Climate averages 1991–2020
Harar weather
in February.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Harar: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dire Dawa (42 km away). In February its highs average 28.3°C, 2.7°C warmer than Harar, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Harar ranks 25th of 40 for the warmest February highs and joint 16th of 40 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 40 cities is 26.4°C; Harar is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 25.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 47 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Dire Dawa in FebruaryEthiopia · 42 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 15.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Jijiga in FebruaryEthiopia · 75 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 13.8°C · 6.6 mm rain
- Ārabī in FebruaryEthiopia · 83 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 16.5°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Borama in FebruarySomalia · 136 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 13.1°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Ruqi in FebruarySomalia · 161 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Gebiley in FebruarySomalia · 171 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 13.2°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Hargeysa in FebruarySomalia · 215 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Djibouti in FebruaryDjibouti · 277 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 16 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.