Nazrēt
City in Ethiopia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
AdamaHotels: Joe Castleman (Gyrofrog), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Nazrēt is a city in Ethiopia, in Oromiya. About 456,900 people live in the city proper, making it the 5th largest city of Ethiopia in our atlas.
It lies at 8.55° N, 39.27° E, about 1,627 m (5,338 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Addis_Ababa time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Nazrēt. Green dots: other major cities of Ethiopia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Nazrēt has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Mar, with average highs near 30°C (85°F); the coolest nights come in Dec at about 11°C (52°F). Around 700 mm (28 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 · 39 km
- Addis Ababa · 78 km
- Shashamane · 167 km
- Awasa · 187 km
- Sodo · 250 km
- Jimma · 284 km
- Dessie · 290 km
- Dire Dawa · 308 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 330186 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q351427 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- AdamaHotels: Joe Castleman (Gyrofrog), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)