Climate averages 1991–2020
Awasa weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Awasa: daytime highs average 23.5°C and nights cool to about 14.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 155 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes October a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shashamane (21 km away). In October its highs average 21.6°C, 1.9°C cooler than Awasa, with 96 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Awasa ranks joint 20th of 40 for the warmest October highs and 32nd of 40 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 40 cities is 24.0°C; Awasa is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 155 mm to 39 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
Awasa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.1°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 17 | 3.2 | 11.812 h |
| February | 27.4°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 21 | 3.4 | 11.912 h |
| March | 27.8°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 72 | 9.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.2°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 156 | 17.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 24.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 177 | 23.6 | 12.412 h |
| June | 22.8°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 70 | 18.8 | 12.513 h |
| July | 21.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 63 | 19.2 | 12.512 h |
| August | 22.2°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 81 | 21.2 | 12.312 h |
| September | 23.1°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 171 | 25.0 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 23.5°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 155 | 17.4 | 12.012 h |
| November | 24.4°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 39 | 5.3 | 11.812 h |
| December | 25.1°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 11 | 2.3 | 11.712 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
- Shashamane in OctoberEthiopia · 21 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 12.8°C · 96 mm rain
- Yirga ‘Alem in OctoberEthiopia · 35 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 12.9°C · 201 mm rain
- Arsi Negele in OctoberEthiopia · 39 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 13.1°C · 261 mm rain
- K’olīto in OctoberEthiopia · 52 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Dīla in OctoberEthiopia · 74 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 390 mm rain
- Sodo in OctoberEthiopia · 82 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 12.4°C · 128 mm rain
- Āreka in OctoberEthiopia · 86 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 13.5°C · 160 mm rain
- Hosa’ina in OctoberEthiopia · 88 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 10.1°C · 215 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 Awasa) is explained once on the Awasa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.