Semera weather by month & the best time to visit
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · small town · hot desert climate
The best time to visit Semera is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 88/100), with December close behind. Semera averages about 3,317 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 33°C / 91°F and roughly 5 mm of rain in January.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,317
- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 88/100
- Rain / year
- 351 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 12 (extreme)
- Population
- 50k
- Elevation
- 422 m
When is the best time to visit Semera?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Semera is January, then December. The dullest month is June (0/100, 8 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Semera?
Semera is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,317 hours of sunshine a year. 88 Sunshine Score points separate January (88) from June (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #8 of 22 destinations in Ethiopia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,219 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around August, carries about 60% of the annual 351 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 88 | 33° / 91°F | 18° / 64°F | 5 mm | 9 |
| February | 68 | 35° / 95°F | 19° / 66°F | 8 mm | 10 |
| March | 56 | 36° / 97°F | 21° / 70°F | 26 mm | 11 |
| April | 36 | 38° / 100°F | 23° / 73°F | 49 mm | 12 |
| May | 19 | 40° / 104°F | 27° / 81°F | 22 mm | 11 |
| June | 0 | 42° / 108°F | 29° / 84°F | 8 mm | 10 |
| July | 26 | 39° / 102°F | 28° / 82°F | 69 mm | 9 |
| August | 41 | 37° / 99°F | 27° / 81°F | 90 mm | 10 |
| September | 36 | 38° / 100°F | 27° / 81°F | 51 mm | 11 |
| October | 48 | 37° / 99°F | 23° / 73°F | 12 mm | 11 |
| November | 69 | 35° / 95°F | 20° / 68°F | 4 mm | 10 |
| December | 88 | 33° / 91°F | 18° / 64°F | 7 mm | 9 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Djibouti Djibouti · 238 km · best in Jan · 3,064 h sun/yr
- Addis Ababa Ethiopia · 394 km · best in Jan · 3,090 h sun/yr
- Aden Yemen · 454 km · best in Feb · 3,336 h sun/yr
- Jizan Saudi Arabia · 594 km · best in Feb · 3,288 h sun/yr
- Abha Saudi Arabia · 739 km · best in Jun · 3,555 h sun/yr
- Najran Saudi Arabia · 745 km · best in Jan · 3,871 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Dessie Ethiopia · 157 km · 3,154 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Mekele Ethiopia · 245 km · 3,309 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Dire Dawa Ethiopia · 258 km · 3,466 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Jijiga Ethiopia · 344 km · 3,488 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Axum Ethiopia · 356 km · 3,416 h sun/yr · best in Jan
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