Burē weather in October

In October, Burē sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 174 mm of rain across 18.8 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of October to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Burē's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Burē's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 174 mm; 18.8 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 6:24 AM – 6:10 PM
Cloud cover: 57%; 6th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.62 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.5; out of 10

Burē is town in Mirab Gojjam Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month.

A typical October day in Burē reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 1°C warmer than September and about 1°C cooler than November.

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Avg high (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	12
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3	22	12
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30	23	12
31	23	12

Burē weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 8th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 12°	7	2	11.4	8.3
Feb	27° / 13°	12	2.8	11.6	7.7
Mar	28° / 14°	38	7.1	11.9	6.9
Apr	27° / 15°	79	10.8	12.2	6.3
May	25° / 14°	235	20.6	12.5	5.1
Jun	22° / 13°	417	29.3	12.6	3.7
Jul	20° / 13°	471	31	12.6	3.2
Aug	20° / 13°	452	30.9	12.4	3.2
Sep	22° / 12°	408	28.9	12.1	3.7
Oct	23° / 12°	174	18.8	11.8	5.5
Nov	23° / 12°	45	7.6	11.5	7.5
Dec	24° / 11°	13	2.7	11.4	8.5

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 47%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	42	43	44	43	44	45	46	47	47	48	49	50	50	51	52	53	54	55	55	56	57	58	58	59	59	61	61	62	62	64	65
Cloudier (%)	58	57	56	57	56	55	54	53	53	52	51	50	50	49	48	47	46	45	45	44	43	42	42	41	41	39	39	38	38	36	35

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	43	57
3	44	56
4	43	57
5	44	56
6	45	55
7	46	54
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	48	52
11	49	51
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	51	49
15	52	48
16	53	47
17	54	46
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	56	44
21	57	43
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	61	39
27	61	39
28	62	38
29	62	38
30	64	36
31	65	35

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Burē gets around 174 mm of rain over 18.8 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 61% and peaks near 83% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	83	82	80	79	77	76	74	73	71	70	68	67	65	64	62	61	59	58	56	55	53	52	51	49	48	46	45	44	42	41	39

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	82
3	80
4	79
5	77
6	76
7	74
8	73
9	71
10	70
11	68
12	67
13	65
14	64
15	62
16	61
17	59
18	58
19	56
20	55
21	53
22	52
23	51
24	49
25	48
26	46
27	45
28	44
29	42
30	41
31	39

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of October feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, October lands in the dry band about 55% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)	29	31	33	35	37	39	41	42	44	46	48	49	51	52	54	55	57	59	60	62	64	65	67	69	70	72	73	75	76	78	79
Comfortable (%)	71	69	67	65	63	61	59	58	56	54	52	51	49	48	46	45	43	41	40	38	36	35	33	31	30	28	27	25	24	22	21

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	29	71
2	31	69
3	33	67
4	35	65
5	37	63
6	39	61
7	41	59
8	42	58
9	44	56
10	46	54
11	48	52
12	49	51
13	51	49
14	52	48
15	54	46
16	55	45
17	57	43
18	59	41
19	60	40
20	62	38
21	64	36
22	65	35
23	67	33
24	69	31
25	70	30
26	72	28
27	73	27
28	75	25
29	76	24
30	78	22
31	79	21

Wind in October

Winds average 5 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of October to 11 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:24 AM to 6:27 AM, and sunset from 6:18 PM to 6:04 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:27
Sunset (PM)	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:04

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.9	6:24	6:18
2	11.9	6:24	6:17
3	11.9	6:23	6:17
4	11.9	6:23	6:16
5	11.9	6:23	6:15
6	11.9	6:24	6:15
7	11.8	6:24	6:14
8	11.8	6:24	6:14
9	11.8	6:24	6:13
10	11.8	6:24	6:13
11	11.8	6:24	6:12
12	11.8	6:24	6:12
13	11.8	6:24	6:11
14	11.8	6:24	6:10
15	11.8	6:24	6:10
16	11.8	6:24	6:10
17	11.7	6:24	6:09
18	11.7	6:24	6:09
19	11.7	6:24	6:08
20	11.7	6:24	6:08
21	11.7	6:25	6:07
22	11.7	6:25	6:07
23	11.7	6:25	6:07
24	11.7	6:25	6:06
25	11.7	6:25	6:06
26	11.7	6:25	6:05
27	11.7	6:26	6:05
28	11.6	6:26	6:05
29	11.6	6:26	6:04
30	11.6	6:26	6:04
31	11.6	6:27	6:04

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.62 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.21 kWh/m² to a high of 6.46 kWh/m² in March across the year — October's 5.62 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.6	Bright
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31	5.6	Bright

Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Burē

In seasonPeak

None of Burē's seasonal hazards are active in October. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Burē's monsoon runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

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Is October a good time to visit Burē?

Our two travel scores rate October for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.5

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

4.1

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Burē for sightseeing.

What to pack for Burē in October

From October's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In October, Burē sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 12°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Burē in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Burē peaks around March 22 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 11 at about 10 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	12	13	16	15	13	13	12	14	13	13	11	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	10	Extreme

Air quality in Burē in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where October falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Burē is worst in February — around 49 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.6× the cleanest month (May, 19 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	43	49	47	27	19	23	22	20	23	29	36	40
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	43	Poor
Feb	49	Poor
Mar	47	Poor
Apr	27	Moderate
May	19	Moderate
Jun	23	Moderate
Jul	22	Moderate
Aug	20	Moderate
Sep	23	Moderate
Oct	29	Moderate
Nov	36	Poor
Dec	40	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Burē?

