Climate averages 1991–2020
Dessie weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the joint 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Dessie: daytime highs average 18.7°C and nights cool to about 6.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 29 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kombolcha (13 km away). In December its highs average 22.1°C, 3.4°C warmer than Dessie, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Dessie ranks 39th of 40 for the warmest December highs and joint 34th of 40 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 40 cities is 24.5°C; Dessie is 5.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 18.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 25 mm to 43 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Dessie climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.8°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 43 | 8.3 | 11.512 h |
| February | 19.9°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 44 | 7.9 | 11.812 h |
| March | 20.5°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 105 | 14.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 20.9°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 113 | 15.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 21.9°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 47 | 7.9 | 12.613 h |
| June | 23.6°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 8.5 | 2.0 | 12.813 h |
| July | 21.8°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 101 | 15.5 | 12.713 h |
| August | 20.5°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 131 | 20.8 | 12.512 h |
| September | 20.0°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 59 | 12.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 19.3°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 33 | 6.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 19.0°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 25 | 3.7 | 11.612 h |
| December, selected | 18.7°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 25 | 4.7 | 11.511 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
December in nearby cities
- Kombolcha in DecemberEthiopia · 13 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 10.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Weldiya in DecemberEthiopia · 77 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 11.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Alamata in DecemberEthiopia · 143 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 12.8°C · 19 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in DecemberEthiopia · 162 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 6.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Debre Mark’os in DecemberEthiopia · 225 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 8.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Bahir Dar in DecemberEthiopia · 250 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.1°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Addis Ababa in DecemberEthiopia · 254 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 8.4°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Mek'ele in DecemberEthiopia · 263 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.4°C · 9.8 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 Dessie) is explained once on the Dessie year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.