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Gode

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Updated Thursday, October 29, 2026 · sourced live layer and versioned editorial content

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Should I visit Gode?

Generally suitable with routine precautions

Avoid all travel to Gode unless absolutely essential; the security situation is volatile and can deteriorate rapidly.

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Climate normals · 2016–2025

When to go: Gode month by month

Judged purely on 2016–2025 weather records, the friendliest months in Gode are typically May, October and November, with average daytime highs around 33–34°C. March is usually the warmest month (average high 37°C), January the coldest (average low 23°C), and April the wettest (about 84 mm). These are long-run averages, not a forecast.

Monthly averages computed from 2016–2025 Open-Meteo historical weather records for this location. Long-run averages, not a forecast.
Month	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)	Rain (mm)	Sunshine (h/day)
January	35.3	23.2	0	11.4
February	36.4	24.4	0	11.4
March	36.7	25.7	22	11.5
April	34.0	25.5	84	11.0
May	33.5	24.9	45	11.0
June	34.5	25.2	4	9.9
July	33.3	24.6	4	7.6
August	34.2	24.7	3	9.4
September	35.4	25.2	6	10.8
October	33.0	24.6	55	10.8
November	32.6	23.3	53	11.0
December	34.6	23.4	2	11.5

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Documented history · 1977
Gode was captured by the WSLF near the end of July 1977 during the Ogaden War, preceding subsequent Somoli advances toward Jijiga.
Documented history · 1978
Despite the end of the Ogaden War, the WSLF retained full control of the Gode region long after the Somali Army had systematically withdrawn from the Ogaden in March 1978.
Documented history · 1980
Ethiopian units under Brigadier-General Demisse Bulto, commander of the First Revolutionary Army, recaptured Gode during Operation Lash in November 1980.
Documented history · 1981
Gode has been at the center of several recent famines: one in 1981; the next in 1991, which required the UN High Commission for Refugees to airlift food to 80,000 people stranded outside the town; and most recently in 2000, during which large numbr of displaced people arrived in

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Gode, in brief

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02 · History