Dire Dawa climate — normals and trends
Dire Dawa (Ethiopia) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.2 °C and it receives 1,106 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is June (20.8 °C on average) and the coldest is December (17.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Dire Dawa averages 0 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 145 rainy days per year.
Dire Dawa has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.9 °C (on 14 March 2016) and the coldest 5.0 °C (on 20 January 1987).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Dire DawaDire Dawa
- coords
- 9.59°, 41.87°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
19.2°C
Average daily high
24.7°C
Average daily low
14.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,106mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
62%
Average peak wind
11.9km/h
Seasonal range
3.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
145 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
25.5 °C
Average feels-like low
13.6 °C
Average peak gust
30.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.76 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
31.9 °C
14 March 2016
Coldest day
5.0 °C
20 January 1987
Wettest day
111 mm
6 April 1987
Windiest day
29.2 km/h
16 July 1978
Strongest gust
63.0 km/h
16 July 1978
Hottest feels-like
33.5 °C
9 April 2021
Coldest feels-like
1.7 °C
20 January 1987
Sunniest day
12.0 h
29 April 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 24.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 0 mm | -25 mm |
| Feb | 27.1 °C | +2.7 °C | 0 mm | -43 mm |
| Mar | 27.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 99 mm | -12 mm |
| Apr | 28.3 °C | +3.1 °C | 26 mm | -149 mm |
| May | 29.1 °C | +3.0 °C | 44 mm | -64 mm |
| Jun | 29.7 °C | +3.0 °C | 6 mm | -41 mm |
| Jul | 27.3 °C | +2.1 °C | 54 mm | -80 mm |
| Aug | 24.8 °C | 0.0 °C | 192 mm | +26 mm |
| Sep | 25.2 °C | +0.3 °C | 110 mm | -45 mm |
| Oct | 25.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 22 mm | -58 mm |
| Nov | 24.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 0 mm | -41 mm |
| Dec | 24.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 15 mm | -7 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Dire Dawa?
Dire Dawa has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.2 °C and it receives 1,106 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dire Dawa?
The hottest day measured in Dire Dawa between 1940 and 2025 was 14 March 2016, reaching 31.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Dire Dawa?
The coldest day measured in Dire Dawa between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1987, at 5.0 °C.
Does it snow in Dire Dawa?
Almost never: Dire Dawa sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Dire Dawa warmed?
Yes: Dire Dawa warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Dire Dawa?
The wettest day measured in Dire Dawa between 1940 and 2025 was 6 April 1987, with 111 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Dire Dawa?
The windiest day measured in Dire Dawa between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 1978, with winds reaching 29.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Dire Dawa?
The warmest month in Dire Dawa is June (20.8 °C on average); the coldest is December (17.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Dire Dawa?
Dire Dawa receives on average 1,106 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 145 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Dire Dawa?
Dire Dawa gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Dire Dawa?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Dire Dawa.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Dire Dawa?
In Dire Dawa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.5 °C on 9 April 2021, and the lowest was 1.7 °C on 20 January 1987.
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