Climate averages 1991–2020
Dire Dawa weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Dire Dawa: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Harar (42 km away). In October its highs average 23.6°C, 5.8°C cooler than Dire Dawa, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Dire Dawa ranks 4th of 40 for the warmest October highs and 24th of 40 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 40 cities is 24.0°C; Dire Dawa is 5.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 74 mm to 35 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Harar in OctoberEthiopia · 42 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 13.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Ārabī in OctoberEthiopia · 80 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 18.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Jijiga in OctoberEthiopia · 106 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Borama in OctoberSomalia · 149 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 14.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Ruqi in OctoberSomalia · 176 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Gebiley in OctoberSomalia · 193 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 15.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Hargeysa in OctoberSomalia · 241 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in OctoberEthiopia · 256 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 8.2°C · 47 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.