Hartīshēk weather in October

In October, Hartīshēk sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 45 mm of rain across 7.5 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-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 40% 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 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Hartīshēk's 6th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Hartīshēk's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 15°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 45 mm; 7.5 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 5:58 AM – 5:45 PM
Cloud cover: 45%; 6th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 5.98 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.4; out of 10

Hartīshēk is human settlement.

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 26°C through the month.

A typical October day in Hartīshēk reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs on par with September and on par with November.

	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)	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	26
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

	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	15
9	26	15
10	26	15
11	26	15
12	26	15
13	26	15
14	26	15
15	26	15
16	26	15
17	26	15
18	26	15
19	26	15
20	26	14
21	26	14
22	26	14
23	26	14
24	26	14
25	26	14
26	26	14
27	26	14
28	26	14
29	26	14
30	26	14
31	26	14

Hartīshēk weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 12°	4	0.8	11.5	8.7
Feb	27° / 13°	6	0.9	11.7	8.3
Mar	28° / 15°	28	4.2	11.9	7.5
Apr	27° / 16°	70	11.8	12.2	6.3
May	26° / 17°	61	13.1	12.4	6.3
Jun	25° / 16°	10	2.4	12.5	8.0
Jul	24° / 16°	14	3.8	12.5	8.1
Aug	25° / 16°	17	4.8	12.3	7.8
Sep	26° / 17°	17	4.4	12.1	7.7
Oct	26° / 15°	45	7.5	11.8	7.4
Nov	25° / 13°	15	2.4	11.6	8.5
Dec	25° / 12°	5	1.1	11.5	8.9

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 30% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 30%. 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 (%)	70	68	68	68	67	67	68	68	68	68	68	69	68	69	69	70	69	69	70	70	70	71	71	71	72	72	72	73	73	74	75
Cloudier (%)	30	32	32	32	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	31	32	31	31	30	31	31	30	30	30	29	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	26	25

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	69	31
13	68	32
14	69	31
15	69	31
16	70	30
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	70	30
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	74	26
31	75	25

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Hartīshēk gets around 45 mm of rain over 7.5 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 22% and peaks near 28% 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 (%)	23	25	25	26	27	27	28	28	28	27	27	26	26	25	24	24	23	23	22	21	21	20	20	19	18	18	17	16	15	14	14

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

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 61% 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 (%)	60	59	58	56	56	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	56	57	58	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	71	71	72	74
Comfortable (%)	34	34	35	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	36	35	34	34	33	32	31	30	29	28	27	27	26	25	24	23	23	22	21
Humid (%)	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	60	34	6
2	59	34	7
3	58	35	7
4	56	36	8
5	56	36	8
6	55	37	8
7	55	37	8
8	55	37	8
9	55	37	8
10	55	37	8
11	55	37	8
12	55	37	8
13	56	36	8
14	57	35	8
15	58	34	8
16	58	34	8
17	59	33	8
18	60	32	8
19	61	31	8
20	62	30	8
21	63	29	8
22	64	28	8
23	65	27	8
24	66	27	7
25	67	26	7
26	68	25	7
27	69	24	7
28	71	23	6
29	71	23	6
30	72	22	6
31	74	21	5

Wind in October

Winds average 9 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	9	calm
12	9	calm
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28	9	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of October to 11 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 5:58 AM to 6:00 AM, and sunset from 5:53 PM to 5:40 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	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7
Sunrise (AM)	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00
Sunset (PM)	5:53	5:53	5:52	5:51	5:51	5:50	5:50	5:49	5:49	5:48	5:48	5:47	5:47	5:46	5:46	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:44	5:44	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:40

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.9	5:58	5:53
2	11.9	5:58	5:53
3	11.9	5:58	5:52
4	11.9	5:58	5:51
5	11.9	5:58	5:51
6	11.9	5:58	5:50
7	11.9	5:58	5:50
8	11.9	5:58	5:49
9	11.9	5:58	5:49
10	11.8	5:58	5:48
11	11.8	5:58	5:48
12	11.8	5:58	5:47
13	11.8	5:58	5:47
14	11.8	5:58	5:46
15	11.8	5:58	5:46
16	11.8	5:58	5:45
17	11.8	5:58	5:45
18	11.8	5:58	5:45
19	11.8	5:58	5:44
20	11.8	5:58	5:44
21	11.8	5:58	5:43
22	11.7	5:58	5:43
23	11.7	5:58	5:43
24	11.7	5:59	5:42
25	11.7	5:59	5:42
26	11.7	5:59	5:42
27	11.7	5:59	5:41
28	11.7	5:59	5:41
29	11.7	5:59	5:41
30	11.7	6:00	5:41
31	11.7	6:00	5:40

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.98 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.15 kWh/m² to a high of 6.8 kWh/m² in February across the year — October's 5.98 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)	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.7	Bright
2	5.8	Bright
3	5.8	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.8	Bright
6	5.8	Bright
7	5.8	Bright
8	5.8	Bright
9	5.8	Bright
10	5.9	Bright
11	5.9	Bright
12	5.9	Bright
13	5.9	Bright
14	6.0	Bright
15	6.0	Bright
16	6.0	Bright
17	6.0	Intense
18	6.0	Intense
19	6.0	Intense
20	6.1	Intense
21	6.1	Intense
22	6.1	Intense
23	6.1	Intense
24	6.1	Intense
25	6.1	Intense
26	6.1	Intense
27	6.2	Intense
28	6.2	Intense
29	6.2	Intense
30	6.2	Intense
31	6.2	Intense

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Hartīshēk?

