Bahir Dar weather by month & the best time to visit

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

The best time to visit Bahir Dar is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 98/100), with February and December close behind. Bahir Dar averages about 3,284 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 28°C / 82°F and roughly 4 mm of rain in January.

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Sun hours / year

3,284

Sunniest month

January

Peak score

98/100

Rain / year

1,508 mm

Midday UV at peak

13 (extreme)

Population

350k

Elevation

1,818 m

When is the best time to visit Bahir Dar?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Bahir Dar is January, then February and December. The dullest month is June (71/100, 197 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Bahir Dar?

Bahir Dar is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,284 hours of sunshine a year. January (98/100) is noticeably better than June (71). It ranks #11 of 22 destinations in Ethiopia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,219 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 64% of the year's 1,508 mm falls in the three months around August.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Addis Ababa Ethiopia · 334 km · best in Jan · 3,090 h sun/yr
• Djibouti Djibouti · 636 km · best in Jan · 3,064 h sun/yr
• Khartoum Sudan · 679 km · best in Jan · 3,820 h sun/yr
• Jizan Saudi Arabia · 817 km · best in Feb · 3,288 h sun/yr
• Aden Yemen · 849 km · best in Feb · 3,336 h sun/yr
• Port Sudan Sudan · 870 km · best in Feb · 2,938 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Gondar Ethiopia · 102 km · 3,297 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Dessie Ethiopia · 268 km · 3,154 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Shire Inda Selassie Ethiopia · 293 km · 3,416 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Mekele Ethiopia · 317 km · 3,309 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Axum Ethiopia · 323 km · 3,416 h sun/yr · best in Jan