Jijiga weather by month & the best time to visit
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · highland city · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Jijiga is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with February and December close behind. Jijiga averages about 3,488 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 24°C / 75°F and roughly 4 mm of rain in January.
Jump to: month-by-month table · nearby alternatives · embed this data
- Sun hours / year
- 3,488
- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 99/100
- Rain / year
- 512 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 13 (extreme)
- Population
- 483k
- Elevation
- 1,805 m
When is the best time to visit Jijiga?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Jijiga is January, then February and December. The dullest month is April (82/100, 96 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Jijiga?
Jijiga is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,488 hours of sunshine a year. January (99/100) is noticeably better than April (82). Jijiga is the sunniest of the 22 destinations tracked in Ethiopia. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around August, carries about 42% of the annual 512 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 99 | 24° / 75°F | 10° / 50°F | 4 mm | 11 |
| February | 99 | 26° / 79°F | 11° / 52°F | 6 mm | 12 |
| March | 94 | 27° / 81°F | 14° / 57°F | 31 mm | 13 |
| April | 82 | 27° / 81°F | 15° / 59°F | 96 mm | 12 |
| May | 90 | 27° / 81°F | 16° / 61°F | 54 mm | 12 |
| June | 92 | 26° / 79°F | 14° / 57°F | 42 mm | 11 |
| July | 90 | 25° / 77°F | 14° / 57°F | 54 mm | 11 |
| August | 85 | 24° / 75°F | 14° / 57°F | 80 mm | 12 |
| September | 85 | 25° / 77°F | 15° / 59°F | 82 mm | 12 |
| October | 93 | 25° / 77°F | 13° / 55°F | 36 mm | 11 |
| November | 96 | 24° / 75°F | 11° / 52°F | 19 mm | 11 |
| December | 98 | 23° / 73°F | 9° / 48°F | 8 mm | 10 |
See Jijiga on the interactive sunshine globe →
Nearby places for sunshine
- Djibouti Djibouti · 248 km · best in Jan · 3,064 h sun/yr
- Aden Yemen · 452 km · best in Feb · 3,336 h sun/yr
- Addis Ababa Ethiopia · 453 km · best in Jan · 3,090 h sun/yr
- Jizan Saudi Arabia · 842 km · best in Feb · 3,288 h sun/yr
- Mogadishu Somalia · 856 km · best in Sep · 3,195 h sun/yr
- Najran Saudi Arabia · 935 km · best in Jan · 3,871 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Dire Dawa Ethiopia · 120 km · 3,466 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Hargeisa Somalia · 130 km · 3,807 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Berbera Somalia · 251 km · 3,189 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Kebri Dahar Ethiopia · 324 km · 3,319 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Semera Ethiopia · 344 km · 3,317 h sun/yr · best in Jan
Put the Jijiga sunshine badge on your site
A compact badge showing Jijiga's sunshine at a glance — free to embed under CC BY 4.0. Paste this wherever you'd like it to appear:
Live preview — this is exactly what your readers see: