EthiopiaSummit weather, forecast and climate

Mount Alayta

Shield volcano · last major eruption 19071,496 m

Elevation1,496 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation43 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul32°average high

12.89° N, 40.57° EElevation 1,496 mUTC+0 · Coordinated Universal Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Mount Alayta in brief

Mount Alayta rises to 1,496 m, Ethiopia.

At the summit, June is the mildest month with average highs of 33°, 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 Mount Alayta by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	24°	25°	28°	29°	31°	33°	32°	31°	31°	28°	26°	25°
Average low	13°	14°	15°	17°	19°	20°	20°	20°	19°	17°	14°	13°
Precipitation	8 mm	8 mm	20 mm	30 mm	19 mm	2 mm	21 mm	35 mm	20 mm	18 mm	7 mm	4 mm
Cloud cover	21%	24%	21%	20%	18%	18%	27%	28%	19%	13%	8%	13%
Daylight	11h 27	11h 43	12h 03	12h 25	12h 43	12h 53	12h 49	12h 33	12h 13	11h 51	11h 32	11h 22
Month score	98	97	84	75	68	65	66	64	71	82	93	99

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	4,350 m	4,500 m	4,800 m	5,050 m	5,400 m	5,600 m	5,450 m	5,400 m	5,300 m	4,950 m	4,650 m	4,400 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