Climate averages 1991–2020
Weldiya weather
in October.
A warm, fairly dry month: the joint 6th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Weldiya: daytime highs average 25.4°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Alamata (66 km away). In October its highs average 27.1°C, 1.7°C warmer than Weldiya, with 8.4 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Weldiya ranks 11th of 40 for the warmest October highs and 8th of 40 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 40 cities is 24.0°C; Weldiya is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 25 mm to 34 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
Weldiya climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.1°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 69 | 12.6 | 11.512 h |
| February | 23.4°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 77 | 11.9 | 11.712 h |
| March | 24.3°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 189 | 19.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 167 | 18.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 27.5°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 59 | 9.3 | 12.713 h |
| June | 29.3°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 36 | 6.1 | 12.813 h |
| July | 28.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 288 | 22.9 | 12.713 h |
| August | 26.9°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 253 | 24.4 | 12.513 h |
| September | 26.8°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 43 | 9.5 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 25.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 25 | 5.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 23.9°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 34 | 5.8 | 11.612 h |
| December | 22.6°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 39 | 6.9 | 11.411 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
- Alamata in OctoberEthiopia · 66 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 16.5°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Dessie in OctoberEthiopia · 77 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 8.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Kombolcha in OctoberEthiopia · 85 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 12.2°C · 36 mm rain
- Mek'ele in OctoberEthiopia · 186 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 12.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in OctoberEthiopia · 239 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 8.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Bahir Dar in OctoberEthiopia · 241 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Debre Mark’os in OctoberEthiopia · 261 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 9.6°C · 126 mm rain
- Adwa in OctoberEthiopia · 270 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 11.4°C · 9.5 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 Weldiya) is explained once on the Weldiya year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.