Climate averages 1991–2020
Dire Dawa weather
in February.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Dire Dawa: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Harar (42 km away). In February its highs average 25.5°C, 2.7°C cooler than Dire Dawa, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Dire Dawa ranks 7th of 40 for the warmest February highs and 28th of 40 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 40 cities is 26.4°C; Dire Dawa is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 30 mm to 95 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Harar in FebruaryEthiopia · 42 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 13.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Ārabī in FebruaryEthiopia · 80 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 16.5°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Jijiga in FebruaryEthiopia · 106 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 13.8°C · 6.6 mm rain
- Borama in FebruarySomalia · 149 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 13.1°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Ruqi in FebruarySomalia · 176 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Gebiley in FebruarySomalia · 193 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 13.2°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Hargeysa in FebruarySomalia · 241 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in FebruaryEthiopia · 256 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 8.2°C · 56 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.