According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Ethiopia is April to May and September to October. Plan 10–14 days.
Best months for Ethiopia
- Best months
- April to May and September to October
- How long to stay
- 10–14 days
- Continent
- Africa
What Ethiopia is best for
Lalibela rock churches, Gondar castles, Simien and Bale trekking, and remote Danakil Depression expeditions.
The UK or US government advises against travel here at the moment. Check your own government’s travel advice before you plan anything.
- Prices
- € · cheaper than in Slovakia
Weather in Ethiopia by month
Monthly averages around Addis Ababa; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about 15 °C | little rain (12 mm) |
| February | about 17 °C | little rain (27 mm) |
| March | about 18 °C | some rain (54 mm) |
| April best | about 18 °C | some rain (90 mm) |
| May best | about 18 °C | some rain (87 mm) |
| June | about 18 °C | a lot of rain (117 mm) |
| July | about 16 °C | a lot of rain (231 mm) |
| August | about 16 °C | a lot of rain (237 mm) |
| September best | about 16 °C | a lot of rain (144 mm) |
| October best | about 14 °C | some rain (33 mm) |
| November | about 14 °C | little rain (15 mm) |
| December | about 14 °C | little rain (12 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Ethiopia
- Capital
- Addis Ababa
- Language
- Amharic
- Currency
- Ethiopian Birr (ETB)
- Time
- UTC+3
- Plugs
- Type C, E, F, J, L · 220 V
- Driving
- On the right
- Calling code
- +251
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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