Dessie climate
Dessie is warmest in June, with average highs of 24 °C, and coldest in December, when nights average 6.7 °C. August is the wettest month (131 mm) and June the driest (9.9 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Dessie averages 738 mm of rain and 7 days above 25 °C.
Ethiopia · population 270,400 · 1991–2020 normals
Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month
- Warmest month June 24 °C
- Coldest month December 6.7 °C
- Driest month June 10 mm
- Wettest month August 131 mm
- Least cloud November 30 % cloud
- Hottest on record June 28 °C
- Coldest on record January 0.3 °C
What to expectDessie through the year
Dessie has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 19 °C in December to 24 °C in June, a swing of 5.4 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 7 days a year reach 25 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 28 °C, in June.
Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 131 mm against 10 mm in June — 13 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.8 °C | 43 mm | 48 % |
| February | 19.9 °C | 43 mm | 44 % |
| March | 20.5 °C | 103 mm | 49 % |
| April | 20.9 °C | 109 mm | 49 % |
| May | 22.0 °C | 46 mm | 42 % |
| June | 23.7 °C | 10 mm | 42 % |
| July | 21.8 °C | 106 mm | 56 % |
| August | 20.5 °C | 131 mm | 54 % |
| September | 20.0 °C | 62 mm | 43 % |
| October | 19.3 °C | 34 mm | 38 % |
| November | 19.0 °C | 25 mm | 30 % |
| December | 18.7 °C | 26 mm | 33 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.8 °C | 7.6 °C | 13.0 °C | 23.4 °C | 0.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 19.9 °C | 8.2 °C | 14.0 °C | 25.1 °C | 2.0 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| March | 20.5 °C | 9.5 °C | 14.9 °C | 25.6 °C | 2.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| April | 20.9 °C | 10.3 °C | 15.7 °C | 26.6 °C | 4.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 22.0 °C | 10.8 °C | 16.8 °C | 26.1 °C | 6.3 °C | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 23.7 °C | 10.8 °C | 18.0 °C | 27.8 °C | 7.7 °C | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 21.8 °C | 11.1 °C | 16.4 °C | 26.3 °C | 8.3 °C | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 20.5 °C | 10.5 °C | 15.4 °C | 24.3 °C | 8.0 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 20.0 °C | 9.7 °C | 15.1 °C | 23.4 °C | 3.9 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 19.3 °C | 8.5 °C | 14.2 °C | 23.0 °C | 3.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 19.0 °C | 7.1 °C | 13.2 °C | 22.4 °C | 0.4 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 18.7 °C | 6.7 °C | 12.6 °C | 22.6 °C | 0.9 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43 mm | 8 | 12 h/day | 48 % | 70 % | 11 km/h |
| February | 43 mm | 8 | 12 h/day | 44 % | 66 % | 12 km/h |
| March | 103 mm | 14 | 12 h/day | 49 % | 68 % | 12 km/h |
| April | 109 mm | 14 | 12 h/day | 49 % | 68 % | 11 km/h |
| May | 46 mm | 8 | 13 h/day | 42 % | 57 % | 13 km/h |
| June | 10 mm | 2 | 13 h/day | 42 % | 45 % | 15 km/h |
| July | 106 mm | 16 | 13 h/day | 56 % | 65 % | 13 km/h |
| August | 131 mm | 20 | 12 h/day | 54 % | 73 % | 12 km/h |
| September | 62 mm | 12 | 12 h/day | 43 % | 69 % | 12 km/h |
| October | 34 mm | 6 | 12 h/day | 38 % | 62 % | 12 km/h |
| November | 25 mm | 4 | 12 h/day | 30 % | 62 % | 12 km/h |
| December | 26 mm | 5 | 11 h/day | 33 % | 65 % | 11 km/h |
Where Dessie ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| The coolest places in Africa in October | 1st of 50 | 19 °C |
| The coolest places in Africa year-round | 4th of 50 | 20 °C |
| Places with the best weather in Africa in June | 7th of 50 | 97/100 |
| Places with the best weather in the world in June | 9th of 50 | 97/100 |
| The coolest places in Africa in September | 9th of 50 | 20 °C |
| The coolest places in Africa in November | 23rd of 50 | 19 °C |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Dessie.
QuestionsCommon questions about Dessie’s climate
When is the best time to visit Dessie?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, June, July sit closest to 20 °C on average, June is the warmest month and June the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Dessie get?
In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 24 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 28 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 6.7 °C in December, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Dessie?
August, averaging 131 mm over 20 days with rain. The driest month is June with 10 mm. The year as a whole averages 738 mm.
Are these figures a forecast?
No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Dessie rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.
Data sources and method
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- Normal period
- 1991–2020
- Data point
- 11.133°, 39.633° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.