Climate averages 1991–2020
Ārabī weather
in October.
A hot, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Ārabī: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Borama (76 km away). In October its highs average 27.5°C, 4.1°C cooler than Ārabī, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Ārabī ranks 2nd of 40 for the warmest October highs and 5th of 40 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 40 cities is 24.0°C; Ārabī is 7.6°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 13 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Borama in OctoberSomalia · 76 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 14.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Jijiga in OctoberEthiopia · 76 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Dire Dawa in OctoberEthiopia · 80 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.4°C · 74 mm rain
- Harar in OctoberEthiopia · 83 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 13.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Ruqi in OctoberSomalia · 102 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Gebiley in OctoberSomalia · 127 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 15.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Hargeysa in OctoberSomalia · 178 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Djibouti in OctoberDjibouti · 194 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 25.7°C · 32 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.