Climate averages 1991–2020
Harar weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Harar: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 71 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dire Dawa (42 km away). In October its highs average 29.4°C, 5.8°C warmer than Harar, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Harar ranks joint 18th of 40 for the warmest October highs and 22nd of 40 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 40 cities is 24.0°C; Harar is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 23.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 71 mm to 25 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Dire Dawa in OctoberEthiopia · 42 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.4°C · 74 mm rain
- Jijiga in OctoberEthiopia · 75 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Ārabī in OctoberEthiopia · 83 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 18.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Borama in OctoberSomalia · 136 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 14.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Ruqi in OctoberSomalia · 161 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Gebiley in OctoberSomalia · 171 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 15.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Hargeysa in OctoberSomalia · 215 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Djibouti in OctoberDjibouti · 277 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 25.7°C · 32 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.