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When to go to Mek'ele

Twelve months of averages for Mek'ele, 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.
The warmest month is May (29°C) and the coolest December (23°C). The wettest is July (151 mm) and the driest January (6 mm); about 532 mm of rain falls in a year.

Mek'ele: 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, dry
JunMild–warm, dry
JulWet
AugMild–warm, mixed
SeptMild–warm, dry
OctMild–warm, dry
NovMild–warm, dry
DecMild–warm, dry

Month by month

Every month in Mek'ele

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

Climate in Mek'ele 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	24°C	9°C	6 mm	57%	34%	5.7	23°C	Mild to warm and dry
February	26°C	10°C	10 mm	53%	34%	6.3	24°C	Mild to warm and dry
March	27°C	12°C	16 mm	51%	38%	6.7	27°C	Mild to warm and dry
April	28°C	14°C	51 mm	53%	43%	7	31°C	Mild to warm, humid or showery
May	29°C	15°C	28 mm	49%	46%	6.8	35°C	Mild to warm and dry
June	28°C	15°C	41 mm	53%	58%	6.1	37°C	Mild to warm and dry
July	24°C	14°C	151 mm	72%	75%	5.4	39°C	Wet
August	24°C	14°C	148 mm	76%	75%	5.4	39°C	Mild to warm, humid or showery
September	25°C	13°C	40 mm	65%	57%	6.1	37°C	Mild to warm and dry
October	24°C	11°C	23 mm	60%	32%	6.4	34°C	Mild to warm and dry
November	24°C	9°C	8 mm	59%	31%	5.9	29°C	Mild to warm and dry
December	23°C	8°C	10 mm	58%	28%	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.

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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

24°C

9°C

6 mm

57%

34%

5.7

23°C

Mild to warm and dry

February

26°C

10°C

10 mm

53%

34%

6.3

24°C

Mild to warm and dry

March

27°C

12°C

16 mm

51%

38%

6.7

27°C

Mild to warm and dry

April

28°C

14°C

51 mm

53%

43%

31°C

Mild to warm, humid or showery

May

29°C

15°C

28 mm

49%

46%

6.8

35°C

Mild to warm and dry

June

28°C

15°C

41 mm

53%

58%

6.1

37°C

Mild to warm and dry

July

24°C

14°C

151 mm

72%

75%

5.4

39°C

Wet

August

24°C

14°C

148 mm

76%

75%

5.4

39°C

Mild to warm, humid or showery

September

25°C

13°C

40 mm

65%

57%

6.1

37°C

Mild to warm and dry

October

24°C

11°C

23 mm

60%

32%

6.4

34°C

Mild to warm and dry

November

24°C

9°C

8 mm

59%

31%

5.9

29°C

Mild to warm and dry

December

23°C

8°C

10 mm

58%

28%

5.6

25°C

Mild to warm and dry