Debre Tabor weather in October

In October, Debre Tabor sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 147 mm of rain across 13.5 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% 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 Debre Tabor's 6th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Debre Tabor's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
8th warmest
Overnight low
10°
4th coldest
Rainfall
147 mm
13.5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:21 AM – 6:05 PM
Cloud cover
54%
6th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.94 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.2
out of 10

Debre Tabor is human settlement.

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

Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month.

A typical October day in Debre Tabor reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 1°C warmer than September and on par with November.

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Debre Tabor 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan23° / 163.111.48.3
Feb25° / 11°234.111.68.0
Mar25° / 12°7410.111.96.9
Apr25° / 13°10311.512.36.7
May24° / 13°19815.312.56.1
Jun22° / 12°43024.812.74.3
Jul19° / 11°78230.812.63.2
Aug19° / 11°86230.812.43.2
Sep20° / 11°48422.812.14.5
Oct22° / 10°14713.511.76.2
Nov22° / 445.311.57.7
Dec23° / 182.911.38.2

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 38% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 35%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16040
26040
36139
46040
56040
66139
76139
86139
96238
106238
116337
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Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Debre Tabor gets around 147 mm of rain over 13.5 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 43% and peaks near 58% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
158
258
357
457
556
655
754
853
952
1051
1150
1250
1349
1448
1547
1646
1745
1843
1942
2040
2139
2237
2335
2434
2532
2630
2728
2826
2925
3023
3122

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 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1982
2982
3982
4982
5982
6982
7982
8991
9991
10991
11991
12991
13991
14991
15991
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29991
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31991

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)Feels
15calm
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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 6:20 AM to 6:24 AM, and sunset from 6:14 PM to 5:59 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.96:206:14
211.96:206:13
311.96:206:12
411.96:206:12
511.96:206:11
611.86:206:11
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1911.76:216:03
2011.76:226:03
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2511.66:236:01
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2911.66:245:59
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Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.94 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.43 kWh/m² to a high of 6.54 kWh/m² in April across the year — October's 5.94 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Debre Tabor

In seasonPeak

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

Debre Tabor's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Debre Tabor sees seasonal dust haze (June), heaviest in June.

Monsoon
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is October a good time to visit Debre Tabor?

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

6.2
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Debre Tabor for sightseeing.

What to pack for Debre Tabor in October

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

In October, Debre Tabor sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Debre Tabor 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 Debre Tabor peaks around March 22 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 22UV 15Dec 12UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May14Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Debre Tabor 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 Debre Tabor is worst in September — around 37 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateSep 2236 µg/m³Aug 928 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan35Poor
Feb33Moderate
Mar32Moderate
Apr29Moderate
May29Moderate
Jun34Moderate
Jul28Moderate
Aug28Moderate
Sep37Poor
Oct36Poor
Nov32Moderate
Dec34Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Debre Tabor?

Debre Tabor sits at 11.8°N, 38.0°E, 2,692 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Ibnat, 32 km away.

Topography around Debre Tabor

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Debre Tabor has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 465 m around an average of 2,620 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,110 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,849 m.

The land around Debre Tabor is covered by cropland (45%) and trees (29%) within 3 km, cropland (77%) within 16 km, and cropland (60%) within 80 km.

3 km
465 m
16 km
1,110 m
80 km
2,849 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
October weather nearby: Ibnat 32 km · Werota 35 km · Ādīs Zemen 39 km · Nefas Mewch’a 51 km · T’īs Isat 62 km · Bahir Dar 74 km · Maksenyit 78 km · Wegeda 80 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
Ethiopian Orthodox 44%Muslim 31%Protestant 23%other 1%

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 Debre Tabor (11.85°, 38.0167°, elevation 2,692 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).