Climate averages 1991–2020
Jimma weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Jimma: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 13.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 148 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hosa’ina (113 km away). In October its highs average 21.0°C, 2.9°C cooler than Jimma, with 215 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Jimma ranks joint 15th of 40 for the warmest October highs and 31st of 40 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 40 cities is 24.0°C; Jimma is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 24.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 148 mm to 50 mm.
The annual picture
October 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
Jimma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.0°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 24 | 4.9 | 11.712 h |
| February | 27.3°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 29 | 4.9 | 11.912 h |
| March | 27.1°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 75 | 11.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.9°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 142 | 19.2 | 12.312 h |
| May | 24.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 225 | 25.8 | 12.512 h |
| June | 23.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 179 | 28.3 | 12.613 h |
| July | 22.3°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 191 | 29.4 | 12.513 h |
| August | 22.5°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 205 | 29.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 23.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 248 | 29.3 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 23.9°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 148 | 17.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 24.6°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 50 | 7.4 | 11.812 h |
| December | 25.2°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 19 | 3.8 | 11.712 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
October in nearby cities
- Hosa’ina in OctoberEthiopia · 113 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 10.1°C · 215 mm rain
- Āreka in OctoberEthiopia · 117 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 13.5°C · 160 mm rain
- Gununo in OctoberEthiopia · 123 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 13.0°C · 160 mm rain
- Welk’īt’ē in OctoberEthiopia · 125 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 10.0°C · 96 mm rain
- Sodo in OctoberEthiopia · 137 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 12.4°C · 128 mm rain
- K’olīto in OctoberEthiopia · 143 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Waliso in OctoberEthiopia · 157 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Butajīra in OctoberEthiopia · 176 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 12.8°C · 88 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 Jimma) is explained once on the Jimma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.