Climate averages 1991–2020
Dīla weather
in October.
A warm, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Dīla: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 390 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes October a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yirga ‘Alem (39 km away). In October its highs average 22.8°C, about as warm as Dīla, with 201 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Dīla ranks 23rd of 40 for the warmest October highs and 40th of 40 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 40 cities is 24.0°C; Dīla is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 24.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 390 mm to 160 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
October in nearby cities
- Yirga ‘Alem in OctoberEthiopia · 39 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 12.9°C · 201 mm rain
- Awasa in OctoberEthiopia · 74 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.2°C · 155 mm rain
- Sodo in OctoberEthiopia · 79 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 12.4°C · 128 mm rain
- Shashamane in OctoberEthiopia · 93 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 12.8°C · 96 mm rain
- Gununo in OctoberEthiopia · 93 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 13.0°C · 160 mm rain
- Āreka in OctoberEthiopia · 99 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 13.5°C · 160 mm rain
- K’olīto in OctoberEthiopia · 103 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Arsi Negele in OctoberEthiopia · 112 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 13.1°C · 261 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.