Climate averages 1991–2020
Arsi Negele weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 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 Arsi Negele: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 114 mm of rain on roughly 14 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 Shashamane (19 km away). In March its highs average 25.6°C, 0.7°C warmer than Arsi Negele, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Arsi Negele ranks 31st of 40 for the warmest March highs and 34th of 40 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 40 cities is 26.8°C; Arsi Negele is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 23.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 114 mm to 263 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
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, selected | 24.9°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 114 | 13.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 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
March in nearby cities
- Shashamane in MarchEthiopia · 19 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 13.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Awasa in MarchEthiopia · 39 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 15.4°C · 72 mm rain
- Ziway in MarchEthiopia · 65 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 16.9°C · 28 mm rain
- K’olīto in MarchEthiopia · 65 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 15.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Yirga ‘Alem in MarchEthiopia · 73 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 14.5°C · 98 mm rain
- Mek’ī in MarchEthiopia · 90 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Butajīra in MarchEthiopia · 91 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 14.2°C · 179 mm rain
- Hosa’ina in MarchEthiopia · 93 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 12.2°C · 125 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.