Climate averages 1991–2020

Alamata weather
in April.

A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 27.6°C Daytime mean, April

Average low 16.7°C Night-time mean, April

Rainfall 57 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

April is a warm month in Alamata: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 24 min on an average April day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Weldiya (66 km away). In April its highs average 25.4°C, 2.2°C cooler than Alamata, with 167 mm of rain.

Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Alamata ranks 11th of 40 for the warmest April highs and 9th of 40 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 40 cities is 26.2°C; Alamata is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.

From April to May, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 57 mm to 27 mm.

The annual picture

April in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Alamata climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Alamata, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	23.3°C12.9°C	12.9°C	38	7.5	11.511 h
February	24.7°C13.9°C	13.9°C	36	6.9	11.712 h
March	26.0°C15.4°C	15.4°C	67	12.0	12.112 h
April, selected	27.6°C16.7°C	16.7°C	57	11.1	12.412 h
May	30.0°C17.3°C	17.3°C	27	4.9	12.713 h
June	31.3°C16.8°C	16.8°C	45	7.8	12.813 h
July	29.0°C17.1°C	17.1°C	226	26.6	12.813 h
August	28.1°C16.5°C	16.5°C	226	26.3	12.513 h
September	28.6°C15.6°C	15.6°C	38	6.4	12.212 h
October	27.1°C16.5°C	16.5°C	8.4	2.1	11.912 h
November	25.4°C14.3°C	14.3°C	13	2.7	11.612 h
December	24.0°C12.8°C	12.8°C	19	2.9	11.411 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

Distance from Alamata

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Alamata) is explained once on the Alamata year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.