Dire Dawa weather by month & the best time to visit

🇪🇹 Ethiopia · regional city · semi-arid climate

The best time to visit Dire Dawa is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with December and February close behind. Dire Dawa averages about 3,466 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 6 mm of rain in January.

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Sun hours / year

3,466

Sunniest month

January

Peak score

99/100

Rain / year

760 mm

Midday UV at peak

13 (extreme)

Population

343k

Elevation

1,134 m

When is the best time to visit Dire Dawa?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Dire Dawa is January, then December and February. The dullest month is August (73/100, 146 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Dire Dawa?

Dire Dawa is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,466 hours of sunshine a year. January (99/100) is noticeably better than August (73). It ranks #3 of 22 destinations in Ethiopia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,219 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around August, carries about 49% of the annual 760 mm.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Djibouti Djibouti · 257 km · best in Jan · 3,064 h sun/yr
• Addis Ababa Ethiopia · 343 km · best in Jan · 3,090 h sun/yr
• Aden Yemen · 497 km · best in Feb · 3,336 h sun/yr
• Jizan Saudi Arabia · 813 km · best in Feb · 3,288 h sun/yr
• Mogadishu Somalia · 928 km · best in Sep · 3,195 h sun/yr
• Najran Saudi Arabia · 930 km · best in Jan · 3,871 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Jijiga Ethiopia · 120 km · 3,488 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Hargeisa Somalia · 245 km · 3,807 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Semera Ethiopia · 258 km · 3,317 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Dessie Ethiopia · 286 km · 3,154 h sun/yr · best in Jan