Climate averages 1991–2020
Ziway weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th 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 Ziway: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a moderately 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 Mek’ī (26 km away). In October its highs average 26.1°C, 1.7°C warmer than Ziway, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Ziway ranks 13th of 40 for the warmest October highs and 17th of 40 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 40 cities is 24.0°C; Ziway is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 50 mm to 7.3 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
Ziway climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 3.3 | 0.9 | 11.712 h |
| February | 26.8°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 6.4 | 1.4 | 11.912 h |
| March | 27.2°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 28 | 5.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.7°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 56 | 9.8 | 12.312 h |
| May | 25.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 70 | 10.9 | 12.512 h |
| June | 24.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 27 | 6.2 | 12.613 h |
| July | 22.4°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 67 | 15.8 | 12.513 h |
| August | 22.0°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 107 | 20.7 | 12.412 h |
| September | 22.7°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 114 | 19.3 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 24.4°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 50 | 6.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 24.9°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 7.3 | 1.3 | 11.812 h |
| December | 24.8°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 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
- Mek’ī in OctoberEthiopia · 26 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 15.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Butajīra in OctoberEthiopia · 44 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 12.8°C · 88 mm rain
- Arsi Negele in OctoberEthiopia · 65 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 13.1°C · 261 mm rain
- Shashamane in OctoberEthiopia · 83 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 12.8°C · 96 mm rain
- Nazrēt in OctoberEthiopia · 91 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Bishoftu in OctoberEthiopia · 96 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 10.4°C · 26 mm rain
- K’olīto in OctoberEthiopia · 98 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Awasa in OctoberEthiopia · 100 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.2°C · 155 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 Ziway) is explained once on the Ziway year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.