Climate averages 1991–2020
Adwa weather
in April.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Adwa: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 14.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aksum (20 km away). In April its highs average 29.0°C, 0.9°C cooler than Adwa, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Adwa ranks 5th of 40 for the warmest April highs and 3rd of 40 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 40 cities is 26.2°C; Adwa is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 22 mm to 32 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
Adwa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.5°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 4.8 | 0.7 | 11.411 h |
| February | 28.4°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 2.6 | 0.6 | 11.712 h |
| March | 29.4°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 17 | 3.2 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 29.8°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 22 | 5.6 | 12.412 h |
| May | 29.6°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 32 | 6.3 | 12.813 h |
| June | 27.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 58 | 11.2 | 12.913 h |
| July | 23.9°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 229 | 28.4 | 12.913 h |
| August | 23.4°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 270 | 29.6 | 12.613 h |
| September | 25.2°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 75 | 10.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 26.0°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 9.5 | 1.6 | 11.812 h |
| November | 25.7°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 7.4 | 1.4 | 11.511 h |
| December | 25.7°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 11.311 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
- Aksum in AprilEthiopia · 20 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 14.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Ādīgrat in AprilEthiopia · 62 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 12.4°C · 148 mm rain
- Inda Silasē in AprilEthiopia · 67 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 17.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Mek'ele in AprilEthiopia · 97 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 14.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Asmara in AprilEritrea · 131 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 12.6°C · 63 mm rain
- Keren in AprilEritrea · 186 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 17.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Alamata in AprilEthiopia · 207 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 16.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Weldiya in AprilEthiopia · 270 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 167 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 Adwa) is explained once on the Adwa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.