Climate averages 1991–2020
Aksum weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Aksum: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 13.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 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 Adwa (20 km away). In March its highs average 29.4°C, 1.0°C warmer than Aksum, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Aksum ranks 8th of 40 for the warmest March highs and 3rd of 40 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 40 cities is 26.8°C; Aksum is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 21 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
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, selected | 28.5°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 15 | 2.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 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
March in nearby cities
- Adwa in MarchEthiopia · 20 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 12.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Inda Silasē in MarchEthiopia · 48 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 15.7°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Ādīgrat in MarchEthiopia · 81 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 11.4°C · 109 mm rain
- Mek'ele in MarchEthiopia · 107 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 13.1°C · 60 mm rain
- Asmara in MarchEritrea · 137 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Keren in MarchEritrea · 187 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 15.6°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Alamata in MarchEthiopia · 210 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 15.4°C · 67 mm rain
- Weldiya in MarchEthiopia · 272 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 Aksum) is explained once on the Aksum year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.