Climate averages 1991–2020
Dire Dawa weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Dire Dawa: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 153 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes April a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Harar (42 km away). In April its highs average 24.4°C, 5.2°C cooler than Dire Dawa, with 108 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Dire Dawa ranks 6th of 40 for the warmest April highs and 27th of 40 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 40 cities is 26.2°C; Dire Dawa is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 153 mm to 95 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Dire Dawa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 24 | 4.3 | 11.612 h |
| February | 28.3°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 30 | 4.2 | 11.812 h |
| March | 29.4°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 95 | 10.0 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 29.5°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 153 | 14.3 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.7°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 95 | 11.5 | 12.613 h |
| June | 31.6°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 30 | 8.3 | 12.713 h |
| July | 30.6°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 92 | 18.8 | 12.613 h |
| August | 30.2°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 127 | 22.3 | 12.412 h |
| September | 30.2°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 110 | 16.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.4°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 74 | 8.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 27.8°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 35 | 4.3 | 11.712 h |
| December | 26.6°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 20 | 3.1 | 11.612 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
April in nearby cities
- Harar in AprilEthiopia · 42 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 108 mm rain
- Ārabī in AprilEthiopia · 80 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Jijiga in AprilEthiopia · 106 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.2°C · 67 mm rain
- Borama in AprilSomalia · 149 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Ruqi in AprilSomalia · 176 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.2°C · 83 mm rain
- Gebiley in AprilSomalia · 193 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 73 mm rain
- Hargeysa in AprilSomalia · 241 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 18.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in AprilEthiopia · 256 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 10.2°C · 160 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 Dire Dawa) is explained once on the Dire Dawa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.