Erta Ale Range · EthiopiaSummit weather, forecast and climate

Erta Ale

Volcano613 m

Elevation613 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation11 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul39°average high

13.60° N, 40.66° EElevation 613 mUTC+0 · Coordinated Universal Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Erta Ale in brief

Erta Ale rises to 613 m in the Erta Ale Range, Ethiopia.

At the summit, June is the mildest month with average highs of 40°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.

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 Erta Ale by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	30°	31°	34°	36°	38°	40°	39°	38°	38°	35°	33°	31°
Average low	19°	20°	21°	24°	25°	25°	26°	26°	25°	23°	21°	20°
Precipitation	4 mm	5 mm	14 mm	16 mm	14 mm	3 mm	16 mm	27 mm	16 mm	10 mm	4 mm	2 mm
Cloud cover	16%	19%	16%	16%	16%	17%	26%	28%	18%	10%	6%	10%
Daylight	11h 24	11h 42	12h 03	12h 26	12h 45	12h 55	12h 51	12h 35	12h 13	11h 51	11h 30	11h 20
Month score	77	72	58	54	54	57	54	51	54	55	65	75

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	4,400 m	4,550 m	4,850 m	5,200 m	5,450 m	5,600 m	5,600 m	5,550 m	5,450 m	5,100 m	4,750 m	4,500 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

ivTerrain

vNeighbours

Mountain	Elevation	Prominence	Distance	July summit high
Ale Bagu	1,031 m	–	11 km S	36°
Borale Ale	668 m	–	15 km NW	40°
Dalaffilla	613 m	–	24 km NW	40°
Hayli Gubbi	521 m	–	12 km SE	40°