Climate averages 1991–2020
Aksum weather
in October.
A warm, very dry month: the 7th 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 warm month in Aksum: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.7 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Adwa (20 km away). In October its highs average 26.0°C, 1.1°C warmer than Aksum, with 9.5 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Aksum ranks 12th of 40 for the warmest October highs and 3rd of 40 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 40 cities is 24.0°C; Aksum is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 24.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 9.7 mm to 7.4 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
Aksum climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.4°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 3.0 | 0.5 | 11.411 h |
| February | 27.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 11.712 h |
| March | 28.5°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 15 | 2.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.0°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 21 | 4.9 | 12.412 h |
| May | 28.5°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 42 | 6.5 | 12.813 h |
| June | 26.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 118 | 15.5 | 12.913 h |
| July | 22.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 293 | 30.2 | 12.913 h |
| August | 22.2°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 297 | 30.4 | 12.613 h |
| September | 23.9°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 87 | 12.7 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 24.9°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 9.7 | 1.8 | 11.812 h |
| November | 24.6°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 7.4 | 1.5 | 11.511 h |
| December | 24.6°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 11.311 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
- Adwa in OctoberEthiopia · 20 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 11.4°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Inda Silasē in OctoberEthiopia · 48 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 14.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Ādīgrat in OctoberEthiopia · 81 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 24 mm rain
- Mek'ele in OctoberEthiopia · 107 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 12.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Asmara in OctoberEritrea · 137 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 11.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Keren in OctoberEritrea · 187 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 14.9°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Alamata in OctoberEthiopia · 210 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 16.5°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Weldiya in OctoberEthiopia · 272 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 25 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 Aksum) is explained once on the Aksum year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.