Climate averages 1991–2020
Dire Dawa weather
in December.
A warm, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 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 Dire Dawa: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 14.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 34 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Harar (42 km away). In December its highs average 23.3°C, 3.2°C cooler than Dire Dawa, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Dire Dawa ranks 4th of 40 for the warmest December highs and 33rd of 40 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 40 cities is 24.5°C; Dire Dawa is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 24 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Harar in DecemberEthiopia · 42 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 12.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Ārabī in DecemberEthiopia · 80 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 15.3°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Jijiga in DecemberEthiopia · 106 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 12.0°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Borama in DecemberSomalia · 149 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 11.5°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Ruqi in DecemberSomalia · 176 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 13.9°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Gebiley in DecemberSomalia · 193 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 11.7°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Hargeysa in DecemberSomalia · 241 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in DecemberEthiopia · 256 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 6.9°C · 17 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.