Climate averages 1991–2020
Yirga ‘Alem weather
in November.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Yirga ‘Alem: daytime highs average 24.1°C and nights cool to about 12.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Awasa (35 km away). In November its highs average 24.4°C, about as warm as Yirga ‘Alem, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Yirga ‘Alem ranks joint 20th of 40 for the warmest November highs and joint 37th of 40 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 40 cities is 24.3°C; Yirga ‘Alem is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 74 mm to 26 mm.
The annual picture
November 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
Yirga ‘Alem climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.4°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 26 | 4.4 | 11.812 h |
| February | 27.6°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 34 | 4.8 | 11.912 h |
| March | 27.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 98 | 11.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.2°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 211 | 20.5 | 12.312 h |
| May | 23.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 233 | 25.4 | 12.412 h |
| June | 21.6°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 131 | 25.7 | 12.513 h |
| July | 20.7°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 124 | 25.5 | 12.512 h |
| August | 21.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 150 | 26.3 | 12.312 h |
| September | 22.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 224 | 26.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 22.8°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 201 | 21.6 | 12.012 h |
| November, selected | 24.1°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 74 | 9.5 | 11.812 h |
| December | 25.2°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 26 | 4.0 | 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
November in nearby cities
- Awasa in NovemberEthiopia · 35 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 13.2°C · 39 mm rain
- Dīla in NovemberEthiopia · 39 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.6°C · 160 mm rain
- Shashamane in NovemberEthiopia · 54 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.7°C · 19 mm rain
- K’olīto in NovemberEthiopia · 73 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 13.5°C · 16 mm rain
- Arsi Negele in NovemberEthiopia · 73 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 11.9°C · 68 mm rain
- Sodo in NovemberEthiopia · 73 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 11.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Gununo in NovemberEthiopia · 87 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 12.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Āreka in NovemberEthiopia · 87 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 13.1°C · 47 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 Yirga ‘Alem) is explained once on the Yirga ‘Alem year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.