Gonder
City in Ethiopia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Gonder from the Goha hotel: Giustino, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Gonder is a city in Ethiopia, in Amhara. About 466,000 people live in the city proper, making it the 3rd largest city of Ethiopia in our atlas.
It lies at 12.60° N, 37.47° E, about 2,201 m (7,221 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Addis_Ababa time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Gonder. Green dots: other major cities of Ethiopia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Gonder has a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 30°C (85°F); the coolest nights come in Dec at about 12°C (53°F). Around 1,416 mm (56 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.
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
- Bahir Dar · 112 km
- Mek'ele · 239 km
- Dessie · 286 km
- Addis Ababa · 420 km
- Bishoftu · 457 km
- Nazrēt · 490 km
- Jimma · 551 km
- Dire Dawa · 582 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 336014 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q218861 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Gonder from the Goha hotel: Giustino, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)