Climate averages 1991–2020
Dessie weather
in October.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Dessie: daytime highs average 19.3°C and nights cool to about 8.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kombolcha (13 km away). In October its highs average 23.5°C, 4.2°C warmer than Dessie, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Dessie ranks 39th of 40 for the warmest October highs and 12th of 40 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 40 cities is 24.0°C; Dessie is 4.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 19.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 33 mm to 25 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Kombolcha in OctoberEthiopia · 13 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 12.2°C · 36 mm rain
- Weldiya in OctoberEthiopia · 77 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Alamata in OctoberEthiopia · 143 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 16.5°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in OctoberEthiopia · 162 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 8.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Debre Mark’os in OctoberEthiopia · 225 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 9.6°C · 126 mm rain
- Bahir Dar in OctoberEthiopia · 250 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Addis Ababa in OctoberEthiopia · 254 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 8.8°C · 48 mm rain
- Mek'ele in OctoberEthiopia · 263 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 12.9°C · 12 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.