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Weather in Axum

Tue 🌦️ 23° 14° 💧100%
Wed ⛈️ 24° 15° 💧100%
Thu 🌦️ 24° 14° 💧100%
Fri 🌧️ 25° 14° 💧100%
Sat ⛈️ 24° 15° 💧100%
Sun 🌦️ 22° 13° 💧100%
Mon 🌦️ 19° 14° 💧97%

In Jul, Axum typically sees ~23°C daytime highs and 27 rainy days.

Best time to visit Axum — climate

Jan: ~26°C daytime, 0 rainy days 26° JanFeb: ~27°C daytime, 3 rainy days 27° FebMar: ~28°C daytime, 2 rainy days 28° MarApr: ~28°C daytime, 7 rainy days 28° AprMay: ~28°C daytime, 6 rainy days 28° MayJun: ~28°C daytime, 4 rainy days 28° JunJul: ~23°C daytime, 27 rainy days 23° JulAug: ~21°C daytime, 31 rainy days 21° AugSep: ~23°C daytime, 18 rainy days 23° SepOct: ~24°C daytime, 3 rainy days 24° OctNov: ~25°C daytime, 1 rainy days 25° NovDec: ~25°C daytime, 0 rainy days 25° Dec

Things to do in Axum

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About Axum

Axum (አክሱም, also spelt Aksum) is a city of 56,000 in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, just south of Eritrea, with which it shares the language of Tigrinya. It was for nearly 800 years the administrative centre of one of the great empires of the old world along with those of Rome, Persia and China and remains the ecclesiastical capital of the Ethiopian church.

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