Climate averages 1991–2020
Bishoftu weather
in March.
A warm, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Bishoftu: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 12.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nazrēt (39 km away). In March its highs average 28.9°C, 2.8°C warmer than Bishoftu, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Bishoftu ranks joint 23rd of 40 for the warmest March highs and 10th of 40 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 40 cities is 26.8°C; Bishoftu is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 29 mm to 52 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
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, selected | 26.2°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 29 | 6.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 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
March in nearby cities
- Nazrēt in MarchEthiopia · 39 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 15.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Addis Ababa in MarchEthiopia · 40 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 11.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Sebeta in MarchEthiopia · 44 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Mek’ī in MarchEthiopia · 69 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Ziway in MarchEthiopia · 96 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 16.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Butajīra in MarchEthiopia · 98 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 14.2°C · 179 mm rain
- Waliso in MarchEthiopia · 114 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 13.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in MarchEthiopia · 120 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 9.4°C · 152 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.