Dessie climate

Name: Dessie
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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
January	18.8 °C	7.6 °C	13.0 °C	23.4 °C	0.3 °C	0
February	19.9 °C	8.2 °C	14.0 °C	25.1 °C	2.0 °C	0
March	20.5 °C	9.5 °C	14.9 °C	25.6 °C	2.3 °C	0
April	20.9 °C	10.3 °C	15.7 °C	26.6 °C	4.8 °C	0
May	22.0 °C	10.8 °C	16.8 °C	26.1 °C	6.3 °C	1
June	23.7 °C	10.8 °C	18.0 °C	27.8 °C	7.7 °C	5
July	21.8 °C	11.1 °C	16.4 °C	26.3 °C	8.3 °C	1
August	20.5 °C	10.5 °C	15.4 °C	24.3 °C	8.0 °C	0
September	20.0 °C	9.7 °C	15.1 °C	23.4 °C	3.9 °C	0
October	19.3 °C	8.5 °C	14.2 °C	23.0 °C	3.3 °C	0
November	19.0 °C	7.1 °C	13.2 °C	22.4 °C	0.4 °C	0
December	18.7 °C	6.7 °C	12.6 °C	22.6 °C	0.9 °C	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	1stof 50	19 °C
The coolest places in Africa year-round	4thof 50	20 °C
Places with the best weather in Africa in June	7thof 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in the world in June	9thof 50	97/100
The coolest places in Africa in September	9thof 50	20 °C
The coolest places in Africa in November	23rdof 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
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

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.