Climate averages 1991–2020
Jijiga weather
in July.
A warm, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Jijiga: daytime highs average 23.8°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 37 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Harar (75 km away). In July its highs average 22.6°C, 1.2°C cooler than Jijiga, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Jijiga ranks joint 10th of 40 for the warmest July highs and 4th of 40 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 40 cities is 22.9°C; Jijiga is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 28 mm to 30 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Harar in JulyEthiopia · 75 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 13.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Ārabī in JulyEthiopia · 76 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 21.5°C · 10 mm rain
- Borama in JulySomalia · 78 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Ruqi in JulySomalia · 98 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 20.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Gebiley in JulySomalia · 98 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Dire Dawa in JulyEthiopia · 106 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 19.9°C · 92 mm rain
- Hargeysa in JulySomalia · 141 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 19.0°C · 16 mm rain
- Djibouti in JulyDjibouti · 252 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 30.6°C · 4.1 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.