Arba Minch weather by month & the best time to visit

🇪🇹 Ethiopia · regional city · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate

The best time to visit Arba Minch is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 92/100), with December and February close behind. Arba Minch averages about 2,856 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 32°C / 90°F and roughly 21 mm of rain in January.

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Sun hours / year

2,856

Sunniest month

January

Peak score

92/100

Rain / year

1,172 mm

Midday UV at peak

12 (extreme)

Population

201k

Elevation

1,184 m

When is the best time to visit Arba Minch?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Arba Minch is January, then December and February. The dullest month is April (68/100, 200 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Arba Minch?

Arba Minch gets a lot of sun: around 2,856 hours a year. January (92/100) is noticeably better than April (68). It ranks #16 of 22 destinations in Ethiopia for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,219 hours. The year's 1,172 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Addis Ababa Ethiopia · 353 km · best in Jan · 3,090 h sun/yr
• Nairobi Kenya · 822 km · best in Jul · 2,913 h sun/yr
• Djibouti Djibouti · 866 km · best in Jan · 3,064 h sun/yr
• Entebbe Uganda · 878 km · best in Jul · 2,497 h sun/yr
• Mogadishu Somalia · 965 km · best in Sep · 3,195 h sun/yr
• Arusha Tanzania · 1,054 km · best in Jul · 2,565 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Jinka Ethiopia · 118 km · 2,715 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Hawassa Ethiopia · 148 km · 3,117 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Jimma Ethiopia · 200 km · 2,555 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Mizan Teferi Ethiopia · 247 km · 2,444 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Tippi Ethiopia · 273 km · 2,229 h sun/yr · best in Jan