Climate averages 1991–2020
Alamata weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Alamata: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 10th 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 Weldiya (66 km away). In March its highs average 24.3°C, 1.7°C cooler than Alamata, with 189 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Alamata ranks 25th of 40 for the warmest March highs and 21st of 40 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 40 cities is 26.8°C; Alamata is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 67 mm to 57 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
Alamata climate table
| 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, selected | 26.0°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 67 | 12.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 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
March in nearby cities
- Weldiya in MarchEthiopia · 66 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 13.8°C · 189 mm rain
- Mek'ele in MarchEthiopia · 121 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 13.1°C · 60 mm rain
- Dessie in MarchEthiopia · 143 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 9.6°C · 105 mm rain
- Kombolcha in MarchEthiopia · 150 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 13.1°C · 104 mm rain
- Adwa in MarchEthiopia · 207 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 12.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Ādīgrat in MarchEthiopia · 207 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 11.4°C · 109 mm rain
- Aksum in MarchEthiopia · 210 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 13.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Inda Silasē in MarchEthiopia · 233 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 15.7°C · 7.9 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 Alamata) is explained once on the Alamata year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.