Climate averages 1991–2020
Aksum weather
in April.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Aksum: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 14.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Adwa (20 km away). In April its highs average 29.8°C, 0.9°C warmer than Aksum, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Aksum ranks 8th of 40 for the warmest April highs and 2nd of 40 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 40 cities is 26.2°C; Aksum is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 21 mm to 42 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
Aksum climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.4°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 3.0 | 0.5 | 11.411 h |
| February | 27.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 11.712 h |
| March | 28.5°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 15 | 2.7 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 29.0°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 21 | 4.9 | 12.412 h |
| May | 28.5°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 42 | 6.5 | 12.813 h |
| June | 26.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 118 | 15.5 | 12.913 h |
| July | 22.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 293 | 30.2 | 12.913 h |
| August | 22.2°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 297 | 30.4 | 12.613 h |
| September | 23.9°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 87 | 12.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 24.9°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 9.7 | 1.8 | 11.812 h |
| November | 24.6°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 7.4 | 1.5 | 11.511 h |
| December | 24.6°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 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
- Adwa in AprilEthiopia · 20 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 14.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Inda Silasē in AprilEthiopia · 48 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 17.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Ādīgrat in AprilEthiopia · 81 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 12.4°C · 148 mm rain
- Mek'ele in AprilEthiopia · 107 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 14.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Asmara in AprilEritrea · 137 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 12.6°C · 63 mm rain
- Keren in AprilEritrea · 187 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 17.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Alamata in AprilEthiopia · 210 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 16.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Weldiya in AprilEthiopia · 272 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 Aksum) is explained once on the Aksum year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.