Oromiya · EthiopiaSummit weather, forecast and climate

Alutu

Volcano2,335 m

Elevation2,335 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation2.7 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul19°average high

7.77° N, 38.78° EElevation 2,335 mUTC+3 · East Africa Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Alutu in brief

Alutu rises to 2,335 m, Oromiya, Ethiopia.

At the summit, March is the mildest month with average highs of 23°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.

The nearest town in the atlas is Ziway, 20 km to the N at 1,649 m.

iiForecast

Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.

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iiiSummit climate

Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted

Climate normals for Alutu by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	21°	22°	23°	22°	22°	20°	19°	19°	19°	21°	21°	21°
Average low	10°	11°	12°	13°	13°	12°	12°	12°	12°	12°	10°	10°
Precipitation	37 mm	62 mm	128 mm	166 mm	204 mm	198 mm	289 mm	287 mm	236 mm	101 mm	31 mm	25 mm
Cloud cover	19%	22%	30%	42%	39%	35%	48%	46%	36%	29%	18%	16%
Daylight	11h 43	11h 53	12h 04	12h 17	12h 28	12h 34	12h 32	12h 23	12h 10	11h 58	11h 46	11h 40
Month score	90	83	67	62	63	65	60	60	65	72	91	93

Average height of the 0 °C level from the summit normals (6.5 °C per km); snow months have a summit mean at or below +1 °C

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Freezing level	4,700 m	4,900 m	5,050 m	5,050 m	5,000 m	4,850 m	4,700 m	4,700 m	4,750 m	4,800 m	4,750 m	4,650 m
Summit	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C