Climate averages 1991–2020
Dessie weather
in January.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Dessie: daytime highs average 18.8°C and nights cool to about 7.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 33 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kombolcha (13 km away). In January its highs average 22.0°C, 3.2°C warmer than Dessie, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Dessie ranks 39th of 40 for the warmest January highs and 35th of 40 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 40 cities is 25.1°C; Dessie is 6.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 19.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 43 mm to 44 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Kombolcha in JanuaryEthiopia · 13 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 11.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Weldiya in JanuaryEthiopia · 77 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 12.0°C · 69 mm rain
- Alamata in JanuaryEthiopia · 143 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 12.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in JanuaryEthiopia · 162 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 7.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Debre Mark’os in JanuaryEthiopia · 225 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 9.6°C · 13 mm rain
- Bahir Dar in JanuaryEthiopia · 250 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.5°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Addis Ababa in JanuaryEthiopia · 254 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 9.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Mek'ele in JanuaryEthiopia · 263 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 10.9°C · 23 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.