Sodo
City in Ethiopia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Sodo is a city in Ethiopia, in South Ethiopia Regional State. About 204,100 people live in the city proper, making it the 14th largest city of Ethiopia in our atlas.
It lies at 6.86° N, 37.76° E, about 2,045 m (6,709 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Addis_Ababa time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Sodo. Green dots: other major cities of Ethiopia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Sodo has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Feb, with average highs near 31°C (87°F); the coolest nights come in Dec at about 12°C (54°F). Around 1,539 mm (61 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in May.
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 · 82 km
- Arba Minch · 95 km
- Shashamane · 100 km
- Jimma · 136 km
- Bishoftu · 249 km
- Nazrēt · 250 km
- Addis Ababa · 264 km
- Dessie · 517 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 7910079 (CC BY 4.0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.