Climate averages 1991–2020
Dire Dawa weather
in September.
A hot, wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Dire Dawa: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 19.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 110 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes September a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Harar (42 km away). In September its highs average 23.4°C, 6.8°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 September highs and 16th of 40 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 40 cities is 23.6°C; Dire Dawa is 6.6°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 110 mm to 74 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Harar in SeptemberEthiopia · 42 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.1°C · 71 mm rain
- Ārabī in SeptemberEthiopia · 80 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Jijiga in SeptemberEthiopia · 106 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Borama in SeptemberSomalia · 149 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Ruqi in SeptemberSomalia · 176 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 20.8°C · 13 mm rain
- Gebiley in SeptemberSomalia · 193 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Hargeysa in SeptemberSomalia · 241 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 19.8°C · 14 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in SeptemberEthiopia · 256 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 9.7°C · 252 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.