Climate averages 1991–2020
Dire Dawa weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Dire Dawa: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 19.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes July a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 37 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Harar (42 km away). In July its highs average 22.6°C, 8.0°C cooler than Dire Dawa, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Dire Dawa ranks 3rd of 40 for the warmest July highs and 10th of 40 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 40 cities is 22.9°C; Dire Dawa is 7.7°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 92 mm to 127 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Harar in JulyEthiopia · 42 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 13.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Ārabī in JulyEthiopia · 80 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 21.5°C · 10 mm rain
- Jijiga in JulyEthiopia · 106 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 15.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Borama in JulySomalia · 149 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Ruqi in JulySomalia · 176 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 20.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Gebiley in JulySomalia · 193 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Hargeysa in JulySomalia · 241 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 19.0°C · 16 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in JulyEthiopia · 256 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 10.0°C · 484 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.