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When to go to Bahir Dar

Twelve months of averages for Bahir Dar, 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 Amhara 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): June to September.
The warmest month is March (29°C) and the coolest August (21°C). The wettest is July (394 mm) and the driest January (4 mm); about 1,508 mm of rain falls in a year.

Bahir Dar: 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, mixed
MayMild–warm, mixed
JunWet
JulWet
AugWet
SeptWet
OctMild–warm, mixed
NovMild–warm, dry
DecMild–warm, dry

Month by month

Every month in Bahir Dar

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

Climate in Bahir Dar 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	26°C	11°C	4 mm	50%	27%	6.1	23°C	Mild to warm and dry
February	29°C	13°C	10 mm	42%	34%	6.6	24°C	Mild to warm and dry
March	29°C	15°C	29 mm	41%	43%	6.9	27°C	Mild to warm and dry
April	29°C	16°C	59 mm	45%	52%	6.9	31°C	Mild to warm, humid or showery
May	28°C	16°C	135 mm	56%	62%	6.4	35°C	Mild to warm, humid or showery
June	24°C	15°C	197 mm	72%	71%	5.9	37°C	Wet
July	21°C	14°C	394 mm	84%	83%	5.1	39°C	Wet
August	21°C	14°C	370 mm	86%	82%	5.2	39°C	Wet
September	22°C	14°C	200 mm	78%	64%	6	37°C	Wet
October	23°C	12°C	72 mm	68%	47%	6.3	34°C	Mild to warm, humid or showery
November	24°C	11°C	28 mm	63%	32%	6	29°C	Mild to warm and dry
December	25°C	11°C	10 mm	57%	22%	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.

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Travel advice

Official travel advice warns against all travel to Amhara 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

26°C

11°C

4 mm

50%

27%

6.1

23°C

Mild to warm and dry

February

29°C

13°C

10 mm

42%

34%

6.6

24°C

Mild to warm and dry

March

29°C

15°C

29 mm

41%

43%

6.9

27°C

Mild to warm and dry

April

29°C

16°C

59 mm

45%

52%

6.9

31°C

Mild to warm, humid or showery

May

28°C

16°C

135 mm

56%

62%

6.4

35°C

Mild to warm, humid or showery

June

24°C

15°C

197 mm

72%

71%

5.9

37°C

Wet

July

21°C

14°C

394 mm

84%

83%

5.1

39°C

Wet

August

21°C

14°C

370 mm

86%

82%

5.2

39°C

Wet

September

22°C

14°C

200 mm

78%

64%

37°C

Wet

October

23°C

12°C

72 mm

68%

47%

6.3

34°C

Mild to warm, humid or showery

November

24°C

11°C

28 mm

63%

32%

29°C

Mild to warm and dry

December

25°C

11°C

10 mm

57%

22%

25°C

Mild to warm and dry