Best time to visit Bishoftu

The best time to visit Bishoftu is October–May, judged on twenty years of weather records and the events worth going for.

Bishoftu, Oromiya, Ethiopia

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  • Best month
  • Made good or best by an event
Average daily high and low temperature, average precipitation and each month's verdict
MonthAverage daily highAverage daily lowPrecipitationVerdict
January25.3 °C / 78 °F10.7 °C / 51 °F3 mm / 0.1 inbest month
February26.6 °C / 80 °F12.4 °C / 54 °F8 mm / 0.3 inbest month
March27.4 °C / 81 °F14 °C / 57 °F30 mm / 1.2 inbest month
April27.3 °C / 81 °F14.8 °C / 59 °F56 mm / 2.2 inbest month
May27 °C / 81 °F14.6 °C / 58 °F76 mm / 3 inbest month
June25.4 °C / 78 °F14 °C / 57 °F101 mm / 4 ingood month
July22.8 °C / 73 °F13.7 °C / 57 °F183 mm / 7.2 ingood month
August22.2 °C / 72 °F13.6 °C / 56 °F200 mm / 7.9 inneither best nor good
September23 °C / 73 °F13.2 °C / 56 °F128 mm / 5 ingood month
October24.8 °C / 77 °F12 °C / 54 °F27 mm / 1.1 inbest month
November24.8 °C / 77 °F11.3 °C / 52 °F7 mm / 0.3 inbest month
December24.5 °C / 76 °F10.1 °C / 50 °F2 mm / 0.1 inbest month
Good and best months depend on more than temperature, rain and events. How they are chosen

Each activity on this page has its own good and best months, rated on twenty years of daily weather records. Which measures count, and how much, depends on the activity: humidity for exploring outdoors, wind for the beach, hiking and skiing, snow for skiing alone. Between them, the activities are rated on:

  • Daytime highs
  • Night-time lows
  • How warm it feels
  • Humidity
  • How much of the day is sunny
  • Hours of daylight
  • Monthly rainfall
  • How many days it rains
  • Days of heavy rain
  • Wind
  • Snowfall and days with snow
  • Major events, such as festivals

The chart shows the good and best months for exploring outdoors.

The event icon marks a month that an event lifts to good or best, such as a festival or a natural spectacle. Choose “Weather only” in the toolbar to rate the months on weather alone.

Best months by activity

Exploring outdoors

Mild days and nights, mostly dry and bright. The default for 'when should I go'.

  1. JJanuary: best
  2. FFebruary: best
  3. MMarch: best
  4. AApril: best
  5. MMay: best
  6. JJune: good
  7. JJuly: good
  8. AAugust: neither
  9. SSeptember: good
  10. OOctober: best
  11. NNovember: best
  12. DDecember: best
Best
October–May
Good
June–July, September
Why these months
  • January · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 24.1 °C / 75 °F, average daily high 25.3 °C / 78 °F, precipitation 3 mm / 0.1 in, share of daylight that is sunny 94%, wet days 0.8 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, average daily low 10.7 °C / 51 °F, relative humidity 51%.

  • February · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 25.5 °C / 78 °F, precipitation 8 mm / 0.3 in, share of daylight that is sunny 93%, average daily high 26.6 °C / 80 °F, wet days 1.9 days, days with heavy rain 0.1 days, average daily low 12.4 °C / 54 °F, relative humidity 47%.

  • March · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 26.6 °C / 80 °F, precipitation 30 mm / 1.2 in, share of daylight that is sunny 91%, average daily high 27.4 °C / 81 °F, wet days 6 days, days with heavy rain 0.7 days, average daily low 14 °C / 57 °F, relative humidity 47%.

  • April · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 26.8 °C / 80 °F, precipitation 56 mm / 2.2 in, share of daylight that is sunny 91%, average daily high 27.3 °C / 81 °F, days with heavy rain 1.3 days, average daily low 14.8 °C / 59 °F, relative humidity 56%, wet days 10.9 days.

  • May · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 26.8 °C / 80 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 90%, precipitation 76 mm / 3 in, average daily high 27 °C / 81 °F, days with heavy rain 2.7 days, average daily low 14.6 °C / 58 °F, relative humidity 60%, wet days 11.1 days.

  • June · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 26.1 °C / 79 °F, average daily high 25.4 °C / 78 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 83%, precipitation 101 mm / 4 in, days with heavy rain 2 days, average daily low 14 °C / 57 °F, relative humidity 70%.

