Climate averages 1991–2020
Āreka weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Āreka: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 93 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gununo (17 km away). In March its highs average 26.4°C, 1.4°C cooler than Āreka, with 93 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Āreka ranks joint 11th of 40 for the warmest March highs and joint 27th of 40 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 40 cities is 26.8°C; Āreka is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 93 mm to 210 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
Āreka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.1°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 23 | 4.1 | 11.812 h |
| February | 28.1°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 28 | 5.1 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 27.8°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 93 | 12.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.9°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 210 | 22.3 | 12.312 h |
| May | 24.2°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 241 | 26.5 | 12.412 h |
| June | 22.6°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 193 | 26.1 | 12.513 h |
| July | 21.8°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 236 | 27.8 | 12.512 h |
| August | 22.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 260 | 28.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 23.0°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 267 | 27.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 24.3°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 160 | 18.5 | 12.012 h |
| November | 25.8°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 47 | 5.9 | 11.812 h |
| December | 26.5°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 18 | 2.7 | 11.712 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
- Gununo in MarchEthiopia · 17 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Sodo in MarchEthiopia · 24 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 70 mm rain
- K’olīto in MarchEthiopia · 51 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 15.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Hosa’ina in MarchEthiopia · 56 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 12.2°C · 125 mm rain
- Awasa in MarchEthiopia · 86 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 15.4°C · 72 mm rain
- Yirga ‘Alem in MarchEthiopia · 87 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 14.5°C · 98 mm rain
- Dīla in MarchEthiopia · 99 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 126 mm rain
- Shashamane in MarchEthiopia · 100 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 13.8°C · 40 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 Āreka) is explained once on the Āreka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Gununo lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.