Climate averages 1991–2020
Dire Dawa weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Dire Dawa: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 95 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Harar (42 km away). In May its highs average 23.8°C, 6.8°C cooler than Dire Dawa, with 121 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Dire Dawa ranks 4th of 40 for the warmest May highs and 18th of 40 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 40 cities is 25.5°C; Dire Dawa is 5.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 95 mm to 30 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Harar in MayEthiopia · 42 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.7°C · 121 mm rain
- Ārabī in MayEthiopia · 80 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 21.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Jijiga in MayEthiopia · 106 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 77 mm rain
- Borama in MaySomalia · 149 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Ruqi in MaySomalia · 176 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Gebiley in MaySomalia · 193 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Hargeysa in MaySomalia · 241 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in MayEthiopia · 256 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 11.1°C · 78 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.