Shilavo weather by month & the best time to visit

🇪🇹 Ethiopia · small town · hot desert climate

The best time to visit Shilavo is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 88/100), with December and May close behind. Shilavo averages about 3,320 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 33°C / 91°F and roughly 4 mm of rain in July.

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Sun hours / year

3,320

Sunniest month

July

Peak score

88/100

Rain / year

327 mm

Midday UV at peak

13 (extreme)

Population

46k

Elevation

395 m

When is the best time to visit Shilavo?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Shilavo is July, then December and May. The dullest month is March (49/100, 9 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Shilavo?

Shilavo is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,320 hours of sunshine a year. July (88/100) is noticeably better than March (49). It ranks #6 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 May, carries about 49% of the annual 327 mm.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Mogadishu Somalia · 456 km · best in Sep · 3,195 h sun/yr
• Djibouti Djibouti · 633 km · best in Jan · 3,064 h sun/yr
• Addis Ababa Ethiopia · 732 km · best in Jan · 3,090 h sun/yr
• Aden Yemen · 751 km · best in Feb · 3,336 h sun/yr
• Nairobi Kenya · 1,197 km · best in Jul · 2,913 h sun/yr
• Jizan Saudi Arabia · 1,227 km · best in Feb · 3,288 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Kebri Dahar Ethiopia · 93 km · 3,319 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Gode Ethiopia · 132 km · 3,485 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Beledweyne Somalia · 155 km · 3,309 h sun/yr · best in Dec
• Galcaio Somalia · 307 km · 3,580 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Hargeisa Somalia · 389 km · 3,807 h sun/yr · best in Jan