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What the averages say
On these averages, Jimma has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in October to March.
Of those months, it is also dry (under 50 mm of rain) and not humid in December to February.
- Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): April to September.
- The warmest month is February (27°C) and the coolest July (20°C). The wettest is May (261 mm) and the driest January (24 mm); about 1,740 mm of rain falls in a year.
How these sentences are worded
Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.
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, mixed
- AprWet
- MayWet
- JunWet
- JulWet
- AugWet
- SeptWet
- OctMild–warm, mixed
- NovMild–warm, mixed
- DecMild–warm, dry
Month by month
Every month in Jimma
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25°C | 12°C | 24 mm | 62% | 52% | 5.6 | 23°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| February | 27°C | 14°C | 37 mm | 56% | 62% | 5.9 | 24°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| March | 27°C | 14°C | 112 mm | 63% | 72% | 6 | 27°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| April | 24°C | 14°C | 219 mm | 77% | 78% | 5.9 | 31°C | Wet |
| May | 22°C | 14°C | 261 mm | 84% | 81% | 5.6 | 35°C | Wet |
| June | 21°C | 13°C | 213 mm | 88% | 84% | 4.9 | 37°C | Wet |
| July | 20°C | 13°C | 198 mm | 88% | 89% | 4.1 | 39°C | Wet |
| August | 20°C | 13°C | 215 mm | 88% | 88% | 4.4 | 39°C | Wet |
| September | 21°C | 13°C | 208 mm | 86% | 83% | 5.1 | 37°C | Wet |
| October | 22°C | 13°C | 149 mm | 78% | 67% | 5.8 | 34°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| November | 23°C | 12°C | 71 mm | 72% | 57% | 5.6 | 29°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| December | 23°C | 11°C | 33 mm | 66% | 47% | 5.5 | 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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