Climate averages 1991–2020
Ārabī weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Ārabī: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Borama (76 km away). In March its highs average 28.4°C, 3.3°C cooler than Ārabī, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Ārabī ranks 3rd of 40 for the warmest March highs and 11th of 40 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 40 cities is 26.8°C; Ārabī is 4.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 32.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 42 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
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, selected | 31.7°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 32 | 4.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 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
March in nearby cities
- Borama in MarchSomalia · 76 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Jijiga in MarchEthiopia · 76 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 15.6°C · 25 mm rain
- Dire Dawa in MarchEthiopia · 80 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.8°C · 95 mm rain
- Harar in MarchEthiopia · 83 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 15.0°C · 47 mm rain
- Ruqi in MarchSomalia · 102 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Gebiley in MarchSomalia · 127 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Hargeysa in MarchSomalia · 178 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 16.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Djibouti in MarchDjibouti · 194 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.6°C · 18 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.