Climate averages 1991–2020
Dīla weather
in December.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Dīla: daytime highs average 25.4°C and nights cool to about 14.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 45 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yirga ‘Alem (39 km away). In December its highs average 25.2°C, about as warm as Dīla, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Dīla ranks 13th of 40 for the warmest December highs and 40th of 40 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 40 cities is 24.5°C; Dīla is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 56 mm to 40 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Dīla climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 40 | 5.7 | 11.812 h |
| February | 27.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 40 | 5.2 | 11.912 h |
| March | 27.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 126 | 12.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 303 | 23.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 23.7°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 330 | 28.3 | 12.412 h |
| June | 22.7°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 126 | 21.1 | 12.512 h |
| July | 21.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 94 | 18.9 | 12.512 h |
| August | 22.4°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 97 | 18.4 | 12.312 h |
| September | 23.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 212 | 24.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.3°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 390 | 27.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 24.2°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 160 | 15.5 | 11.812 h |
| December, selected | 25.4°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 56 | 7.1 | 11.812 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
December in nearby cities
- Yirga ‘Alem in DecemberEthiopia · 39 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 12.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Awasa in DecemberEthiopia · 74 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 12.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Sodo in DecemberEthiopia · 79 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 11.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Shashamane in DecemberEthiopia · 93 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 11.1°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Gununo in DecemberEthiopia · 93 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Āreka in DecemberEthiopia · 99 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 13.0°C · 18 mm rain
- K’olīto in DecemberEthiopia · 103 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 13.2°C · 4.8 mm rain
- Arsi Negele in DecemberEthiopia · 112 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 10.9°C · 27 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 Dīla) is explained once on the Dīla year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.