Climate averages 1991–2020
Bishoftu weather
in October.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 9th 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 Bishoftu: daytime highs average 23.0°C and nights cool to about 10.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nazrēt (39 km away). In October its highs average 26.8°C, 3.8°C warmer than Bishoftu, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Bishoftu ranks 26th of 40 for the warmest October highs and 9th of 40 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 40 cities is 24.0°C; Bishoftu is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 23.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 26 mm to 6.1 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
Bishoftu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.9°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 5.7 | 1.7 | 11.712 h |
| February | 25.4°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 8.6 | 2.3 | 11.812 h |
| March | 26.2°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 29 | 6.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.1°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 52 | 10.3 | 12.312 h |
| May | 26.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 64 | 10.4 | 12.513 h |
| June | 24.3°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 107 | 19.1 | 12.613 h |
| July | 22.2°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 184 | 29.0 | 12.613 h |
| August | 21.8°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 197 | 29.7 | 12.412 h |
| September | 22.1°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 126 | 20.5 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 23.0°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 26 | 4.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 23.2°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 6.1 | 1.2 | 11.712 h |
| December | 23.1°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 2.1 | 0.6 | 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
- Nazrēt in OctoberEthiopia · 39 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Addis Ababa in OctoberEthiopia · 40 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 8.8°C · 48 mm rain
- Sebeta in OctoberEthiopia · 44 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 9.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Mek’ī in OctoberEthiopia · 69 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 15.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Ziway in OctoberEthiopia · 96 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Butajīra in OctoberEthiopia · 98 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 12.8°C · 88 mm rain
- Waliso in OctoberEthiopia · 114 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in OctoberEthiopia · 120 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 8.2°C · 47 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 Bishoftu) is explained once on the Bishoftu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.