Climate averages 1991–2020
Ārabī weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Ārabī: daytime highs average 32.1°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Borama (76 km away). In April its highs average 28.4°C, 3.6°C cooler than Ārabī, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Ārabī ranks 3rd of 40 for the warmest April highs and 6th of 40 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 40 cities is 26.2°C; Ārabī is 5.9°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 33.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 42 mm to 17 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
Ārabī climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.5°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 7.7 | 1.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 30.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 8.2 | 1.2 | 11.812 h |
| March | 31.7°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 32 | 4.8 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 32.1°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 42 | 6.8 | 12.312 h |
| May | 33.2°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 17 | 2.6 | 12.613 h |
| June | 34.0°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 1.5 | 0.5 | 12.713 h |
| July | 33.2°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 10 | 3.4 | 12.613 h |
| August | 32.8°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 19 | 5.1 | 12.412 h |
| September | 32.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 4.0 | 1.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 13 | 2.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.8°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 9.5 | 1.3 | 11.712 h |
| December | 28.4°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 4.5 | 0.7 | 11.612 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
- Borama in AprilSomalia · 76 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Jijiga in AprilEthiopia · 76 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.2°C · 67 mm rain
- Dire Dawa in AprilEthiopia · 80 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 19.1°C · 153 mm rain
- Harar in AprilEthiopia · 83 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 108 mm rain
- Ruqi in AprilSomalia · 102 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.2°C · 83 mm rain
- Gebiley in AprilSomalia · 127 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 73 mm rain
- Hargeysa in AprilSomalia · 178 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 18.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Djibouti in AprilDjibouti · 194 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.4°C · 28 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 Ārabī) is explained once on the Ārabī year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.