Gonder
Ethiopia
Gonder served as the seat of Ethiopian emperors for some two centuries after Emperor Fasilides established his court here in 1636, leaving behind a royal enclosure — Fasil Ghebbi — and a cluster of castles and churches that now form a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city sits in highland terrain ringed by mountains, and its historic centre draws visitors with one of the most concentrated collections of imperial-era architecture in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Population466,000
- Nearest water from center 29 km18 mi
- Nearest mountain from center 2.6 km1.6 mi
Nearest airports
Climate · monthly averages
J
17°62°
5mm0.2in
F
19°65°
5mm0.3in
M
20°67°
25mm1.0in
A
20°69°
40mm1.6in
M
20°67°
115mm4.6in
J
17°63°
295mm11.6in
J
16°60°
525mm20.7in
A
16°60°
615mm24.1in
S
16°61°
405mm15.9in
O
16°61°
85mm3.3in
N
16°62°
15mm0.7in
D
17°62°
5mm0.2in
Avg temp · total precipitation, 1991–2020 monthly normals · ERA5-Land · methodology ↗