Axum weather by month & the best time to visit
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · highland city · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Axum is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with February and November close behind. Axum averages about 3,416 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 25°C / 77°F and roughly 1 mm of rain in January.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,416
- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 99/100
- Rain / year
- 584 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 13 (extreme)
- Population
- 458k
- Elevation
- 2,101 m
When is the best time to visit Axum?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Axum is January, then February and November. The dullest month is July (72/100, 171 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Axum?
Axum is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,416 hours of sunshine a year. January (99/100) is noticeably better than July (72). It ranks #4 of 22 destinations in Ethiopia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,219 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 76% of the year's 584 mm falls in the three months around August.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 99 | 25° / 77°F | 10° / 50°F | 1 mm | 10 |
| February | 99 | 27° / 81°F | 11° / 52°F | 3 mm | 11 |
| March | 98 | 29° / 84°F | 14° / 57°F | 8 mm | 13 |
| April | 95 | 29° / 84°F | 15° / 59°F | 23 mm | 13 |
| May | 93 | 29° / 84°F | 17° / 63°F | 35 mm | 12 |
| June | 92 | 27° / 81°F | 16° / 61°F | 41 mm | 11 |
| July | 72 | 22° / 72°F | 14° / 57°F | 171 mm | 10 |
| August | 72 | 22° / 72°F | 14° / 57°F | 207 mm | 10 |
| September | 88 | 25° / 77°F | 14° / 57°F | 65 mm | 11 |
| October | 95 | 25° / 77°F | 12° / 54°F | 22 mm | 11 |
| November | 99 | 25° / 77°F | 10° / 50°F | 5 mm | 10 |
| December | 99 | 24° / 75°F | 9° / 48°F | 3 mm | 9 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Jizan Saudi Arabia · 511 km · best in Feb · 3,288 h sun/yr
- Djibouti Djibouti · 556 km · best in Jan · 3,064 h sun/yr
- Addis Ababa Ethiopia · 575 km · best in Jan · 3,090 h sun/yr
- Port Sudan Sudan · 610 km · best in Feb · 2,938 h sun/yr
- Abha Saudi Arabia · 616 km · best in Jun · 3,555 h sun/yr
- Khartoum Sudan · 687 km · best in Jan · 3,820 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Shire Inda Selassie Ethiopia · 54 km · 3,416 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Mekele Ethiopia · 112 km · 3,309 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Asmara Eritrea · 128 km · 3,420 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Gondar Ethiopia · 232 km · 3,297 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Kassala Sudan · 297 km · 3,681 h sun/yr · best in Jan
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