Climate averages 1991–2020
K’olīto weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in K’olīto: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 13.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 6th 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 (36 km away). In October its highs average 21.0°C, 3.0°C cooler than K’olīto, with 215 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, K’olīto ranks joint 15th of 40 for the warmest October highs and 21st of 40 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 40 cities is 24.0°C; K’olīto is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 69 mm to 16 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
K’olīto climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 11 | 2.3 | 11.712 h |
| February | 27.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 17 | 3.1 | 11.912 h |
| March | 27.7°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 52 | 8.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.2°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 121 | 15.0 | 12.312 h |
| May | 24.5°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 140 | 20.5 | 12.512 h |
| June | 22.8°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 105 | 23.9 | 12.513 h |
| July | 21.7°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 158 | 27.4 | 12.513 h |
| August | 22.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 173 | 27.8 | 12.412 h |
| September | 22.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 163 | 25.4 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 23.9°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 69 | 9.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 25.3°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 16 | 3.0 | 11.812 h |
| December | 25.8°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 4.8 | 1.1 | 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 · 36 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 10.1°C · 215 mm rain
- Āreka in OctoberEthiopia · 51 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 13.5°C · 160 mm rain
- Awasa in OctoberEthiopia · 52 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.2°C · 155 mm rain
- Shashamane in OctoberEthiopia · 58 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 12.8°C · 96 mm rain
- Sodo in OctoberEthiopia · 62 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 12.4°C · 128 mm rain
- Gununo in OctoberEthiopia · 64 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 13.0°C · 160 mm rain
- Arsi Negele in OctoberEthiopia · 65 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 13.1°C · 261 mm rain
- Yirga ‘Alem in OctoberEthiopia · 73 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 12.9°C · 201 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 K’olīto) is explained once on the K’olīto year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.