Climate averages 1991–2020
Dire Dawa weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Dire Dawa: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 20.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 127 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Harar (42 km away). In August its highs average 22.7°C, 7.5°C cooler than Dire Dawa, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Dire Dawa ranks 3rd of 40 for the warmest August highs and 12th of 40 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 40 cities is 22.8°C; Dire Dawa is 7.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs stay level at 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 127 mm to 110 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Harar in AugustEthiopia · 42 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.0°C · 81 mm rain
- Ārabī in AugustEthiopia · 80 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 21.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Jijiga in AugustEthiopia · 106 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Borama in AugustSomalia · 149 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Ruqi in AugustSomalia · 176 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 37 mm rain
- Gebiley in AugustSomalia · 193 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.8°C · 43 mm rain
- Hargeysa in AugustSomalia · 241 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in AugustEthiopia · 256 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 9.9°C · 579 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.