Climate averages 1991–2020
Butajīra weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Butajīra: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 14.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 179 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a wet 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 Ziway (44 km away). In March its highs average 27.2°C, 1.6°C warmer than Butajīra, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Butajīra ranks joint 28th of 40 for the warmest March highs and 39th of 40 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 40 cities is 26.8°C; Butajīra is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 179 mm to 349 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
Butajīra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.0°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 44 | 5.6 | 11.712 h |
| February | 25.1°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 62 | 6.2 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 25.6°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 179 | 11.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.9°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 349 | 16.5 | 12.312 h |
| May | 24.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 269 | 16.2 | 12.512 h |
| June | 22.7°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 230 | 24.4 | 12.613 h |
| July | 20.9°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 279 | 30.0 | 12.513 h |
| August | 20.9°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 346 | 30.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 21.7°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 408 | 26.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.1°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 88 | 8.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 23.5°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 23 | 2.7 | 11.812 h |
| December | 23.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 14 | 2.1 | 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
- Ziway in MarchEthiopia · 44 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 16.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Mek’ī in MarchEthiopia · 50 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Waliso in MarchEthiopia · 64 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 13.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Welk’īt’ē in MarchEthiopia · 67 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 13.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Hosa’ina in MarchEthiopia · 85 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 12.2°C · 125 mm rain
- Arsi Negele in MarchEthiopia · 91 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 13.4°C · 114 mm rain
- Sebeta in MarchEthiopia · 93 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.8°C · 65 mm rain
- K’olīto in MarchEthiopia · 94 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 15.9°C · 52 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 Butajīra) is explained once on the Butajīra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.