Mekele weather by month & the best time to visit

🇪🇹 Ethiopia · highland city · semi-arid climate

The best time to visit Mekele is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 98/100), with February and November close behind. Mekele averages about 3,309 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 23°C / 73°F and roughly 6 mm of rain in January.

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Sun hours / year

3,309

Sunniest month

January

Peak score

98/100

Rain / year

532 mm

Midday UV at peak

13 (extreme)

Population

458k

Elevation

2,245 m

When is the best time to visit Mekele?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Mekele is January, then February and November. The dullest month is July (71/100, 151 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Mekele?

Mekele is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,309 hours of sunshine a year. January (98/100) is noticeably better than July (71). It ranks #9 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 532 mm falls in the three months around July.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Djibouti Djibouti · 448 km · best in Jan · 3,064 h sun/yr
• Jizan Saudi Arabia · 503 km · best in Feb · 3,288 h sun/yr
• Addis Ababa Ethiopia · 506 km · best in Jan · 3,090 h sun/yr
• Aden Yemen · 599 km · best in Feb · 3,336 h sun/yr
• Abha Saudi Arabia · 627 km · best in Jun · 3,555 h sun/yr
• Najran Saudi Arabia · 697 km · best in Jan · 3,871 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Axum Ethiopia · 112 km · 3,416 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Shire Inda Selassie Ethiopia · 152 km · 3,416 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Asmara Eritrea · 214 km · 3,420 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Semera Ethiopia · 245 km · 3,317 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Gondar Ethiopia · 251 km · 3,297 h sun/yr · best in Jan