Climate averages 1991–2020
Addis Ababa weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Addis Ababa: daytime highs average 23.7°C and nights cool to about 11.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sebeta (19 km away). In March its highs average 24.5°C, 0.8°C warmer than Addis Ababa, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Addis Ababa ranks 37th of 40 for the warmest March highs and joint 19th of 40 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 40 cities is 26.8°C; Addis Ababa is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 23.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 65 mm to 142 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 23.7°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 65 | 9.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 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
March in nearby cities
- Sebeta in MarchEthiopia · 19 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Bishoftu in MarchEthiopia · 40 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Nazrēt in MarchEthiopia · 78 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 15.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Mek’ī in MarchEthiopia · 98 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Hāgere Hiywet in MarchEthiopia · 99 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 13.8°C · 119 mm rain
- Waliso in MarchEthiopia · 102 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 13.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Butajīra in MarchEthiopia · 109 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 14.2°C · 179 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in MarchEthiopia · 113 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 9.4°C · 152 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.