Climate averages 1991–2020
Negēlē weather
in October.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Negēlē: daytime highs average 23.2°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 207 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dīla (186 km away). In October its highs average 23.3°C, about as warm as Negēlē, with 390 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Negēlē ranks 24th of 40 for the warmest October highs and 37th of 40 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 40 cities is 24.0°C; Negēlē is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 207 mm to 94 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
Negēlē climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.8°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 9.6 | 1.4 | 11.812 h |
| February | 29.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 12 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| March | 27.8°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 73 | 8.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.8°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 219 | 22.9 | 12.212 h |
| May | 23.2°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 141 | 21.8 | 12.412 h |
| June | 22.1°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 19 | 6.0 | 12.412 h |
| July | 22.0°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 13 | 4.4 | 12.412 h |
| August | 23.1°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 10 | 3.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 24.7°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 27 | 4.5 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 23.2°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 207 | 22.5 | 12.012 h |
| November | 23.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 94 | 13.0 | 11.912 h |
| December | 26.0°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 16 | 3.0 | 11.812 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
- Dīla in OctoberEthiopia · 186 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 390 mm rain
- Yirga ‘Alem in OctoberEthiopia · 205 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 12.9°C · 201 mm rain
- Awasa in OctoberEthiopia · 229 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.2°C · 155 mm rain
- Shashamane in OctoberEthiopia · 236 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 12.8°C · 96 mm rain
- Arsi Negele in OctoberEthiopia · 248 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 13.1°C · 261 mm rain
- Sodo in OctoberEthiopia · 265 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 12.4°C · 128 mm rain
- K’olīto in OctoberEthiopia · 277 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Gununo in OctoberEthiopia · 278 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 13.0°C · 160 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 Negēlē) is explained once on the Negēlē year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.