Gode weather by month & the best time to visit

🇪🇹 Ethiopia · small town · hot desert climate

The best time to visit Gode is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 80/100), with June and May close behind. Gode averages about 3,485 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 34°C / 93°F and roughly 1 mm of rain in July.

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Sun hours / year

3,485

Sunniest month

July

Peak score

80/100

Rain / year

293 mm

Midday UV at peak

13 (extreme)

Population

68k

Elevation

282 m

When is the best time to visit Gode?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Gode is July, then June and May. The dullest month is March (39/100, 13 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Gode?

Gode is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,485 hours of sunshine a year. July (80/100) is noticeably better than March (39). It ranks #2 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 April, carries about 49% of the annual 293 mm.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Mogadishu Somalia · 476 km · best in Sep · 3,195 h sun/yr
• Djibouti Djibouti · 626 km · best in Jan · 3,064 h sun/yr
• Addis Ababa Ethiopia · 626 km · best in Jan · 3,090 h sun/yr
• Aden Yemen · 783 km · best in Feb · 3,336 h sun/yr
• Nairobi Kenya · 1,094 km · best in Jul · 2,913 h sun/yr
• Mombasa Kenya · 1,194 km · best in Aug · 2,799 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Kebri Dahar Ethiopia · 115 km · 3,319 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Shilavo Ethiopia · 132 km · 3,320 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Beledweyne Somalia · 225 km · 3,309 h sun/yr · best in Dec
• Jijiga Ethiopia · 385 km · 3,488 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Hargeisa Somalia · 402 km · 3,807 h sun/yr · best in Jan