Bahir Dar
City in Ethiopia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Bahir Dar 7: O.Mustafin, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Bahir Dar is a city in Ethiopia, in Amhara. About 350,000 people live in the city proper, making it the 8th largest city of Ethiopia in our atlas.
It lies at 11.59° N, 37.39° E, about 1,799 m (5,902 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Addis_Ababa time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Bahir Dar. Green dots: other major cities of Ethiopia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Bahir Dar has a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa). The warmest month is usually Mar, with average highs near 29°C (85°F); the coolest nights come in Dec at about 11°C (51°F). Around 1,508 mm (59 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jul.
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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- Dessie · 249 km
- Mek'ele · 310 km
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- Bishoftu · 360 km
- Nazrēt · 395 km
- Jimma · 439 km
- Shashamane · 505 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 342884 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q464699 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Bahir Dar 7: O.Mustafin, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)