Nakfa
16.67° N, 38.47° E
When to go?
Mean 18 °C, 6 rain days in the month (27 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 19 °C, 3 rain days in the month (12 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 20 °C, 3 rain days in the month (21 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 21 °C, 6 rain days in the month (48 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 23 °C, 5 rain days in the month (52 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 26 °C, 3 rain days in the month (21 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
Mean 24 °C, 7 rain days in the month (65 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 24 °C, 9 rain days in the month (78 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 24 °C, 5 rain days in the month (36 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 22 °C, 2 rain days in the month (20 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 19 °C, 5 rain days in the month (46 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 18 °C, 5 rain days in the month (27 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
The best months are November–February. Avoid June (hot).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.8 °C; in the last ten years by +1.1 °C. Warmest year: 2015 (+1.6 °C), coldest: 1950 (−1.8 °C).
February and April warmed the most (+1.1 and +1.1 °C), August the least (+0.2 °C).
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: −6 % every ten years.