Climate averages 1991–2020
Jijiga weather
in August.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Jijiga: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Harar (75 km away). In August its highs average 22.7°C, 1.6°C cooler than Jijiga, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Jijiga ranks 9th of 40 for the warmest August highs and 4th of 40 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 40 cities is 22.8°C; Jijiga is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 30 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Harar in AugustEthiopia · 75 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.0°C · 81 mm rain
- Ārabī in AugustEthiopia · 76 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 21.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Borama in AugustSomalia · 78 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Ruqi in AugustSomalia · 98 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 37 mm rain
- Gebiley in AugustSomalia · 98 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.8°C · 43 mm rain
- Dire Dawa in AugustEthiopia · 106 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 20.0°C · 127 mm rain
- Hargeysa in AugustSomalia · 141 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Djibouti in AugustDjibouti · 252 kmHigh 38.7°C · Low 30.0°C · 14 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.