Climate averages 1991–2020
Dessie weather
in February.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Dessie: daytime highs average 19.9°C and nights cool to about 8.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 46 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kombolcha (13 km away). In February its highs average 23.3°C, 3.4°C warmer than Dessie, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Dessie ranks 39th of 40 for the warmest February highs and 35th of 40 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 40 cities is 26.4°C; Dessie is 6.5°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 20.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 44 mm to 105 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Kombolcha in FebruaryEthiopia · 13 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Weldiya in FebruaryEthiopia · 77 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 12.7°C · 77 mm rain
- Alamata in FebruaryEthiopia · 143 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 13.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in FebruaryEthiopia · 162 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 8.2°C · 56 mm rain
- Debre Mark’os in FebruaryEthiopia · 225 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 10.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Bahir Dar in FebruaryEthiopia · 250 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 15.8°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Addis Ababa in FebruaryEthiopia · 254 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 10.1°C · 19 mm rain
- Mek'ele in FebruaryEthiopia · 263 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 11.6°C · 21 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.