Climate averages 1991–2020
Harar weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the 4th warmest and one of the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Harar: daytime highs average 24.0°C and nights cool to about 12.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 39 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dire Dawa (42 km away). In January its highs average 26.7°C, 2.7°C warmer than Harar, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Harar ranks joint 25th of 40 for the warmest January highs and joint 17th of 40 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 40 cities is 25.1°C; Harar is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 15 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Dire Dawa in JanuaryEthiopia · 42 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Jijiga in JanuaryEthiopia · 75 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.4°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Ārabī in JanuaryEthiopia · 83 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 15.3°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Borama in JanuarySomalia · 136 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 12.0°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Ruqi in JanuarySomalia · 161 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 13.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Gebiley in JanuarySomalia · 171 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 12.0°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Hargeysa in JanuarySomalia · 215 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Djibouti in JanuaryDjibouti · 277 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.8°C · 24 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.