Mek'ele
City in Ethiopia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Mek'ele is a city in Ethiopia, in Tigray. About 457,900 people live in the city proper, making it the 4th largest city of Ethiopia in our atlas.
It lies at 13.50° N, 39.48° E, about 2,068 m (6,785 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Addis_Ababa time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Mek'ele. Green dots: other major cities of Ethiopia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Mek'ele has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). The warmest month is usually May, with average highs near 28°C (83°F); the coolest nights come in Dec at about 8°C (46°F). Around 532 mm (21 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
- Gonder · 239 km
- Dessie · 263 km
- Bahir Dar · 309 km
- Addis Ababa · 503 km
- Dire Dawa · 504 km
- Bishoftu · 529 km
- Nazrēt · 550 km
- Jijiga · 584 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 331180 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q332319 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.