Climate averages 1991–2020
Jijiga weather
in December.
A warm, very dry month: the joint 5th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Jijiga: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 12.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.4 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes December a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 35 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Harar (75 km away). In December its highs average 23.3°C, 2.1°C cooler than Jijiga, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Jijiga ranks 12th of 40 for the warmest December highs and 17th of 40 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 40 cities is 24.5°C; Jijiga is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 7.4 mm to 5.1 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Harar in DecemberEthiopia · 75 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 12.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Ārabī in DecemberEthiopia · 76 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 15.3°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Borama in DecemberSomalia · 78 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 11.5°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Ruqi in DecemberSomalia · 98 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 13.9°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Gebiley in DecemberSomalia · 98 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 11.7°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Dire Dawa in DecemberEthiopia · 106 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 14.1°C · 20 mm rain
- Hargeysa in DecemberSomalia · 141 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Djibouti in DecemberDjibouti · 252 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 24 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.