Climate averages 1991–2020
Sodo weather
in October.
A warm, 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 Sodo: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 12.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 128 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes October a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gununo (14 km away). In October its highs average 22.8°C, about as warm as Sodo, with 160 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Sodo ranks joint 30th of 40 for the warmest October highs and 30th of 40 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 40 cities is 24.0°C; Sodo is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 128 mm to 41 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
Sodo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.3°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 18 | 3.7 | 11.812 h |
| February | 26.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 21 | 4.3 | 11.912 h |
| March | 26.2°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 70 | 11.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.4°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 160 | 20.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 22.6°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 210 | 25.0 | 12.412 h |
| June | 21.1°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 198 | 24.9 | 12.513 h |
| July | 20.2°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 238 | 27.0 | 12.512 h |
| August | 20.6°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 253 | 26.4 | 12.312 h |
| September | 21.5°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 227 | 24.8 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 22.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 128 | 18.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 23.9°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 41 | 6.1 | 11.812 h |
| December | 24.6°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 15 | 2.7 | 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
- Gununo in OctoberEthiopia · 14 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 13.0°C · 160 mm rain
- Āreka in OctoberEthiopia · 24 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 13.5°C · 160 mm rain
- K’olīto in OctoberEthiopia · 62 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Yirga ‘Alem in OctoberEthiopia · 73 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 12.9°C · 201 mm rain
- Hosa’ina in OctoberEthiopia · 77 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 10.1°C · 215 mm rain
- Dīla in OctoberEthiopia · 79 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 390 mm rain
- Awasa in OctoberEthiopia · 82 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.2°C · 155 mm rain
- Shashamane in OctoberEthiopia · 100 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 12.8°C · 96 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 Sodo) is explained once on the Sodo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.