Burē sits at 10.7°N, 37.1°E, 2,058 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Shendi, 15 km away.

Topography around Burē

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Burē.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Burē has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 156 m around an average of 2,091 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,076 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,945 m.

The land around Burē is covered by cropland (55%) within 3 km, cropland (78%) within 16 km, and cropland (65%) within 80 km.

3 km

156 m

cropland 55%

16 km

1,076 m

cropland 78%

80 km

2,945 m

cropland 65%

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← September Burē year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October weather nearby: Shendi 15 km · Tīlīlī 18 km · Finote Selam 22 km · Ginja Bet 25 km · Gimja Bēt Maryam 26 km · Injibara 37 km · Ādīs K’idamē 47 km · Dembech’a 48 km

Ethiopia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type C / E / F / L; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 37% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $933; 2025
Happiness: 4.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 14%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 8.5; per 100k, 2012
Road deaths: 28.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 499
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Burē (10.7°, 37.0667°, elevation 2,058 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	12
2	22	12
3	22	12
4	22	12
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25	23	12
26	23	12
27	23	12
28	23	12
29	23	12
30	23	12
31	23	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	43	57
3	44	56
4	43	57
5	44	56
6	45	55
7	46	54
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	48	52
11	49	51
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	51	49
15	52	48
16	53	47
17	54	46
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	56	44
21	57	43
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	61	39
27	61	39
28	62	38
29	62	38
30	64	36
31	65	35

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	82
3	80
4	79
5	77
6	76
7	74
8	73
9	71
10	70
11	68
12	67
13	65
14	64
15	62
16	61
17	59
18	58
19	56
20	55
21	53
22	52
23	51
24	49
25	48
26	46
27	45
28	44
29	42
30	41
31	39

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	29	71
2	31	69
3	33	67
4	35	65
5	37	63
6	39	61
7	41	59
8	42	58
9	44	56
10	46	54
11	48	52
12	49	51
13	51	49
14	52	48
15	54	46
16	55	45
17	57	43
18	59	41
19	60	40
20	62	38
21	64	36
22	65	35
23	67	33
24	69	31
25	70	30
26	72	28
27	73	27
28	75	25
29	76	24
30	78	22
31	79	21

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	12
2	22	12
3	22	12
4	22	12
5	22	12
6	22	12
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8	22	12
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29	23	12
30	23	12
31	23	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	43	57
3	44	56
4	43	57
5	44	56
6	45	55
7	46	54
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	48	52
11	49	51
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	51	49
15	52	48
16	53	47
17	54	46
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	56	44
21	57	43
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	61	39
27	61	39
28	62	38
29	62	38
30	64	36
31	65	35

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	82
3	80
4	79
5	77
6	76
7	74
8	73
9	71
10	70
11	68
12	67
13	65
14	64
15	62
16	61
17	59
18	58
19	56
20	55
21	53
22	52
23	51
24	49
25	48
26	46
27	45
28	44
29	42
30	41
31	39

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	29	71
2	31	69
3	33	67
4	35	65
5	37	63
6	39	61
7	41	59
8	42	58
9	44	56
10	46	54
11	48	52
12	49	51
13	51	49
14	52	48
15	54	46
16	55	45
17	57	43
18	59	41
19	60	40
20	62	38
21	64	36
22	65	35
23	67	33
24	69	31
25	70	30
26	72	28
27	73	27
28	75	25
29	76	24
30	78	22
31	79	21

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	12
2	22	12
3	22	12
4	22	12
5	22	12
6	22	12
7	22	12
8	22	12
9	22	12
10	22	12
11	22	12
12	22	12
13	23	12
14	23	12
15	23	12
16	23	12
17	23	12
18	23	12
19	23	12
20	23	12
21	23	12
22	23	12
23	23	12
24	23	12
25	23	12
26	23	12
27	23	12
28	23	12
29	23	12
30	23	12
31	23	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	43	57
3	44	56
4	43	57
5	44	56
6	45	55
7	46	54
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	48	52
11	49	51
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	51	49
15	52	48
16	53	47
17	54	46
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	56	44
21	57	43
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	61	39
27	61	39
28	62	38
29	62	38
30	64	36
31	65	35

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	82
3	80
4	79
5	77
6	76
7	74
8	73
9	71
10	70
11	68
12	67
13	65
14	64
15	62
16	61
17	59
18	58
19	56
20	55
21	53
22	52
23	51
24	49
25	48
26	46
27	45
28	44
29	42
30	41
31	39

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	29	71
2	31	69
3	33	67
4	35	65
5	37	63
6	39	61
7	41	59
8	42	58
9	44	56
10	46	54
11	48	52
12	49	51
13	51	49
14	52	48
15	54	46
16	55	45
17	57	43
18	59	41
19	60	40
20	62	38
21	64	36
22	65	35
23	67	33
24	69	31
25	70	30
26	72	28
27	73	27
28	75	25
29	76	24
30	78	22
31	79	21