Gondar weather by month & the best time to visit

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The best time to visit Gondar is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with February and December close behind. Gondar averages about 3,297 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 1 mm of rain in January.

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Sun hours / year

3,297

Sunniest month

January

Peak score

99/100

Rain / year

1,416 mm

Midday UV at peak

13 (extreme)

Population

466k

Elevation

1,969 m

When is the best time to visit Gondar?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Gondar is January, then February and December. The dullest month is June (71/100, 200 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Gondar?

Gondar is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,297 hours of sunshine a year. January (99/100) is noticeably better than June (71). It ranks #10 of 22 destinations in Ethiopia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,219 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 67% of the year's 1,416 mm falls in the three months around July.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Addis Ababa Ethiopia · 421 km · best in Jan · 3,090 h sun/yr
• Khartoum Sudan · 627 km · best in Jan · 3,820 h sun/yr
• Djibouti Djibouti · 632 km · best in Jan · 3,064 h sun/yr
• Jizan Saudi Arabia · 738 km · best in Feb · 3,288 h sun/yr
• Port Sudan Sudan · 769 km · best in Feb · 2,938 h sun/yr
• Aden Yemen · 825 km · best in Feb · 3,336 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Bahir Dar Ethiopia · 102 km · 3,284 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Shire Inda Selassie Ethiopia · 195 km · 3,416 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Axum Ethiopia · 232 km · 3,416 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Mekele Ethiopia · 251 km · 3,309 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Dessie Ethiopia · 295 km · 3,154 h sun/yr · best in Jan