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Climate : Hot Semi-Arid Climate Köppen Climate Classification

Dire Dawa, Ethiopia has a hot semi-arid climate with warm, dry conditions and relatively low rainfall. The average annual temperature is 25.9°C, with average highs of 32.8°C in July and average lows of 19°C in January. Rainfall is seasonal, with a small rainy season from March to April and a more significant rainy season from August to September, totaling around 583mm of rain annually.

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Climate : Hot Semi-Arid Climate Köppen Climate Classification

Dire Dawa, Ethiopia has a hot semi-arid climate with warm, dry conditions and relatively low rainfall. The average annual temperature is 25.9°C, with average highs of 32.8°C in July and average lows of 19°C in January. Rainfall is seasonal, with a small rainy season from March to April and a more significant rainy season from August to September, totaling around 583mm of rain annually.

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Climate[edit]

Dire Dawa has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSh). It's a warm and dry climate with a relatively low level of
precipitation. The mean annual temperature of Dire Dawa is about 25.9 °C (78.6 °F). The average maximum temperature of Dire
Dawa is 32.8 °C (91.0 °F), while its average minimum temperature is about 19.0 °C (66.2 °F). The region has two rain seasons; that is,
a small rain season from March to April, and a more pronounced rain season that extends from August to September. The aggregate
average annual rainfall that the region gets from these two seasons is about 583 mm (22.9 in).

Climate data for Dire Dawa


Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
29.4 31.5 34.1 32.7 34.8 35.9 34.3 32.9 33.6 33.6 31.6 29.6 32.83
Average high °C (°F)
(84.9) (88.7) (93.4) (90.9) (94.6) (96.6) (93.7) (91.2) (92.5) (92.5) (88.9) (85.3) (91.1)
22.0 24.1 26.6 26.5 28.4 29.5 27.9 26.5 27.1 26.2 24.0 22.1 25.91
Daily mean °C (°F)
(71.6) (75.4) (79.9) (79.7) (83.1) (85.1) (82.2) (79.7) (80.8) (79.2) (75.2) (71.8) (78.64)
15.5 16.6 19.1 20.4 22.3 22.8 21.2 20.2 20.7 18.7 15.9 15.0 19.03
Average low °C (°F)
(59.9) (61.9) (66.4) (68.7) (72.1) (73) (70.2) (68.4) (69.3) (65.7) (60.6) (59) (66.27)
Average rainfall mm 16.6 55.2 61.6 74.8 45.5 15.6 83.9 87.7 39.8 24.8 59.9 17.8 583.2
(inches) (0.654) (2.173) (2.425) (2.945) (1.791) (0.614) (3.303) (3.453) (1.567) (0.976) (2.358) (0.701) (22.96)
Average relative
43.9 49.8 45.0 47.0 39.3 37.6 41.4 45.1 39.7 31.3 39.1 42.6 41.82
humidity (%)
Mean monthly sunshine
294.5 265.6 257.3 246.0 244.9 204.0 220.1 244.9 234.0 248.0 282.0 300.7 3,042
hours
Mean daily sunshine
9.5 9.4 8.3 8.2 7.9 6.8 7.1 7.9 7.8 8.0 9.4 9.7 8.33
hours
Source #1: Normales et records pour la période 2000-2016 à Dire Dawa ,[22]
Source #2: Klimatafel von Dire Dawa (Diredaua), Provinz Harar / Äthiopien for sunshine hours,[23]

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