Climate averages 1991–2020
Hosa’ina weather
in October.
A mild, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Hosa’ina: daytime highs average 21.0°C and nights cool to about 10.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 215 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is K’olīto (36 km away). In October its highs average 23.9°C, 3.0°C warmer than Hosa’ina, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Hosa’ina ranks joint 36th of 40 for the warmest October highs and 38th of 40 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 40 cities is 24.0°C; Hosa’ina is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 22.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 215 mm to 56 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
Hosa’ina climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.2°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 29 | 4.9 | 11.712 h |
| February | 24.2°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 40 | 5.8 | 11.912 h |
| March | 24.1°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 125 | 13.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 22.6°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 286 | 21.2 | 12.312 h |
| May | 21.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 322 | 25.0 | 12.512 h |
| June | 19.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 204 | 28.3 | 12.613 h |
| July | 18.5°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 261 | 30.2 | 12.513 h |
| August | 18.7°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 284 | 30.4 | 12.412 h |
| September | 19.4°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 355 | 28.7 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 21.0°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 215 | 13.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 22.3°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 56 | 4.7 | 11.812 h |
| December | 22.8°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 19 | 2.5 | 11.712 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
- K’olīto in OctoberEthiopia · 36 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Āreka in OctoberEthiopia · 56 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 13.5°C · 160 mm rain
- Gununo in OctoberEthiopia · 73 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 13.0°C · 160 mm rain
- Sodo in OctoberEthiopia · 77 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 12.4°C · 128 mm rain
- Welk’īt’ē in OctoberEthiopia · 82 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 10.0°C · 96 mm rain
- Butajīra in OctoberEthiopia · 85 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 12.8°C · 88 mm rain
- Awasa in OctoberEthiopia · 88 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.2°C · 155 mm rain
- Shashamane in OctoberEthiopia · 91 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 12.8°C · 96 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 Hosa’ina) is explained once on the Hosa’ina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.