Climate averages 1991–2020
Waliso 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 Waliso: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 10.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Welk’īt’ē (34 km away). In October its highs average 22.6°C, about as warm as Waliso, with 96 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Waliso ranks joint 30th of 40 for the warmest October highs and 23rd of 40 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 40 cities is 24.0°C; Waliso is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 23.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 73 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
Waliso climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.5°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 10 | 2.7 | 11.712 h |
| February | 25.7°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 15 | 3.4 | 11.812 h |
| March | 25.9°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 56 | 8.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.1°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 97 | 13.6 | 12.312 h |
| May | 23.6°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 176 | 19.9 | 12.513 h |
| June | 20.6°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 186 | 28.2 | 12.613 h |
| July | 19.1°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 235 | 30.3 | 12.613 h |
| August | 19.3°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 243 | 30.4 | 12.412 h |
| September | 20.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 286 | 28.0 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 22.4°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 73 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 23.5°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 16 | 2.8 | 11.712 h |
| December | 23.9°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 4.9 | 1.1 | 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
October in nearby cities
- Welk’īt’ē in OctoberEthiopia · 34 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 10.0°C · 96 mm rain
- Hāgere Hiywet in OctoberEthiopia · 52 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 189 mm rain
- Butajīra in OctoberEthiopia · 64 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 12.8°C · 88 mm rain
- Sebeta in OctoberEthiopia · 83 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 9.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Addis Ababa in OctoberEthiopia · 102 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 8.8°C · 48 mm rain
- Mek’ī in OctoberEthiopia · 103 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 15.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Ziway in OctoberEthiopia · 106 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Hosa’ina in OctoberEthiopia · 110 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 10.1°C · 215 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 Waliso) is explained once on the Waliso year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.