Dire Dawa weather in April

In April, Dire Dawa sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 153 mm of rain across 14.3 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in April, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of April to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Dire Dawa's 12th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dire Dawa's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 16°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 153 mm; 14.3 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 6:06 AM – 6:19 PM
Cloud cover: 60%; 12th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 5.83 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.0; out of 10

← March Dire Dawa year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month.

A typical April day in Dire Dawa reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs on par with March and on par with May.

	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
Avg high (°C)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

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

Dire Dawa weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 4th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	24° / 12°	24	4.3	11.5	8.3
Feb	25° / 14°	30	4.2	11.7	8.0
Mar	26° / 15°	95	10	11.9	6.9
Apr	26° / 16°	153	14.3	12.2	6.0
May	27° / 17°	95	11.5	12.4	6.4
Jun	27° / 17°	30	8.4	12.5	6.9
Jul	26° / 16°	92	18.9	12.5	5.6
Aug	25° / 16°	127	22.4	12.3	5.2
Sep	25° / 16°	110	17	12.1	5.9
Oct	25° / 15°	74	8	11.8	7.4
Nov	24° / 13°	36	4.3	11.6	8.4
Dec	23° / 12°	20	3.1	11.5	8.5

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in April, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 26% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%.

	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
Clearer (%)	57	57	57	56	56	55	55	53	53	52	52	52	51	50	49	49	49	49	49	47	47	47	48	47	47	47	48	48	48	48
Cloudier (%)	43	43	43	44	44	45	45	47	47	48	48	48	49	50	51	51	51	51	51	53	53	53	52	53	53	53	52	52	52	52

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	57	43
4	56	44
5	56	44
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	51	49
14	50	50
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	48	52
24	47	53
25	47	53
26	47	53
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	48	52
30	48	52

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Dire Dawa gets around 153 mm of rain over 14.3 wet days in April, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 47% and peaks near 51% on the wettest days. The odds climb 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
Rain chance (%)	40	40	41	41	42	42	43	44	45	46	46	47	48	48	49	50	50	51	51	51	51	51	51	50	50	49	48	47	47	46

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	40
3	41
4	41
5	42
6	42
7	43
8	44
9	45
10	46
11	46
12	47
13	48
14	48
15	49
16	50
17	50
18	51
19	51
20	51
21	51
22	51
23	51
24	50
25	50
26	49
27	48
28	47
29	47
30	46

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, April lands in the comfortable band about 43% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	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
Dry (%)	49	49	48	47	47	46	44	43	42	40	39	38	36	35	34	33	32	31	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Comfortable (%)	37	38	38	38	39	40	40	41	42	42	43	43	43	44	44	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	46	46	47
Humid (%)	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	16	17	18	18	19	20	21	22	23	23	24	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	24

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	49	37	13
2	49	38	14
3	48	38	14
4	47	38	14
5	47	39	14
6	46	40	15
7	44	40	15
8	43	41	16
9	42	42	17
10	40	42	18
11	39	43	18
12	38	43	19
13	36	43	20
14	35	44	21
15	34	44	22
16	33	45	23
17	32	45	23
18	31	45	24
19	30	45	25
20	29	45	25
21	29	45	26
22	29	45	26
23	29	45	26
24	29	45	26
25	29	45	26
26	29	45	26
27	29	45	25
28	29	46	25
29	29	46	25
30	29	47	24

Wind in April

Winds average 6 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	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
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
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28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of April to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:15 AM to 6:00 AM, and sunset from 6:20 PM to 6:20 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
Daylight (h)	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:08	6:07	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:02	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:00	6:00
Sunset (PM)	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:20

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	6:15	6:20
2	12.1	6:14	6:20
3	12.1	6:14	6:19
4	12.1	6:13	6:19
5	12.1	6:12	6:19
6	12.1	6:12	6:19
7	12.1	6:11	6:19
8	12.1	6:11	6:19
9	12.2	6:10	6:19
10	12.2	6:10	6:19
11	12.2	6:09	6:19
12	12.2	6:09	6:19
13	12.2	6:08	6:19
14	12.2	6:07	6:19
15	12.2	6:07	6:19
16	12.2	6:06	6:19
17	12.2	6:06	6:19
18	12.2	6:05	6:19
19	12.2	6:05	6:19
20	12.2	6:04	6:19
21	12.3	6:04	6:19
22	12.3	6:03	6:19
23	12.3	6:03	6:19
24	12.3	6:03	6:19
25	12.3	6:02	6:19
26	12.3	6:02	6:19
27	12.3	6:01	6:19
28	12.3	6:01	6:20
29	12.3	6:00	6:20
30	12.3	6:00	6:20

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.45 kWh/m² to a high of 6.23 kWh/m² in February across the year — April's 5.83 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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.9	Bright
2	5.9	Bright
3	5.9	Bright
4	5.9	Bright
5	5.9	Bright
6	5.9	Bright
7	5.9	Bright
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9	5.8	Bright
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25	5.8	Bright
26	5.8	Bright
27	5.8	Bright
28	5.8	Bright
29	5.9	Bright
30	5.9	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Dire Dawa

In seasonPeak

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

Dire Dawa sees seasonal dust haze (June–July), heaviest in July.

