Shashamane
City in Ethiopia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Shashemene: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Shashamane is a city in Ethiopia, in Oromiya. About 208,400 people live in the city proper, making it the 12th largest city of Ethiopia in our atlas.
It lies at 7.20° N, 38.60° E, about 1,924 m (6,312 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Addis_Ababa time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Shashamane. Green dots: other major cities of Ethiopia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Shashamane has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb). The warmest month is usually Feb, with average highs near 25°C (78°F); the coolest nights come in Dec at about 8°C (46°F). Around 1,432 mm (56 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.
What to eat in EthiopiaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Awasa · 20 km
- Sodo · 100 km
- Nazrēt · 167 km
- Arba Minch · 174 km
- Bishoftu · 177 km
- Jimma · 201 km
- Addis Ababa · 203 km
- Dire Dawa · 447 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 328689 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q731020 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Shashemene: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)