Climate averages 1991–2020
Jijiga weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Jijiga: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Harar (75 km away). In April its highs average 24.4°C, 1.8°C cooler than Jijiga, with 108 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Jijiga ranks joint 13th of 40 for the warmest April highs and 13th of 40 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 40 cities is 26.2°C; Jijiga is level with that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 67 mm to 77 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Jijiga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.2°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 5.1 | 0.6 | 11.612 h |
| February | 27.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 6.6 | 1.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 27.7°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 25 | 4.2 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 26.2°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 67 | 12.5 | 12.312 h |
| May | 25.3°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 77 | 16.2 | 12.513 h |
| June | 24.5°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 24 | 6.2 | 12.713 h |
| July | 23.8°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 28 | 7.9 | 12.613 h |
| August | 24.3°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 30 | 8.2 | 12.412 h |
| September | 25.2°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 30 | 7.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 25.5°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 45 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 25.5°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 14 | 2.5 | 11.712 h |
| December | 25.5°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 7.4 | 0.9 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Harar in AprilEthiopia · 75 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 108 mm rain
- Ārabī in AprilEthiopia · 76 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Borama in AprilSomalia · 78 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Ruqi in AprilSomalia · 98 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.2°C · 83 mm rain
- Gebiley in AprilSomalia · 98 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 73 mm rain
- Dire Dawa in AprilEthiopia · 106 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 19.1°C · 153 mm rain
- Hargeysa in AprilSomalia · 141 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 18.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Djibouti in AprilDjibouti · 252 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.4°C · 28 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 Jijiga) is explained once on the Jijiga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.