Climate averages 1991–2020
Jijiga weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the joint 3rd warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Jijiga: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 12.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 38 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Harar (75 km away). In January its highs average 24.0°C, 2.2°C cooler than Jijiga, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Jijiga ranks 14th of 40 for the warmest January highs and 9th of 40 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 40 cities is 25.1°C; Jijiga is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.1 mm to 6.6 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Harar in JanuaryEthiopia · 75 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 12.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Ārabī in JanuaryEthiopia · 76 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 15.3°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Borama in JanuarySomalia · 78 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 12.0°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Ruqi in JanuarySomalia · 98 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 13.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Gebiley in JanuarySomalia · 98 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 12.0°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Dire Dawa in JanuaryEthiopia · 106 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Hargeysa in JanuarySomalia · 141 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Djibouti in JanuaryDjibouti · 252 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.8°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.