Addis Ababa
Capital of Ethiopia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
AddisView: DaneyWiki, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Addis Ababa is the capital of Ethiopia. About 3.9 million people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Ethiopia in our atlas.
It lies at 9.02° N, 38.75° E, about 2,405 m (7,890 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Addis_Ababa time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Addis Ababa. Green dots: other major cities of Ethiopia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Addis Ababa has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb). The warmest month is usually Mar, with average highs near 25°C (77°F); the coolest nights come in Dec at about 6°C (43°F). Around 1,083 mm (43 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Aug.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in EthiopiaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Bishoftu · 40 km
- Nazrēt · 78 km
- Shashamane · 203 km
- Awasa · 220 km
- Dessie · 253 km
- Jimma · 258 km
- Sodo · 263 km
- Bahir Dar · 322 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 344979 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q3624 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
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- AddisView: DaneyWiki, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Mount Entoto: BenschF, CC BY 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Jubilee Palace: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- CBE Headquarters: Varavour, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Arat Kilo Monument: Vob08, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- HagerFikirTheatre: Steffen Wurzel, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
