Climate averages 1991–2020
Ārabī weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Ārabī: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.7 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes January a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 37 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Borama (76 km away). In January its highs average 24.7°C, 3.8°C cooler than Ārabī, with 9.2 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Ārabī ranks 3rd of 40 for the warmest January highs and 11th of 40 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 40 cities is 25.1°C; Ārabī is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.7 mm to 8.2 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Borama in JanuarySomalia · 76 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 12.0°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Jijiga in JanuaryEthiopia · 76 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.4°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Dire Dawa in JanuaryEthiopia · 80 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Harar in JanuaryEthiopia · 83 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 12.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Ruqi in JanuarySomalia · 102 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 13.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Gebiley in JanuarySomalia · 127 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 12.0°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Hargeysa in JanuarySomalia · 178 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Djibouti in JanuaryDjibouti · 194 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.8°C · 24 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.