Climate averages 1991–2020
Arsi Negele weather
in April.
A warm, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Arsi Negele: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 14.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 263 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shashamane (19 km away). In April its highs average 24.1°C, 0.5°C warmer than Arsi Negele, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Arsi Negele ranks 35th of 40 for the warmest April highs and 37th of 40 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 40 cities is 26.2°C; Arsi Negele is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 22.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 263 mm to 332 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
Arsi Negele climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.2°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 33 | 6.6 | 11.712 h |
| February | 24.5°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 40 | 6.3 | 11.912 h |
| March | 24.9°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 114 | 13.5 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 23.6°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 263 | 22.3 | 12.312 h |
| May | 22.4°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 332 | 28.0 | 12.512 h |
| June | 21.4°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 198 | 28.1 | 12.513 h |
| July | 20.2°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 193 | 28.4 | 12.513 h |
| August | 20.4°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 248 | 29.1 | 12.412 h |
| September | 21.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 369 | 29.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 21.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 261 | 22.0 | 12.012 h |
| November | 21.9°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 68 | 8.8 | 11.812 h |
| December | 22.2°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 27 | 5.4 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Shashamane in AprilEthiopia · 19 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 14.3°C · 89 mm rain
- Awasa in AprilEthiopia · 39 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.8°C · 156 mm rain
- Ziway in AprilEthiopia · 65 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.3°C · 56 mm rain
- K’olīto in AprilEthiopia · 65 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.0°C · 121 mm rain
- Yirga ‘Alem in AprilEthiopia · 73 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 14.5°C · 211 mm rain
- Mek’ī in AprilEthiopia · 90 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Butajīra in AprilEthiopia · 91 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 349 mm rain
- Hosa’ina in AprilEthiopia · 93 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.3°C · 286 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 Arsi Negele) is explained once on the Arsi Negele year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.