Climate averages 1991–2020
Addis Ababa weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Addis Ababa: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 11.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 142 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes April a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sebeta (19 km away). In April its highs average 24.1°C, 0.8°C warmer than Addis Ababa, with 124 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Addis Ababa ranks 37th of 40 for the warmest April highs and joint 24th of 40 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 40 cities is 26.2°C; Addis Ababa is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 22.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 142 mm to 177 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Addis Ababa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 15 | 3.3 | 11.712 h |
| February | 23.5°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 19 | 4.2 | 11.812 h |
| March | 23.7°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 65 | 9.9 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 23.3°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 142 | 13.6 | 12.312 h |
| May | 22.9°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 177 | 13.6 | 12.513 h |
| June | 21.3°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 267 | 23.5 | 12.613 h |
| July | 19.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 377 | 30.9 | 12.613 h |
| August | 19.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 407 | 31.0 | 12.412 h |
| September | 20.0°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 275 | 24.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 20.8°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 48 | 6.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 21.6°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 9.5 | 1.8 | 11.712 h |
| December | 21.7°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 5.8 | 1.2 | 11.612 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Sebeta in AprilEthiopia · 19 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 12.2°C · 124 mm rain
- Bishoftu in AprilEthiopia · 40 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 13.7°C · 52 mm rain
- Nazrēt in AprilEthiopia · 78 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 16.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Mek’ī in AprilEthiopia · 98 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Hāgere Hiywet in AprilEthiopia · 99 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 187 mm rain
- Waliso in AprilEthiopia · 102 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 13.5°C · 97 mm rain
- Butajīra in AprilEthiopia · 109 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 349 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in AprilEthiopia · 113 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 10.2°C · 160 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Addis Ababa) is explained once on the Addis Ababa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.