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Best time to visit Dire Dawa
The best time to visit Dire Dawa is September–April and July, with daytime temperatures around 27°C.
Dire Dawa at a glance: warmest in June with daytime temperatures around 33°C and coolest in January (27°C). The wettest month is August (149 mm) and the driest December (9 mm), with about 700 mm of rain a year. Sunniest in December.
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Dire Dawa
1,290 mWarm and sunny
100
27°/12°15 mm75 %12 h
A typical mid-January in Dire Dawa
Sunny 22Cloudy 6Rain 2
Daytime temperature (night ☾)
12°26°29°10°38°
Daylight (solar time)
06:1117:49
0006121824
11 h 37 m
Precipitation
0150 mm
15 mm
Air feel
FreshComfortableHumidMuggy
RH 65 %
Month by month
| Month | Score | Day | Night | Rain | Wet days | Sun | Daylight | Feels like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 100 | 27° | 12° | 15 mm | 2 | 75 % | 12 h | Warm and sunny |
| February | 94 | 29° | 14° | 21 mm | 2 | 63 % | 12 h | Warm |
| March | 84 | 31° | 16° | 65 mm | 3 | 63 % | 12 h | Hot |
| April | 73 | 31° | 18° | 85 mm | 5 | 57 % | 12 h | Hot |
| May | 58 | 33° | 19° | 71 mm | 7 | 60 % | 13 h | Hot and muggy |
| June | 52 | 33° | 20° | 41 mm | 8 | 54 % | 13 h | Hot and muggy |
| July | 65 | 32° | 20° | 106 mm | 6 | 46 % | 13 h | Hot |
| August | 64 | 32° | 19° | 149 mm | 8 | 50 % | 12 h | Rainy season · hot |
| September | 67 | 31° | 19° | 84 mm | 7 | 52 % | 12 h | Hot |
| October | 79 | 31° | 16° | 40 mm | 5 | 64 % | 12 h | Hot |
| November | 94 | 29° | 13° | 16 mm | 3 | 74 % | 12 h | Warm and sunny |
| December | 100 | 28° | 12° | 9 mm | 1 | 78 % | 12 h | Warm and sunny |
The score (0–100) combines daytime temperature, rain days, humidity and cloud cover, weighted for a typical warm-weather trip: 20–28 °C, little rain. On the map you can change these preferences.
Climate averages 2016–2025 (ERA5, CRU TS). Sea temperature from ERA5. Not a forecast. Elevation: 1,293 m. Coordinates: 9.59, 41.87.