Climate averages 1991–2020
Butajīra weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Butajīra: daytime highs average 23.1°C and nights cool to about 12.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ziway (44 km away). In October its highs average 24.4°C, 1.3°C warmer than Butajīra, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Butajīra ranks 25th of 40 for the warmest October highs and 25th of 40 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 40 cities is 24.0°C; Butajīra is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 23.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 88 mm to 23 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
Butajīra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.0°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 44 | 5.6 | 11.712 h |
| February | 25.1°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 62 | 6.2 | 11.912 h |
| March | 25.6°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 179 | 11.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.9°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 349 | 16.5 | 12.312 h |
| May | 24.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 269 | 16.2 | 12.512 h |
| June | 22.7°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 230 | 24.4 | 12.613 h |
| July | 20.9°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 279 | 30.0 | 12.513 h |
| August | 20.9°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 346 | 30.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 21.7°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 408 | 26.2 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 23.1°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 88 | 8.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 23.5°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 23 | 2.7 | 11.812 h |
| December | 23.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 14 | 2.1 | 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
- Ziway in OctoberEthiopia · 44 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Mek’ī in OctoberEthiopia · 50 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 15.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Waliso in OctoberEthiopia · 64 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Welk’īt’ē in OctoberEthiopia · 67 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 10.0°C · 96 mm rain
- Hosa’ina in OctoberEthiopia · 85 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 10.1°C · 215 mm rain
- Arsi Negele in OctoberEthiopia · 91 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 13.1°C · 261 mm rain
- Sebeta in OctoberEthiopia · 93 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 9.0°C · 56 mm rain
- K’olīto in OctoberEthiopia · 94 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.9°C · 69 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 Butajīra) is explained once on the Butajīra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.