Climate averages 1991–2020
Harar weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Harar: daytime highs average 22.7°C and nights cool to about 14.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dire Dawa (42 km away). In August its highs average 30.2°C, 7.5°C warmer than Harar, with 127 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Harar ranks joint 13th of 40 for the warmest August highs and joint 6th of 40 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 40 cities is 22.8°C; Harar is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 23.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 81 mm to 71 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Dire Dawa in AugustEthiopia · 42 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 20.0°C · 127 mm rain
- Jijiga in AugustEthiopia · 75 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Ārabī in AugustEthiopia · 83 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 21.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Borama in AugustSomalia · 136 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Ruqi in AugustSomalia · 161 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 37 mm rain
- Gebiley in AugustSomalia · 171 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.8°C · 43 mm rain
- Hargeysa in AugustSomalia · 215 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Djibouti in AugustDjibouti · 277 kmHigh 38.7°C · Low 30.0°C · 14 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.