Climate averages 1991–2020
Dire Dawa weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Dire Dawa: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 95 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Harar (42 km away). In March its highs average 25.8°C, 3.6°C cooler than Dire Dawa, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Dire Dawa ranks joint 5th of 40 for the warmest March highs and 29th of 40 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 40 cities is 26.8°C; Dire Dawa is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 95 mm to 153 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Harar in MarchEthiopia · 42 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 15.0°C · 47 mm rain
- Ārabī in MarchEthiopia · 80 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 19.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Jijiga in MarchEthiopia · 106 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 15.6°C · 25 mm rain
- Borama in MarchSomalia · 149 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Ruqi in MarchSomalia · 176 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Gebiley in MarchSomalia · 193 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Hargeysa in MarchSomalia · 241 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 16.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in MarchEthiopia · 256 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 9.4°C · 152 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.