Harar Weather in August
Harar in August
The short of it: Harar in August averages a high of 23 °C (73 °F) and a low of 13 °C (55 °F), with 115 mm (4.5 in) of rain and about 12 h 25 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 23° · low 13° · rain 115 mm · daylight 12 h 25 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: January & December
Thirty years of records give Harar an average August high of 23°, a low of 13° and some 115 mm of rain. Harar's coldest stretch of the year, 23° by day and 13° by night. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 115 mm.
The sun is up for about 12 h 25 min in mid-August.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and December.
Against its neighbours, Harar runs about middling and about as wet in August. ‘Alemaya, 15 km to the NW, sees much the same highs.
August in Harar, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 43 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 25 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ‘AlemayaOromiya | 15 km NW | 23° | 13° | 128 mm |
| FelanaOromiya | 18 km NNE | 21° | 12° | 135 mm |
| Funyan BīraOromiya | 24 km ENE | 23° | 14° | 113 mm |
| BabīlēOromiya | 25 km ESE | 26° | 16° | 86 mm |
| Dire DawaDire Dawa | 42 km NW | 32° | 21° | 104 mm |
| ChinahsenSomali | 58 km ENE | 23° | 13° | 114 mm |
| ChelenkoOromiya | 62 km W | 21° | 11° | 203 mm |
| DederOromiya | 74 km W | 20° | 10° | 222 mm |