Climate averages 1991–2020
Dire Dawa weather
in June.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a hot month in Dire Dawa: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 20.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes June a fairly dry month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 40 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Harar (42 km away). In June its highs average 23.4°C, 8.2°C cooler than Dire Dawa, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Dire Dawa ranks 2nd of 40 for the warmest June highs and 9th of 40 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 40 cities is 24.5°C; Dire Dawa is 7.0°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 30 mm to 92 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Harar in JuneEthiopia · 42 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 13.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Ārabī in JuneEthiopia · 80 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Jijiga in JuneEthiopia · 106 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 15.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Borama in JuneSomalia · 149 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Ruqi in JuneSomalia · 176 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 20.9°C · 5.0 mm rain
- Gebiley in JuneSomalia · 193 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.1°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Hargeysa in JuneSomalia · 241 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 19.4°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in JuneEthiopia · 256 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 10.9°C · 113 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.