Climate averages 1991–2020
Jijiga weather
in September.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Jijiga: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Harar (75 km away). In September its highs average 23.4°C, 1.8°C cooler than Jijiga, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Jijiga ranks joint 8th of 40 for the warmest September highs and 4th of 40 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 40 cities is 23.6°C; Jijiga is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 30 mm to 45 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Harar in SeptemberEthiopia · 75 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.1°C · 71 mm rain
- Ārabī in SeptemberEthiopia · 76 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Borama in SeptemberSomalia · 78 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Ruqi in SeptemberSomalia · 98 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 20.8°C · 13 mm rain
- Gebiley in SeptemberSomalia · 98 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Dire Dawa in SeptemberEthiopia · 106 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 19.9°C · 110 mm rain
- Hargeysa in SeptemberSomalia · 141 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 19.8°C · 14 mm rain
- Djibouti in SeptemberDjibouti · 252 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 29.0°C · 9.6 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.