Climate averages 1991–2020
Dire Dawa weather
in November.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Dire Dawa: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes November a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 42 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Harar (42 km away). In November its highs average 23.5°C, 4.3°C cooler than Dire Dawa, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Dire Dawa ranks 4th of 40 for the warmest November highs and 27th of 40 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 40 cities is 24.3°C; Dire Dawa is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 35 mm to 20 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Harar in NovemberEthiopia · 42 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 13.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Ārabī in NovemberEthiopia · 80 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 16.9°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Jijiga in NovemberEthiopia · 106 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 13.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Borama in NovemberSomalia · 149 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 12.5°C · 16 mm rain
- Ruqi in NovemberSomalia · 176 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Gebiley in NovemberSomalia · 193 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 13.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Hargeysa in NovemberSomalia · 241 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 14.8°C · 14 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in NovemberEthiopia · 256 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 7.3°C · 23 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.