Climate averages 1991–2020
Bishoftu weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Bishoftu: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 13.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nazrēt (39 km away). In April its highs average 29.1°C, 3.0°C warmer than Bishoftu, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Bishoftu ranks 16th of 40 for the warmest April highs and 7th of 40 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 40 cities is 26.2°C; Bishoftu is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 52 mm to 64 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
Bishoftu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.9°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 5.7 | 1.7 | 11.712 h |
| February | 25.4°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 8.6 | 2.3 | 11.812 h |
| March | 26.2°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 29 | 6.7 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 26.1°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 52 | 10.3 | 12.312 h |
| May | 26.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 64 | 10.4 | 12.513 h |
| June | 24.3°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 107 | 19.1 | 12.613 h |
| July | 22.2°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 184 | 29.0 | 12.613 h |
| August | 21.8°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 197 | 29.7 | 12.412 h |
| September | 22.1°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 126 | 20.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.0°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 26 | 4.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 23.2°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 6.1 | 1.2 | 11.712 h |
| December | 23.1°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 2.1 | 0.6 | 11.612 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
- Nazrēt in AprilEthiopia · 39 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 16.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Addis Ababa in AprilEthiopia · 40 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.7°C · 142 mm rain
- Sebeta in AprilEthiopia · 44 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 12.2°C · 124 mm rain
- Mek’ī in AprilEthiopia · 69 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Ziway in AprilEthiopia · 96 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.3°C · 56 mm rain
- Butajīra in AprilEthiopia · 98 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 349 mm rain
- Waliso in AprilEthiopia · 114 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 13.5°C · 97 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in AprilEthiopia · 120 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 10.2°C · 160 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 Bishoftu) is explained once on the Bishoftu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.