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When to go to Gonder
Twelve months of averages for Gonder, 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.
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- Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): June to September.
- Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): June.
- The warmest month is March (30°C) and the coolest August (21°C). The wettest is July (377 mm) and the driest January (1 mm); about 1,416 mm of rain falls in a year.
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, mixed
- JunWet
- JulWet
- AugWet
- SeptWet
- OctMild–warm, mixed
- NovMild–warm, dry
- DecMild–warm, dry
Month by month
Every month in Gonder
The whole year, with humidity, cloud and the sunlight reaching the ground.
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27°C | 12°C | 1 mm | 43% | 26% | 6 | 23°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| February | 29°C | 14°C | 5 mm | 38% | 32% | 6.5 | 24°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| March | 30°C | 16°C | 18 mm | 37% | 40% | 6.8 | 27°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| April | 30°C | 17°C | 41 mm | 41% | 51% | 6.9 | 31°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| May | 28°C | 17°C | 115 mm | 52% | 63% | 6.4 | 35°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| June | 25°C | 15°C | 200 mm | 70% | 76% | 5.9 | 37°C | Wet |
| July | 21°C | 15°C | 377 mm | 84% | 85% | 5.2 | 39°C | Wet |
| August | 21°C | 15°C | 368 mm | 86% | 85% | 5.2 | 39°C | Wet |
| September | 23°C | 15°C | 200 mm | 78% | 68% | 5.9 | 37°C | Wet |
| October | 24°C | 13°C | 65 mm | 68% | 48% | 6.2 | 34°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| November | 25°C | 12°C | 19 mm | 59% | 31% | 6 | 29°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| December | 26°C | 12°C | 7 mm | 49% | 22% | 5.9 | 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.
When to go nearby
When to go nearby
- Asmara343 kmGood for going: July to March
- Addis Ababa421 kmGood for going: September to June
- Nazrēt491 kmGood for going: January to December
- Dire Dawa585 kmGood for going: January to December
- Balbala624 kmGood for going: November to March
- Awasa626 kmGood for going: June, July and October to March
- Djibouti628 kmGood for going: November to March
- Jijiga685 kmGood for going: January to December
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)