Climate averages 1991–2020
Addis Ababa weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Addis Ababa: daytime highs average 20.8°C and nights cool to about 8.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sebeta (19 km away). In October its highs average 21.2°C, about as warm as Addis Ababa, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Addis Ababa ranks 38th of 40 for the warmest October highs and 16th of 40 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 40 cities is 24.0°C; Addis Ababa is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 21.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 48 mm to 9.5 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Addis Ababa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 15 | 3.3 | 11.712 h |
| February | 23.5°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 19 | 4.2 | 11.812 h |
| March | 23.7°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 65 | 9.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 23.3°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 142 | 13.6 | 12.312 h |
| May | 22.9°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 177 | 13.6 | 12.513 h |
| June | 21.3°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 267 | 23.5 | 12.613 h |
| July | 19.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 377 | 30.9 | 12.613 h |
| August | 19.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 407 | 31.0 | 12.412 h |
| September | 20.0°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 275 | 24.9 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 20.8°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 48 | 6.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 21.6°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 9.5 | 1.8 | 11.712 h |
| December | 21.7°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 5.8 | 1.2 | 11.612 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
October in nearby cities
- Sebeta in OctoberEthiopia · 19 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 9.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Bishoftu in OctoberEthiopia · 40 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 10.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Nazrēt in OctoberEthiopia · 78 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Mek’ī in OctoberEthiopia · 98 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 15.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Hāgere Hiywet in OctoberEthiopia · 99 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 189 mm rain
- Waliso in OctoberEthiopia · 102 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Butajīra in OctoberEthiopia · 109 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 12.8°C · 88 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in OctoberEthiopia · 113 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 8.2°C · 47 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Addis Ababa) is explained once on the Addis Ababa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.