Climate averages 1991–2020
Dessie weather
in June.
A warm, very dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a warm month in Dessie: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 10.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 8.5 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes June a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 46 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kombolcha (13 km away). In June its highs average 28.3°C, 4.8°C warmer than Dessie, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Dessie ranks 18th of 40 for the warmest June highs and 3rd of 40 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 40 cities is 24.5°C; Dessie is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 21.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.5 mm to 101 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Kombolcha in JuneEthiopia · 13 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 14.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Weldiya in JuneEthiopia · 77 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 15.2°C · 36 mm rain
- Alamata in JuneEthiopia · 143 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in JuneEthiopia · 162 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 10.9°C · 113 mm rain
- Debre Mark’os in JuneEthiopia · 225 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 11.3°C · 380 mm rain
- Bahir Dar in JuneEthiopia · 250 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 16.2°C · 284 mm rain
- Addis Ababa in JuneEthiopia · 254 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 11.0°C · 267 mm rain
- Mek'ele in JuneEthiopia · 263 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 14.9°C · 72 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.