Arba Minch
City in Ethiopia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Skyline view of AMU1: Admasu B / Original uploaded by: Gulmammad, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Arba Minch is a city in Ethiopia, in South Ethiopia Regional State. About 201,000 people live in the city proper, making it the 15th largest city of Ethiopia in our atlas.
It lies at 6.03° N, 37.55° E, about 1,269 m (4,163 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Addis_Ababa time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Arba Minch. Green dots: other major cities of Ethiopia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Arba Minch has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Feb, with average highs near 30°C (87°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 15°C (59°F). Around 1,172 mm (46 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Apr.
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.
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- Awasa · 153 km
- Shashamane · 174 km
- Jimma · 198 km
- Nazrēt · 338 km
- Bishoftu · 341 km
- Addis Ababa · 357 km
- Dessie · 611 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 343663 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q626861 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Skyline view of AMU1: Admasu B / Original uploaded by: Gulmammad, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)