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

7.4

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

7.1

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

October is one of the better times to visit Hartīshēk for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Hartīshēk in October

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

In October, Hartīshēk sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 15°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Hartīshēk 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 Hartīshēk peaks around March 18 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 10 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	13	11	14	14	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	13	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Hartīshēk 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 Hartīshēk is worst in July — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (November, 10 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)	12	14	12	10	10	19	22	17	14	11	10	11
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Moderate
Feb	14	Moderate
Mar	12	Good
Apr	10	Good
May	10	Good
Jun	19	Moderate
Jul	22	Moderate
Aug	17	Moderate
Sep	14	Moderate
Oct	11	Good
Nov	10	Good
Dec	11	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Hartīshēk?

Hartīshēk sits at 9.2°N, 43.4°E, 1,612 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Tog Wajaale, 49 km away.

Topography around Hartīshēk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hartīshēk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 60 m around an average of 1,612 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 248 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,191 m.

The land around Hartīshēk is covered by grassland (69%) and cropland (21%) within 3 km, grassland (83%) within 16 km, and grassland (55%) and shrubs (30%) within 80 km.

3 km

60 m

grassland 69%

16 km

248 m

grassland 83%

80 km

1,191 m

grassland 55%

shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

October weather nearby: Tog Wajaale 49 km · Gedeb 50 km · Jijiga 64 km · Gebiley 67 km · Baki 82 km · Borama 89 km · Hargeysa 90 km · Chinahsen 90 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 Hartīshēk (9.1572°, 43.3542°, elevation 1,612 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	15
9	26	15
10	26	15
11	26	15
12	26	15
13	26	15
14	26	15
15	26	15
16	26	15
17	26	15
18	26	15
19	26	15
20	26	14
21	26	14
22	26	14
23	26	14
24	26	14
25	26	14
26	26	14
27	26	14
28	26	14
29	26	14
30	26	14
31	26	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	69	31
13	68	32
14	69	31
15	69	31
16	70	30
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	70	30
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	74	26
31	75	25

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	60	34	6
2	59	34	7
3	58	35	7
4	56	36	8
5	56	36	8
6	55	37	8
7	55	37	8
8	55	37	8
9	55	37	8
10	55	37	8
11	55	37	8
12	55	37	8
13	56	36	8
14	57	35	8
15	58	34	8
16	58	34	8
17	59	33	8
18	60	32	8
19	61	31	8
20	62	30	8
21	63	29	8
22	64	28	8
23	65	27	8
24	66	27	7
25	67	26	7
26	68	25	7
27	69	24	7
28	71	23	6
29	71	23	6
30	72	22	6
31	74	21	5

	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	15
9	26	15
10	26	15
11	26	15
12	26	15
13	26	15
14	26	15
15	26	15
16	26	15
17	26	15
18	26	15
19	26	15
20	26	14
21	26	14
22	26	14
23	26	14
24	26	14
25	26	14
26	26	14
27	26	14
28	26	14
29	26	14
30	26	14
31	26	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	69	31
13	68	32
14	69	31
15	69	31
16	70	30
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	70	30
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	74	26
31	75	25

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	60	34	6
2	59	34	7
3	58	35	7
4	56	36	8
5	56	36	8
6	55	37	8
7	55	37	8
8	55	37	8
9	55	37	8
10	55	37	8
11	55	37	8
12	55	37	8
13	56	36	8
14	57	35	8
15	58	34	8
16	58	34	8
17	59	33	8
18	60	32	8
19	61	31	8
20	62	30	8
21	63	29	8
22	64	28	8
23	65	27	8
24	66	27	7
25	67	26	7
26	68	25	7
27	69	24	7
28	71	23	6
29	71	23	6
30	72	22	6
31	74	21	5

	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	15
9	26	15
10	26	15
11	26	15
12	26	15
13	26	15
14	26	15
15	26	15
16	26	15
17	26	15
18	26	15
19	26	15
20	26	14
21	26	14
22	26	14
23	26	14
24	26	14
25	26	14
26	26	14
27	26	14
28	26	14
29	26	14
30	26	14
31	26	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	69	31
13	68	32
14	69	31
15	69	31
16	70	30
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	70	30
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	74	26
31	75	25

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	60	34	6
2	59	34	7
3	58	35	7
4	56	36	8
5	56	36	8
6	55	37	8
7	55	37	8
8	55	37	8
9	55	37	8
10	55	37	8
11	55	37	8
12	55	37	8
13	56	36	8
14	57	35	8
15	58	34	8
16	58	34	8
17	59	33	8
18	60	32	8
19	61	31	8
20	62	30	8
21	63	29	8
22	64	28	8
23	65	27	8
24	66	27	7
25	67	26	7
26	68	25	7
27	69	24	7
28	71	23	6
29	71	23	6
30	72	22	6
31	74	21	5