Kercha Weather in August
Kercha in August
The short of it: Kercha in August averages a high of 21 °C (71 °F) and a low of 11 °C (52 °F), with 68 mm (2.7 in) of rain and about 12 h 18 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are December and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 21° · low 11° · rain 68 mm · daylight 12 h 18 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: December & January
Thirty years of records give Kercha an average August high of 21°, a low of 11° and some 68 mm of rain. Kercha's coldest stretch of the year, 21° by day and 11° by night. Wet spells are common — about 68 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 18 min in mid-August.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are December and January.
Against its neighbours, Kercha runs cooler than most and about as wet in August. Hagere Maryam, 25 km to the SW, is 3° warmer by day.
August in Kercha, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 11 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 18 min
- Average wind
- 5 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hagere MaryamOromiya | 25 km SW | 25° | 12° | 40 mm |
| Yirga Ch’efēSouth Ethiopia Regional State | 49 km NNW | 24° | 12° | 90 mm |
| KeleOromiya | 53 km NW | 28° | 16° | 46 mm |
| ShakisoOromiya | 55 km E | 24° | 14° | 42 mm |
| WenagoSouth Ethiopia Regional State | 62 km NNW | 26° | 14° | 82 mm |
| Kibre MengistOromiya | 65 km E | 26° | 14° | 46 mm |
| DīlaSouth Ethiopia Regional State | 72 km N | 26° | 14° | 83 mm |
| Hāgere SelamSidama Region | 79 km N | 17° | 6° | 153 mm |