Climate of Dire Dawa

Dire Dawa has a semi-arid climate. It is warm to hot all year round and trees don't grow here because of the drought. It consists mainly of sand with grasses and sometimes shrubs. The average annual temperature for Dire Dawa is 27° degrees and there is about 751 mm of rain in a year. It is dry for 168 days a year with an average humidity of 52% and an UV-index of 6.

Climate averages for the whole year

Day: the average daily temperature during the day is between 25°C and 29°C
Night:the average nighttime temperature is between 13°C and 19°C
Rain: it rains 163 days and there is a total of approximately 751 mm rainfall
Sun hours: throughout the year there are 3594 sun hours

Maximum temperature:	between 25°C and 29°C
Warmest month:	29°C in May
Coldest month:	25°C in January
Night temperature:	between 13°C and 19°C
Dry days:	202 days
Days with rain:	163 days
Days with snow:	0 days
Total rain sum:	751 mm
Hours of sunshine:	3594 hours

Climate of Dire Dawa
Temperature graph
Precipitation graph
Climate chart of Dire Dawa
The best travel time for Dire Dawa
Climate of Dire Dawa by month
Experiences with the weather of Dire Dawa

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Temperature graph

This graph shows the average maximum temperature (red) and minimum temperature (blue) for Dire Dawa.

Precipitation graph

This graph shows the average amount of rainfall per month for Dire Dawa.

Climate table of Dire Dawa

In this climate table you can see at a glance what the average weather per month is for Dire Dawa. The data has been collected over a 30-year period, from which an average per month has been derived. From year to year the differences may be larger or smaller, but with this climate table you have a good idea of what the weather for Dire Dawa might be like in a given month.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Day temp. (°C)	25	27	28	28	29	29	28	27	28	28	26	25
Night temp. (°C)	13	16	18	19	19	19	18	18	19	17	15	14
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Precipitation (mm)	4	12	65	100	114	61	94	129	99	35	35	3
Days with rain	2	5	12	19	17	16	24	27	20	9	9	3
Dry days	29	23	19	11	14	14	7	4	10	22	21	28
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sun hours per day	10	10	10	10	12	12	11	10	10	8	7	8
Wind force (Bft)	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
UV-index	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5

Best time to visit Dire Dawa

The best time to visit Dire Dawa in Ethiopia is from January through March, June and July and September through December. In this period you have a warm temperature and little precipitation. The highest average temperature in Dire Dawa is 29°C in May and the lowest is 25°C in January.

Climate of Dire Dawa by month

What is the average climate in a given month for Dire Dawa? Click on a month to see all monthly averages for sunshine, maximum and minimum temperatures, percent chance of rain per day, snowfall and number of rainy days.

January