Climate averages 1991–2020
Harar weather
in July.
A warm, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Harar: daytime highs average 22.6°C and nights cool to about 13.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 37 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dire Dawa (42 km away). In July its highs average 30.6°C, 8.0°C warmer than Harar, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Harar ranks joint 14th of 40 for the warmest July highs and joint 7th of 40 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 40 cities is 22.9°C; Harar is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 22.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 63 mm to 81 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Dire Dawa in JulyEthiopia · 42 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 19.9°C · 92 mm rain
- Jijiga in JulyEthiopia · 75 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 15.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Ārabī in JulyEthiopia · 83 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 21.5°C · 10 mm rain
- Borama in JulySomalia · 136 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Ruqi in JulySomalia · 161 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 20.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Gebiley in JulySomalia · 171 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Hargeysa in JulySomalia · 215 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 19.0°C · 16 mm rain
- Djibouti in JulyDjibouti · 277 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 30.6°C · 4.1 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.