Dust

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Is April a good time to visit Dire Dawa?

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

6.0

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

5.8

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Dire Dawa for sightseeing.

What to pack for Dire Dawa in April

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

In April, Dire Dawa sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 16°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Dire Dawa in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Dire Dawa peaks around March 21 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 10 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	14	15	15	12	12	11	13	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	14	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	10	Extreme

Air quality in Dire Dawa in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Dire Dawa is worst in June — around 30 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	22	24	24	21	25	30	28	22	26	24	21	21
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	22	Moderate
Feb	24	Moderate
Mar	24	Moderate
Apr	21	Moderate
May	25	Moderate
Jun	30	Moderate
Jul	28	Moderate
Aug	22	Moderate
Sep	26	Moderate
Oct	24	Moderate
Nov	21	Moderate
Dec	21	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Dire Dawa?

Dire Dawa sits at 9.6°N, 41.9°E, 1,204 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is ‘Alemaya, 27 km away.

Topography around Dire Dawa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dire Dawa has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 322 m around an average of 1,233 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,339 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,714 m.

The land around Dire Dawa is covered by shrubs (49%) and artificial surfaces (36%) within 3 km, shrubs (72%) within 16 km, and shrubs (44%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

322 m

shrubs 49%

16 km

1,339 m

shrubs 72%

80 km

2,714 m

shrubs 44%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwetland

← March Dire Dawa year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: ‘Alemaya 27 km · Felana 38 km · Chelenko 40 km · Harar 42 km · Funyan Bīra 54 km · Deder 56 km · Babīlē 65 km · Ārabī 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

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 Dire Dawa (9.5931°, 41.8661°, elevation 1,204 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	26	16
2	26	16
3	26	16
4	26	16
5	26	16
6	26	16
7	26	16
8	26	16
9	26	16
10	26	16
11	26	16
12	26	16
13	26	16
14	26	16
15	26	16
16	26	16
17	26	16
18	26	16
19	26	16
20	26	16
21	26	16
22	26	16
23	26	16
24	26	16
25	26	16
26	26	16
27	26	16
28	26	16
29	26	16
30	26	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	57	43
4	56	44
5	56	44
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	51	49
14	50	50
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	48	52
24	47	53
25	47	53
26	47	53
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	48	52
30	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	40
3	41
4	41
5	42
6	42
7	43
8	44
9	45
10	46
11	46
12	47
13	48
14	48
15	49
16	50
17	50
18	51
19	51
20	51
21	51
22	51
23	51
24	50
25	50
26	49
27	48
28	47
29	47
30	46

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	49	37	13
2	49	38	14
3	48	38	14
4	47	38	14
5	47	39	14
6	46	40	15
7	44	40	15
8	43	41	16
9	42	42	17
10	40	42	18
11	39	43	18
12	38	43	19
13	36	43	20
14	35	44	21
15	34	44	22
16	33	45	23
17	32	45	23
18	31	45	24
19	30	45	25
20	29	45	25
21	29	45	26
22	29	45	26
23	29	45	26
24	29	45	26
25	29	45	26
26	29	45	26
27	29	45	25
28	29	46	25
29	29	46	25
30	29	47	24

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	57	43
4	56	44
5	56	44
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	51	49
14	50	50
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	48	52
24	47	53
25	47	53
26	47	53
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	48	52
30	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	40
3	41
4	41
5	42
6	42
7	43
8	44
9	45
10	46
11	46
12	47
13	48
14	48
15	49
16	50
17	50
18	51
19	51
20	51
21	51
22	51
23	51
24	50
25	50
26	49
27	48
28	47
29	47
30	46

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	49	37	13
2	49	38	14
3	48	38	14
4	47	38	14
5	47	39	14
6	46	40	15
7	44	40	15
8	43	41	16
9	42	42	17
10	40	42	18
11	39	43	18
12	38	43	19
13	36	43	20
14	35	44	21
15	34	44	22
16	33	45	23
17	32	45	23
18	31	45	24
19	30	45	25
20	29	45	25
21	29	45	26
22	29	45	26
23	29	45	26
24	29	45	26
25	29	45	26
26	29	45	26
27	29	45	25
28	29	46	25
29	29	46	25
30	29	47	24

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	57	43
4	56	44
5	56	44
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	51	49
14	50	50
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	48	52
24	47	53
25	47	53
26	47	53
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	48	52
30	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	40
3	41
4	41
5	42
6	42
7	43
8	44
9	45
10	46
11	46
12	47
13	48
14	48
15	49
16	50
17	50
18	51
19	51
20	51
21	51
22	51
23	51
24	50
25	50
26	49
27	48
28	47
29	47
30	46

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	49	37	13
2	49	38	14
3	48	38	14
4	47	38	14
5	47	39	14
6	46	40	15
7	44	40	15
8	43	41	16
9	42	42	17
10	40	42	18
11	39	43	18
12	38	43	19
13	36	43	20
14	35	44	21
15	34	44	22
16	33	45	23
17	32	45	23
18	31	45	24
19	30	45	25
20	29	45	25
21	29	45	26
22	29	45	26
23	29	45	26
24	29	45	26
25	29	45	26
26	29	45	26
27	29	45	25
28	29	46	25
29	29	46	25
30	29	47	24