Climate averages 1991–2020

Awasa weather
in April.

A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 26.2°C Daytime mean, April

Average low 15.8°C Night-time mean, April

Rainfall 156 mm 18 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

April is a warm month in Awasa: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 156 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes April a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average April day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Shashamane (21 km away). In April its highs average 24.1°C, 2.1°C cooler than Awasa, with 89 mm of rain.

Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Awasa ranks joint 13th of 40 for the warmest April highs and 28th of 40 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 40 cities is 26.2°C; Awasa is level with that mean.

From April to May, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 156 mm to 177 mm.

The annual picture

April in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Awasa climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Awasa, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	26.1°C13.2°C	13.2°C	17	3.2	11.812 h
February	27.4°C14.0°C	14.0°C	21	3.4	11.912 h
March	27.8°C15.4°C	15.4°C	72	9.9	12.112 h
April, selected	26.2°C15.8°C	15.8°C	156	17.7	12.312 h
May	24.3°C15.0°C	15.0°C	177	23.6	12.412 h
June	22.8°C14.4°C	14.4°C	70	18.8	12.513 h
July	21.8°C14.3°C	14.3°C	63	19.2	12.512 h
August	22.2°C14.3°C	14.3°C	81	21.2	12.312 h
September	23.1°C14.2°C	14.2°C	171	25.0	12.212 h
October	23.5°C14.2°C	14.2°C	155	17.4	12.012 h
November	24.4°C13.2°C	13.2°C	39	5.3	11.812 h
December	25.1°C12.5°C	12.5°C	11	2.3	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

Distance from Awasa

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Awasa) is explained once on the Awasa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.