Climate averages 1991–2020
Jijiga weather
in February.
A warm, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Jijiga: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.6 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes February a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Harar (75 km away). In February its highs average 25.5°C, 2.1°C cooler than Jijiga, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Jijiga ranks joint 12th of 40 for the warmest February highs and 9th of 40 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 40 cities is 26.4°C; Jijiga is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.6 mm to 25 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Harar in FebruaryEthiopia · 75 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 13.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Ārabī in FebruaryEthiopia · 76 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 16.5°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Borama in FebruarySomalia · 78 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 13.1°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Ruqi in FebruarySomalia · 98 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Gebiley in FebruarySomalia · 98 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 13.2°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Dire Dawa in FebruaryEthiopia · 106 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 15.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Hargeysa in FebruarySomalia · 141 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Djibouti in FebruaryDjibouti · 252 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 16 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.