Harar weather in July

In July, Harar sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 63 mm of rain across 15.3 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-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 23% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of July to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Harar's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Harar's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 15°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 63 mm; 15.3 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 30 min; 6:02 AM – 6:32 PM
Cloud cover: 57%; 10th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 4.94 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.1; out of 10

Harar is city in the east of Ethiopia.

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

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical July day in Harar reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 1°C cooler than June and on par with August.

	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
Avg high (°C)	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	15
2	24	15
3	24	15
4	23	15
5	23	15
6	23	15
7	23	15
8	23	15
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24	23	15
25	23	15
26	23	15
27	22	15
28	22	15
29	22	15
30	22	15
31	22	15

Harar weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 11th-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° / 13°	11	2.2	11.5	8.6
Feb	26° / 14°	15	2.3	11.7	8.1
Mar	26° / 16°	47	6.9	11.9	7.3
Apr	25° / 16°	108	15.9	12.2	5.9
May	24° / 16°	122	19.9	12.4	5.5
Jun	24° / 15°	40	10.1	12.5	6.9
Jul	23° / 15°	63	15.3	12.5	6.1
Aug	23° / 15°	81	17.5	12.3	5.8
Sep	24° / 15°	71	14.3	12.1	6.4
Oct	24° / 14°	71	10.9	11.8	7.0
Nov	24° / 13°	25	3.9	11.6	8.4
Dec	24° / 13°	11	2.2	11.5	8.8

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 33% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 44%. Skies tend to cloud over 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 (%)	63	63	63	62	62	62	62	62	60	60	60	59	59	58	57	57	56	54	54	53	53	52	51	51	50	50	50	49	49	49	49
Cloudier (%)	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	40	40	40	41	41	42	43	43	44	46	46	47	47	48	49	49	50	50	50	51	51	51	51

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	63	37
3	63	37
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	58	42
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	56	44
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	52	48
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28	49	51
29	49	51
30	49	51
31	49	51

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Harar gets around 63 mm of rain over 15.3 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 49% and peaks near 60% 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	31
Rain chance (%)	34	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	45	46	47	49	50	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	58	59	59	59	59	59	59	60

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	35
4	36
5	37
6	38
7	39
8	40
9	41
10	42
11	43
12	45
13	46
14	47
15	49
16	50
17	52
18	53
19	54
20	55
21	56
22	57
23	58
24	58
25	59
26	59
27	59
28	59
29	59
30	59
31	60

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 54% 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	31
Dry (%)	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	58	59	59	59	59	59	58	58	57	56	56	55	54	53	52	51	51	50	50	49	49	50	50	51
Comfortable (%)	48	47	46	45	44	43	42	42	41	41	41	41	41	42	42	43	44	44	45	46	47	48	49	49	50	50	51	51	50	50	49

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

Wind in July

Winds average 10 km/h in July, the windiest month of the year.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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	31
Wind speed (km/h)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
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30	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of July to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 5:59 AM to 6:05 AM, and sunset from 6:31 PM to 6:30 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)	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05
Sunset (PM)	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	5:59	6:31
2	12.5	5:59	6:31
3	12.5	5:59	6:31
4	12.5	5:59	6:31
5	12.5	6:00	6:31
6	12.5	6:00	6:32
7	12.5	6:00	6:32
8	12.5	6:00	6:32
9	12.5	6:01	6:32
10	12.5	6:01	6:32
11	12.5	6:01	6:32
12	12.5	6:01	6:32
13	12.5	6:02	6:32
14	12.5	6:02	6:32
15	12.5	6:02	6:32
16	12.5	6:02	6:32
17	12.5	6:03	6:32
18	12.5	6:03	6:32
19	12.5	6:03	6:32
20	12.5	6:03	6:32
21	12.5	6:03	6:32
22	12.5	6:04	6:32
23	12.5	6:04	6:32
24	12.5	6:04	6:31
25	12.5	6:04	6:31
26	12.4	6:04	6:31
27	12.4	6:04	6:31
28	12.4	6:05	6:31
29	12.4	6:05	6:31
30	12.4	6:05	6:30
31	12.4	6:05	6:30

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.94 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.94 kWh/m² to a high of 6.34 kWh/m² in February across the year — July's 4.94 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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)	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.0	Bright
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15	5.0	Bright
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17	4.9	Bright
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29	4.9	Bright
30	4.9	Bright
31	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Harar

In seasonPeak

In July, Harar sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Harar's rainy season runs April–May, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is July a good time to visit Harar?

