Climate averages 1991–2020
Yirga ‘Alem weather
in October.
A warm, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Yirga ‘Alem: daytime highs average 22.8°C and nights cool to about 12.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 201 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 9th 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 Awasa (35 km away). In October its highs average 23.5°C, 0.6°C warmer than Yirga ‘Alem, with 155 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Yirga ‘Alem ranks joint 27th of 40 for the warmest October highs and 36th of 40 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 40 cities is 24.0°C; Yirga ‘Alem is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 24.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 201 mm to 74 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
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, selected | 22.8°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 201 | 21.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 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
October in nearby cities
- Awasa in OctoberEthiopia · 35 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.2°C · 155 mm rain
- Dīla in OctoberEthiopia · 39 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 390 mm rain
- Shashamane in OctoberEthiopia · 54 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 12.8°C · 96 mm rain
- K’olīto in OctoberEthiopia · 73 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Arsi Negele in OctoberEthiopia · 73 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 13.1°C · 261 mm rain
- Sodo in OctoberEthiopia · 73 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 12.4°C · 128 mm rain
- Gununo in OctoberEthiopia · 87 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 13.0°C · 160 mm rain
- Āreka in OctoberEthiopia · 87 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 13.5°C · 160 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.