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CityCompass
Best time to be here: January, February and November. Every month below carries its climate normals and a comfort score you can tune to your own tolerances.
Days 29 °C, nights 15 °C
310 h sunshine · 11.5 h daylight
6 mm rain · 46% humidity
Days 32 °C, nights 16 °C
293 h sunshine · 11.7 h daylight
13 mm rain · 42% humidity
Days 32 °C, nights 18 °C
302 h sunshine · 11.9 h daylight
46 mm rain · 45% humidity
Days 31 °C, nights 19 °C
Feels like 35 °C in the afternoons
267 h sunshine · 12.2 h daylight
114 mm rain · 59% humidity
Days 32 °C, nights 20 °C
Feels like 37 °C in the afternoons
300 h sunshine · 12.4 h daylight
85 mm rain · 60% humidity
Days 32 °C, nights 19 °C
Feels like 36 °C in the afternoons
287 h sunshine · 12.6 h daylight
51 mm rain · 59% humidity
Days 30 °C, nights 18 °C
Feels like 33 °C in the afternoons
265 h sunshine · 12.5 h daylight
116 mm rain · 63% humidity
Days 29 °C, nights 18 °C
Feels like 32 °C in the afternoons
263 h sunshine · 12.3 h daylight
146 mm rain · 67% humidity
Days 29 °C, nights 18 °C
Feels like 33 °C in the afternoons
256 h sunshine · 12.1 h daylight
113 mm rain · 65% humidity
Days 30 °C, nights 17 °C
293 h sunshine · 11.8 h daylight
37 mm rain · 55% humidity
Days 29 °C, nights 15 °C
298 h sunshine · 11.6 h daylight
22 mm rain · 52% humidity
Days 28 °C, nights 14 °C
318 h sunshine · 11.4 h daylight
11 mm rain · 49% humidity
Living in Dire Dawa means living under Ethiopia's tax and legal system. The essentials, from our country research:
Would Ethiopia actually work for your taxes? It runs regimes like SEZ Foreign Employee Income Tax Exemption (Proclamation 1322/2024), and whether they fit depends on your situation.
Each month scores 0 to 10 from four weighted components: temperature (35%), sunshine (25%), humidity (20%) and rain (20%), with an extra penalty when heat and humidity combine. Personal tolerances reshape the score: your heat limit compares to how afternoons feel (heat index), your cold limit to typical nights. Data: NASA POWER climatology 2001-2020 with elevation corrections, daylight computed from latitude.
City data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) · Climate normals: NASA POWER (2001-2020) · Live weather: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
CityCompass
Best time to be here: January, February and November. Every month below carries its climate normals and a comfort score you can tune to your own tolerances.
Days 29 °C, nights 15 °C
310 h sunshine · 11.5 h daylight
6 mm rain · 46% humidity
Days 32 °C, nights 16 °C
293 h sunshine · 11.7 h daylight
13 mm rain · 42% humidity
Days 32 °C, nights 18 °C
302 h sunshine · 11.9 h daylight
46 mm rain · 45% humidity
Days 31 °C, nights 19 °C
Feels like 35 °C in the afternoons
267 h sunshine · 12.2 h daylight
114 mm rain · 59% humidity
Days 32 °C, nights 20 °C
Feels like 37 °C in the afternoons
300 h sunshine · 12.4 h daylight
85 mm rain · 60% humidity
Days 32 °C, nights 19 °C
Feels like 36 °C in the afternoons
287 h sunshine · 12.6 h daylight
51 mm rain · 59% humidity
Days 30 °C, nights 18 °C
Feels like 33 °C in the afternoons
265 h sunshine · 12.5 h daylight
116 mm rain · 63% humidity
Days 29 °C, nights 18 °C
Feels like 32 °C in the afternoons
263 h sunshine · 12.3 h daylight
146 mm rain · 67% humidity
Days 29 °C, nights 18 °C
Feels like 33 °C in the afternoons
256 h sunshine · 12.1 h daylight
113 mm rain · 65% humidity
Days 30 °C, nights 17 °C
293 h sunshine · 11.8 h daylight
37 mm rain · 55% humidity
Days 29 °C, nights 15 °C
298 h sunshine · 11.6 h daylight
22 mm rain · 52% humidity
Days 28 °C, nights 14 °C
318 h sunshine · 11.4 h daylight
11 mm rain · 49% humidity
Living in Dire Dawa means living under Ethiopia's tax and legal system. The essentials, from our country research:
Would Ethiopia actually work for your taxes? It runs regimes like SEZ Foreign Employee Income Tax Exemption (Proclamation 1322/2024), and whether they fit depends on your situation.
Each month scores 0 to 10 from four weighted components: temperature (35%), sunshine (25%), humidity (20%) and rain (20%), with an extra penalty when heat and humidity combine. Personal tolerances reshape the score: your heat limit compares to how afternoons feel (heat index), your cold limit to typical nights. Data: NASA POWER climatology 2001-2020 with elevation corrections, daylight computed from latitude.
City data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) · Climate normals: NASA POWER (2001-2020) · Live weather: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)