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

6.1

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

4.7

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Harar for sightseeing.

What to pack for Harar in July

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

In July, Harar sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 15°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Harar in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Harar peaks around March 17 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 23 at about 11 (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)	13	15	16	15	13	12	11	14	13	13	11	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Harar in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Harar is worst in October — around 19 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)	17	18	18	17	16	18	18	14	15	19	18	17
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	17	Moderate
Feb	18	Moderate
Mar	18	Moderate
Apr	17	Moderate
May	16	Moderate
Jun	18	Moderate
Jul	18	Moderate
Aug	14	Moderate
Sep	15	Moderate
Oct	19	Moderate
Nov	18	Moderate
Dec	17	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Harar?

Harar sits at 9.3°N, 42.1°E, 1,917 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is ‘Alemaya, 15 km away.

Topography around Harar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Harar has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 414 m around an average of 1,948 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,114 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,622 m.

The land around Harar is covered by shrubs (43%), artificial surfaces (29%) and cropland (23%) within 3 km, shrubs (51%) and cropland (45%) within 16 km, and shrubs (61%) and cropland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

414 m

shrubs 43%

16 km

1,114 m

shrubs 51%

80 km

2,622 m

shrubs 61%

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← June Harar year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: ‘Alemaya 15 km · Felana 18 km · Funyan Bīra 24 km · Babīlē 25 km · Dire Dawa 42 km · Chinahsen 58 km · Chelenko 62 km · Deder 74 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 Harar (9.3139°, 42.1181°, elevation 1,917 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	24	15
2	24	15
3	24	15
4	23	15
5	23	15
6	23	15
7	23	15
8	23	15
9	23	15
10	23	15
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12	23	15
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17	23	14
18	23	14
19	23	14
20	23	14
21	23	14
22	23	14
23	23	14
24	23	15
25	23	15
26	23	15
27	22	15
28	22	15
29	22	15
30	22	15
31	22	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	63	37
3	63	37
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	58	42
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	56	44
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	52	48
23	51	49
24	51	49
25	50	50
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	49	51
29	49	51
30	49	51
31	49	51

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	35
4	36
5	37
6	38
7	39
8	40
9	41
10	42
11	43
12	45
13	46
14	47
15	49
16	50
17	52
18	53
19	54
20	55
21	56
22	57
23	58
24	58
25	59
26	59
27	59
28	59
29	59
30	59
31	60

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	63	37
3	63	37
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	58	42
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	56	44
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	52	48
23	51	49
24	51	49
25	50	50
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	49	51
29	49	51
30	49	51
31	49	51

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	35
4	36
5	37
6	38
7	39
8	40
9	41
10	42
11	43
12	45
13	46
14	47
15	49
16	50
17	52
18	53
19	54
20	55
21	56
22	57
23	58
24	58
25	59
26	59
27	59
28	59
29	59
30	59
31	60

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	63	37
3	63	37
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	58	42
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	56	44
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	52	48
23	51	49
24	51	49
25	50	50
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	49	51
29	49	51
30	49	51
31	49	51

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	35
4	36
5	37
6	38
7	39
8	40
9	41
10	42
11	43
12	45
13	46
14	47
15	49
16	50
17	52
18	53
19	54
20	55
21	56
22	57
23	58
24	58
25	59
26	59
27	59
28	59
29	59
30	59
31	60

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