Jijiga
City in Ethiopia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Jijiga: Abdirahman Isak Aden, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Jijiga is a city in Ethiopia, in Somali. About 483,000 people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of Ethiopia in our atlas.
It lies at 9.35° N, 42.80° E, about 1,646 m (5,400 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Addis_Ababa time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Jijiga. Green dots: other major cities of Ethiopia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Jijiga has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb). The warmest month is usually Mar, with average highs near 29°C (85°F); the coolest nights come in Dec at about 10°C (49°F). Around 688 mm (27 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Aug.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in EthiopiaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Dire Dawa · 106 km
- Warder · 383 km
- Nazrēt · 397 km
- Dessie · 399 km
- Bishoftu · 424 km
- Addis Ababa · 445 km
- Shashamane · 518 km
- Awasa · 537 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 333795 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q755763 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Jijiga: Abdirahman Isak Aden, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)