Hawassa weather by month & the best time to visit

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

The best time to visit Hawassa is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 94/100), with December and February close behind. Hawassa averages about 3,117 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 18 mm of rain in January.

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Sun hours / year

3,117

Sunniest month

January

Peak score

94/100

Rain / year

1,355 mm

Midday UV at peak

13 (extreme)

Population

422k

Elevation

1,727 m

When is the best time to visit Hawassa?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Hawassa is January, then December and February. The dullest month is April (70/100, 200 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Hawassa?

Hawassa is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,117 hours of sunshine a year. January (94/100) is noticeably better than April (70). It ranks #13 of 22 destinations in Ethiopia for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,219 hours. The year's 1,355 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 · 213 km · best in Jan · 3,090 h sun/yr
• Djibouti Djibouti · 719 km · best in Jan · 3,064 h sun/yr
• Nairobi Kenya · 950 km · best in Jul · 2,913 h sun/yr
• Mogadishu Somalia · 952 km · best in Sep · 3,195 h sun/yr
• Aden Yemen · 966 km · best in Feb · 3,336 h sun/yr
• Entebbe Uganda · 1,026 km · best in Jul · 2,497 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Arba Minch Ethiopia · 148 km · 2,856 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Jimma Ethiopia · 185 km · 2,555 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Jinka Ethiopia · 252 km · 2,715 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Mizan Teferi Ethiopia · 314 km · 2,444 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Tippi Ethiopia · 329 km · 2,229 h sun/yr · best in Jan