Climate averages 1991–2020
Dessie weather
in July.
A mild, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Dessie: daytime highs average 21.8°C and nights cool to about 11.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 101 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes July a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 42 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kombolcha (13 km away). In July its highs average 26.5°C, 4.8°C warmer than Dessie, with 130 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Dessie ranks joint 21st of 40 for the warmest July highs and 12th of 40 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 40 cities is 22.9°C; Dessie is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 20.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 101 mm to 131 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Kombolcha in JulyEthiopia · 13 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 15.2°C · 130 mm rain
- Weldiya in JulyEthiopia · 77 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 15.5°C · 288 mm rain
- Alamata in JulyEthiopia · 143 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 17.1°C · 226 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in JulyEthiopia · 162 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 10.0°C · 484 mm rain
- Debre Mark’os in JulyEthiopia · 225 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 11.3°C · 425 mm rain
- Bahir Dar in JulyEthiopia · 250 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 521 mm rain
- Addis Ababa in JulyEthiopia · 254 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 11.2°C · 377 mm rain
- Mek'ele in JulyEthiopia · 263 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.4°C · 228 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.