Climate averages 1991–2020
Dire Dawa weather
in January.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Dire Dawa: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 14.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 38 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Harar (42 km away). In January its highs average 24.0°C, 2.7°C cooler than Dire Dawa, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Dire Dawa ranks joint 7th of 40 for the warmest January highs and joint 27th of 40 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 40 cities is 25.1°C; Dire Dawa is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 24 mm to 30 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Harar in JanuaryEthiopia · 42 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 12.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Ārabī in JanuaryEthiopia · 80 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 15.3°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Jijiga in JanuaryEthiopia · 106 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.4°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Borama in JanuarySomalia · 149 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 12.0°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Ruqi in JanuarySomalia · 176 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 13.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Gebiley in JanuarySomalia · 193 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 12.0°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Hargeysa in JanuarySomalia · 241 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in JanuaryEthiopia · 256 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 7.4°C · 49 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.