Climate averages 1991–2020
Adwa weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Adwa: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 12.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aksum (20 km away). In March its highs average 28.5°C, 1.0°C cooler than Adwa, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Adwa ranks joint 5th of 40 for the warmest March highs and 6th of 40 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 40 cities is 26.8°C; Adwa is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 17 mm to 22 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
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, selected | 29.4°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 17 | 3.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 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
March in nearby cities
- Aksum in MarchEthiopia · 20 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 13.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Ādīgrat in MarchEthiopia · 62 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 11.4°C · 109 mm rain
- Inda Silasē in MarchEthiopia · 67 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 15.7°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Mek'ele in MarchEthiopia · 97 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 13.1°C · 60 mm rain
- Asmara in MarchEritrea · 131 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Keren in MarchEritrea · 186 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 15.6°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Alamata in MarchEthiopia · 207 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 15.4°C · 67 mm rain
- Weldiya in MarchEthiopia · 270 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 13.8°C · 189 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.