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Best Time for Ethiopia's Historic Route

Last updated: 2026-08-16

Sweet spot: January, February, April. Computed from NASA POWER climate normals across the route's overnight towns, balancing temperature, rainfall and daylight.

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After the rains: the highlands are green, the light is clean and the roads are passable.
Kiremt rains wash out the unsealed sections; Simien trekking is mud and cloud.

Month	Low	High	Rain	Daylight
January	10.6°C	24.8°C	5 mm	11.4 h
February	12.3°C	26.6°C	12 mm	11.6 h
March	13.8°C	27.2°C	29 mm	11.9 h
April	14.6°C	27.0°C	55 mm	12.3 h
May	15.2°C	26.4°C	91 mm	12.5 h
June	14.4°C	24.2°C	132 mm	12.7 h
July	13.6°C	20.7°C	302 mm	12.6 h
August	13.6°C	20.3°C	295 mm	12.4 h
September	13.6°C	21.5°C	145 mm	12.1 h
October	11.4°C	22.4°C	47 mm	11.7 h
November	10.4°C	23.1°C	18 mm	11.5 h
December	9.9°C	23.7°C	8 mm	11.3 h

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