    Against: wet days 18.5 days.

  • July · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 23.8 °C / 75 °F, average daily high 22.8 °C / 73 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 77%, average daily low 13.7 °C / 57 °F.

    Against: precipitation 183 mm / 7.2 in, wet days 29.1 days, days with heavy rain 4.7 days, relative humidity 81%.

  • September · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 24.8 °C / 77 °F, average daily high 23 °C / 73 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 90%, precipitation 128 mm / 5 in, average daily low 13.2 °C / 56 °F, days with heavy rain 3.4 days.

    Against: wet days 20.7 days, relative humidity 78%.

  • October · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 23.8 °C / 75 °F, average daily high 24.8 °C / 77 °F, precipitation 27 mm / 1.1 in, share of daylight that is sunny 96%, wet days 4.3 days, days with heavy rain 0.8 days, average daily low 12 °C / 54 °F, relative humidity 56%.

  • November · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 23.3 °C / 74 °F, average daily high 24.8 °C / 77 °F, precipitation 7 mm / 0.3 in, share of daylight that is sunny 97%, wet days 1.3 days, days with heavy rain 0.1 days, average daily low 11.3 °C / 52 °F, relative humidity 52%.

  • December · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 23.1 °C / 74 °F, average daily high 24.5 °C / 76 °F, precipitation 2 mm / 0.1 in, share of daylight that is sunny 95%, wet days 0.3 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, average daily low 10.1 °C / 50 °F, relative humidity 51%.

An activity is listed only where it applies: skiing at ski destinations, beach and swimming at beach destinations. The nearest ski area is אתר סקי הר החרמון, Mount Hermon ski resort, Centro de esquí Monte Hermón, 2750 km away.

Weather averages

Monthly averages over twenty years, 2006–2025. Highs, lows and precipitation are in the chart at the top.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels like (high) 24.1 °C25.5 °C26.6 °C26.8 °C26.8 °C26.1 °C23.8 °C23.8 °C24.8 °C23.8 °C23.3 °C23.1 °C
Days with heavy rain 0 days0.1 days0.7 days1.3 days2.7 days2 days4.7 days5.8 days3.4 days0.8 days0.1 days0 days
Time rain usually falls 9 pm5 pm5 pm9 pm5 pm5 pm5 pm5 pm5 pm3 pm11 am2 pm
Sunshine per day 11 h11 h11 h11.2 h11.2 h10.5 h9.7 h10.1 h10.9 h11.5 h11.4 h11 h
Relative humidity 51%47%47%56%60%70%81%83%78%56%52%51%

Air quality

Averaged over a shorter period (2022–2025) than the twenty-year averages above, and not counted towards good or best months.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Air pollution (PM2.5) 2022–202521.4 µg/m³18.9 µg/m³22.6 µg/m³23.5 µg/m³28.7 µg/m³33.3 µg/m³23.9 µg/m³22.6 µg/m³31.2 µg/m³23.5 µg/m³19.7 µg/m³22.6 µg/m³
Air pollution (PM2.5, daily peak) 2022–202541.6 µg/m³35.7 µg/m³41.2 µg/m³43.3 µg/m³50.2 µg/m³54.2 µg/m³40.5 µg/m³43 µg/m³53.4 µg/m³43.4 µg/m³40.4 µg/m³46.8 µg/m³
  • Good 15 µg/m³ or less
  • Fair 15 to 25 µg/m³
  • Moderate 25 to 37.5 µg/m³
  • Poor 37.5 to 50 µg/m³
  • Very poor 50 to 75 µg/m³
  • Extremely poor over 75 µg/m³

Each figure is compared with the World Health Organization's guideline for a day's air, 15 µg/m³ or less, and with its interim targets above that. The words are ours: the WHO does not name its steps. The figures are modelled monthly averages, so single days can be well above them. The daily peak is the average of each day's highest hour, shaded on the same scale.

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Monthly averages over 2006–2025, unless stated otherwise.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC-BY 4.0), generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5). City data from GeoNames (CC-BY 4.0). Air quality from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) and sea temperature from Météo-France / Copernicus Marine, both via Open-Meteo.com. Coastline from Natural Earth. Ski areas from OpenSkiMap.org, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Skimap.org. World Heritage sites from Wikidata (CC0), from the World Heritage List © UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Readership from Wikimedia pageview data (CC0). Destination classification derived from English Wikivoyage, © Wikivoyage contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).