Climate averages 1991–2020
Harar weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Harar: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 108 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes April a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dire Dawa (42 km away). In April its highs average 29.5°C, 5.2°C warmer than Harar, with 153 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Harar ranks joint 30th of 40 for the warmest April highs and 18th of 40 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 40 cities is 26.2°C; Harar is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 108 mm to 121 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Harar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.0°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 11 | 2.2 | 11.612 h |
| February | 25.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 15 | 2.3 | 11.812 h |
| March | 25.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 47 | 6.9 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 24.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 108 | 15.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 23.8°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 121 | 19.8 | 12.513 h |
| June | 23.4°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 40 | 10.0 | 12.713 h |
| July | 22.6°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 63 | 15.3 | 12.613 h |
| August | 22.7°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 81 | 17.4 | 12.412 h |
| September | 23.4°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 71 | 14.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 71 | 10.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 23.5°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 25 | 3.9 | 11.712 h |
| December | 23.3°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 11 | 2.2 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Dire Dawa in AprilEthiopia · 42 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 19.1°C · 153 mm rain
- Jijiga in AprilEthiopia · 75 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.2°C · 67 mm rain
- Ārabī in AprilEthiopia · 83 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Borama in AprilSomalia · 136 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Ruqi in AprilSomalia · 161 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.2°C · 83 mm rain
- Gebiley in AprilSomalia · 171 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 73 mm rain
- Hargeysa in AprilSomalia · 215 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 18.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Djibouti in AprilDjibouti · 277 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.4°C · 28 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 Harar) is explained once on the Harar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.