28°C

14°C

22 mm

53%

31%

6.4

34°C

Mild to warm and dry

November

27°C

13°C

5 mm

51%

19%

5.9

29°C

Mild to warm and dry

December

26°C

11°C

3 mm

50%

15%

5.6

25°C

Mild to warm and dry