Climate averages 1991–2020
Welk’īt’ē weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Welk’īt’ē: daytime highs average 22.6°C and nights cool to about 10.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Waliso (34 km away). In October its highs average 22.4°C, about as warm as Welk’īt’ē, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Welk’īt’ē ranks 29th of 40 for the warmest October highs and joint 26th of 40 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 40 cities is 24.0°C; Welk’īt’ē is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 96 mm to 17 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
Welk’īt’ē climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.0°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 7.9 | 1.9 | 11.712 h |
| February | 26.3°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 11 | 2.6 | 11.912 h |
| March | 26.5°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 42 | 7.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.7°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 82 | 13.2 | 12.312 h |
| May | 23.6°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 185 | 20.7 | 12.512 h |
| June | 20.9°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 187 | 27.7 | 12.613 h |
| July | 19.7°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 214 | 29.2 | 12.613 h |
| August | 19.7°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 222 | 28.9 | 12.412 h |
| September | 20.4°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 294 | 28.5 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 22.6°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 96 | 11.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 23.9°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 17 | 3.0 | 11.812 h |
| December | 24.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 4.1 | 1.2 | 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
- Waliso in OctoberEthiopia · 34 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Butajīra in OctoberEthiopia · 67 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 12.8°C · 88 mm rain
- Hāgere Hiywet in OctoberEthiopia · 78 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 189 mm rain
- Hosa’ina in OctoberEthiopia · 82 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 10.1°C · 215 mm rain
- Ziway in OctoberEthiopia · 110 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.7°C · 50 mm rain
- K’olīto in OctoberEthiopia · 112 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Mek’ī in OctoberEthiopia · 115 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 15.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Sebeta in OctoberEthiopia · 116 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 9.0°C · 56 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 Welk’īt’ē) is explained once on the Welk’īt’ē year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.