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Dire DawaEthiopia

Current time in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

Monday, 7 September 2026

East Africa TimeUTC+03:00

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Dire Dawa time at a glance

Country
Ethiopia
Location
City in Ethiopia
Time zone
Africa/Addis_Ababa
UTC offset now
UTC+03:00
Current zone label
GMT+3
Next clock change
No upcoming change available

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Weather in Dire Dawa

Conditions near Dire Dawa and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.

22°C

Smoky haze

Feels like
20°C
Humidity
58%
Wind
15.8 km/h S
Recent precipitation
0 mm

3-day forecast

  1. Patchy rain nearby17°C to 29°C57% chance of precipitationWind up to 25.2 km/h
  2. Patchy rain nearby17°C to 28°C57% chance of precipitationWind up to 24.8 km/h
  3. Patchy rain nearby17°C to 28°C57% chance of precipitationWind up to 27 km/h

Forecast valid from 21:30 local time. Updated 2026-09-07T18:32:20.977Z; refresh due by 2026-09-07T18:47:20.977Z.

Time-zone identity for Dire Dawa

IANA zone
Africa/Addis_Ababa
UTC offset now
UTC+03:00
Current zone label
GMT+3
Clock-change status
No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.

Dire Dawa is currently 3 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.

Clock changes in Dire Dawa

370-day checked horizon

No UTC offset change was found through Sunday, 12 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.

Time-zone history

UTC offset changes for Dire Dawa

A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Africa/Addis_Ababa, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.

Previous 5 years

No UTC offset transition was found in the previous 5 years.

Next 5 years

No UTC offset transition was found in the next 5 years.

Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.

Location context

About Dire Dawa

Location details for Dire Dawa in Ethiopia.

Administrative area
Ethiopia
Population
343,000
Coordinates
9.5931° N, 41.8661° E. The elevation is 1,204 metres.

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Sources for Dire Dawa time and city facts

Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.

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  • GeoNames cities15000
    GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · Accessed
    City and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
  • IANA Time Zone Database
    Internet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · Accessed
    Time-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
  • Unicode Common Locale Data Repository
    Unicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · Accessed
    English display names for countries, currencies and languages.
  • Weather and Geolocation API
    WeatherAPI.com · Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · Accessed
    Current weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.