Dīla climate

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Dīla is warmest in February, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in December, when nights average 14 °C. October is the wettest month (365 mm) and January the driest (39 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Dīla averages 1,930 mm of rain and 131 days above 25 °C.

Ethiopia · population 158,800 · 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 February 28 °C
Coldest month December 14 °C
Driest month January 39 mm
Wettest month October 365 mm
Least cloud December 40 % cloud
Hottest on record March 33 °C
Coldest on record January 10 °C

What to expectDīla through the year

Dīla has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 25 °C in December to 28 °C in February, a swing of 3.5 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 131 days a year reach 25 °C, 11 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C, in March.

Rain is strongly seasonal. October averages 365 mm against 39 mm in January — 9.4 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	26.7 °C	39 mm	43 %
February	27.8 °C	39 mm	46 %
March	27.7 °C	126 mm	55 %
April	25.3 °C	290 mm	71 %
May	23.7 °C	317 mm	73 %
June	22.7 °C	126 mm	72 %
July	22.0 °C	109 mm	78 %
August	22.5 °C	105 mm	75 %
September	23.3 °C	214 mm	68 %
October	23.3 °C	365 mm	69 %
November	24.2 °C	147 mm	52 %
December	25.4 °C	52 mm	40 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	26.7 °C	15.0 °C	20.7 °C	30.9 °C	10.1 °C	26	0
February	27.8 °C	15.8 °C	21.7 °C	32.0 °C	12.2 °C	25	4
March	27.7 °C	16.7 °C	21.9 °C	33.3 °C	12.3 °C	26	6
April	25.3 °C	16.4 °C	20.4 °C	31.8 °C	14.1 °C	17	0
May	23.7 °C	16.0 °C	19.5 °C	27.6 °C	12.7 °C	4	0
June	22.7 °C	15.4 °C	18.8 °C	26.1 °C	13.0 °C	1	0
July	22.0 °C	15.3 °C	18.4 °C	25.6 °C	11.5 °C	0	0
August	22.5 °C	15.3 °C	18.6 °C	26.4 °C	12.1 °C	0	0
September	23.3 °C	15.1 °C	18.9 °C	27.8 °C	12.3 °C	3	0
October	23.3 °C	15.2 °C	18.9 °C	27.2 °C	11.4 °C	3	0
November	24.2 °C	14.6 °C	19.1 °C	27.6 °C	10.8 °C	8	0
December	25.4 °C	14.3 °C	19.6 °C	29.2 °C	10.1 °C	19	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	39 mm	6	12 h/day	43 %	56 %	11 km/h
February	39 mm	6	12 h/day	46 %	53 %	11 km/h
March	126 mm	12	12 h/day	55 %	60 %	11 km/h
April	290 mm	24	12 h/day	71 %	77 %	9.6 km/h
May	317 mm	28	12 h/day	73 %	84 %	9.3 km/h
June	126 mm	21	12 h/day	72 %	83 %	9.4 km/h
July	109 mm	20	12 h/day	78 %	82 %	9.8 km/h
August	105 mm	20	12 h/day	75 %	81 %	10 km/h
September	214 mm	24	12 h/day	68 %	81 %	9.5 km/h
October	365 mm	28	12 h/day	69 %	83 %	8.8 km/h
November	147 mm	15	12 h/day	52 %	76 %	9.3 km/h
December	52 mm	7	12 h/day	40 %	64 %	10 km/h

How Dīla compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Dīla	28 °C	14 °C	1,930 mm	131
Awasa · Ethiopia	28 °C	13 °C	1,017 mm	139
Sodo · Ethiopia	26 °C	12 °C	1,580 mm	85
Shashamane · Ethiopia	25 °C	11 °C	777 mm	51
Arba Minch · Ethiopia	30 °C	18 °C	2,467 mm	290
Hosa’ina · Ethiopia	24 °C	9.2 °C	2,058 mm	29

Where Dīla ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in January	31st of 50	91/100
The coolest places in Africa in September	36th of 50	23 °C
The coolest places in Africa in October	41st of 50	23 °C
Places with the best weather in Africa in December	43rd of 50	92/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in February	49th of 50	88/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Dīla.

QuestionsCommon questions about Dīla’s climate

When is the best time to visit Dīla?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, February is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Dīla get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 11 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 14 °C in December, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Dīla?

October, averaging 365 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is January with 39 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,930 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 Dīla 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: 6.417°, 38.317° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.