Climate averages 1991–2020
Awasa weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Awasa: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 7th 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 (21 km away). In March its highs average 25.6°C, 2.2°C cooler than Awasa, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Awasa ranks joint 11th of 40 for the warmest March highs and 24th of 40 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 40 cities is 26.8°C; Awasa is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 72 mm to 156 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
Awasa climate table
| 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, selected | 27.8°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 72 | 9.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 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
March in nearby cities
- Shashamane in MarchEthiopia · 21 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 13.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Yirga ‘Alem in MarchEthiopia · 35 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 14.5°C · 98 mm rain
- Arsi Negele in MarchEthiopia · 39 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 13.4°C · 114 mm rain
- K’olīto in MarchEthiopia · 52 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 15.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Dīla in MarchEthiopia · 74 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 126 mm rain
- Sodo in MarchEthiopia · 82 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 70 mm rain
- Āreka in MarchEthiopia · 86 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 15.7°C · 93 mm rain
- Hosa’ina in MarchEthiopia · 88 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 Awasa) is explained once on the Awasa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.