Climate averages 1991–2020
Ārabī weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Ārabī: daytime highs average 32.8°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Borama (76 km away). In August its highs average 29.2°C, 3.6°C cooler than Ārabī, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Ārabī ranks 1st of 40 for the warmest August highs and 3rd of 40 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 40 cities is 22.8°C; Ārabī is 10.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs stay level at 32.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 19 mm to 4.0 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Ārabī climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.5°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 7.7 | 1.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 30.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 8.2 | 1.2 | 11.812 h |
| March | 31.7°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 32 | 4.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.1°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 42 | 6.8 | 12.312 h |
| May | 33.2°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 17 | 2.6 | 12.613 h |
| June | 34.0°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 1.5 | 0.5 | 12.713 h |
| July | 33.2°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 10 | 3.4 | 12.613 h |
| August, selected | 32.8°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 19 | 5.1 | 12.412 h |
| September | 32.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 4.0 | 1.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 13 | 2.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.8°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 9.5 | 1.3 | 11.712 h |
| December | 28.4°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 4.5 | 0.7 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Borama in AugustSomalia · 76 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Jijiga in AugustEthiopia · 76 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Dire Dawa in AugustEthiopia · 80 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 20.0°C · 127 mm rain
- Harar in AugustEthiopia · 83 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.0°C · 81 mm rain
- Ruqi in AugustSomalia · 102 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 37 mm rain
- Gebiley in AugustSomalia · 127 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.8°C · 43 mm rain
- Hargeysa in AugustSomalia · 178 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Djibouti in AugustDjibouti · 194 kmHigh 38.7°C · Low 30.0°C · 14 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 Ārabī) is explained once on the Ārabī year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.