Mek'ele weather in October

In October, Mek'ele has daytime highs averaging 24 °C, nights around 13 °C, with 2.1 wet days. Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

  1. Jan 16°
  2. Feb 17°
  3. Mar 18°
  4. Apr 20°
  5. May 21°
  6. Jun 20°
  7. Jul 18°
  8. Aug 18°
  9. Sep 19°
  10. Oct 18°
  11. Nov 17°
  12. Dec 16°

Daily temperatures through October

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Daily highDaily low Day of month on the horizontal axis. Highs peak at 24.2 °C and lows bottom out at 12.0 °C.

How October develops

Averages for the first, middle and last part of the month, from daily 1991–2020 normals. Chance of rain is the share of years in which that calendar day recorded more than 1 mm.

DaysAvg highAvg lowChance of rain
1–10 October24.0 °C13.4 °C7 %
11–20 October23.8 °C12.7 °C6 %
21–31 October23.7 °C12.1 °C7 %
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Chance of a wet day (over 1 mm) by date in October. Wettest date over the 30 years: October 1, at 17 %. Single dates are noisy — read the shape, not the spikes.

What to expect

Measure Typical October Share of the month
Days above 25 °C 3.4 of 31 11 %
Days above 30 °C 0 of 31 0 %
Days below 0 °C 0 of 31 0 %
Days with more than 1 mm rain 2.1 of 31 7 %

Conditions in October

MeasureAverage
Mean temperature 18 °C
Record high (1991–2020) 27 °C
Record low (1991–2020) 9.3 °C
Relative humidity 57 %
Wind speed 16 km/h
Cloud cover 28 %

Where Mek'ele ranks in October

RankingPositionValue
Places with the best weather in Africa in October2ndof 5097/100
Places with the best weather in the world in October14thof 5097/100

October compared with the months around it

Month Avg high Rainfall Cloud
August 22.6 °C 278 mm 71 %
September 24.1 °C 63 mm 40 %
October 23.8 °C 10 mm 28 %
November 23.0 °C 12 mm 23 %
December 22.4 °C 10 mm 26 %

See all twelve months for Mek'ele

Nearby destinations in October

Destination Avg high Wet days
Mek'ele 24 °C 2.1
Asmara 22 °C 6
Gonder 23 °C 7
Dessie 19 °C 6

QuestionsOctober in Mek'ele, answered

How warm is Mek'ele in October?

Daily highs average 24 °C and nights fall to about 13 °C, a spread of 11 °C between afternoon and dawn. That makes October the 6th warmest month of the year here.

Does it rain much in Mek'ele in October?

October averages 10 mm of rain, spread over about 2 of the 31 days — 7 % of the month. Cloud cover averages 28 % of the sky.

How long are the days in October?

Mek'ele averages 12 hours between sunrise and sunset in October. Day length is computed from latitude and date, so it is exact rather than modelled — but it says nothing about how much of that time is sunny.

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: daylight hours, beach and comfort scores, monthly rankings, threshold day counts, chance of a wet day by date, ten-day averages within the month. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

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