Jimma weather by month & the best time to visit

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

The best time to visit Jimma is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 90/100), with December and February close behind. Jimma averages about 2,555 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 26°C / 79°F and roughly 24 mm of rain in January.

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Sun hours / year

2,555

Sunniest month

January

Peak score

90/100

Rain / year

1,740 mm

Midday UV at peak

12 (extreme)

Population

251k

Elevation

1,713 m

When is the best time to visit Jimma?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Jimma is January, then December and February. The dullest month is April (66/100, 219 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Jimma?

Jimma gets a lot of sun: around 2,555 hours a year. January (90/100) is noticeably better than April (66). It ranks #18 of 22 destinations in Ethiopia for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,219 hours. The year's 1,740 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 · 262 km · best in Jan · 3,090 h sun/yr
• Djibouti Djibouti · 818 km · best in Jan · 3,064 h sun/yr
• Entebbe Uganda · 977 km · best in Jul · 2,497 h sun/yr
• Khartoum Sudan · 996 km · best in Jan · 3,820 h sun/yr
• Nairobi Kenya · 999 km · best in Jul · 2,913 h sun/yr
• Aden Yemen · 1,066 km · best in Feb · 3,336 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Mizan Teferi Ethiopia · 160 km · 2,444 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Tippi Ethiopia · 163 km · 2,229 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Hawassa Ethiopia · 185 km · 3,117 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Arba Minch Ethiopia · 200 km · 2,856 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Jinka Ethiopia · 215 km · 2,715 h sun/yr · best in Jan