Climate averages 1991–2020
Debre Birhan weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Debre Birhan: daytime highs average 20.0°C and nights cool to about 10.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 160 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes April a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Addis Ababa (113 km away). In April its highs average 23.3°C, 3.2°C warmer than Debre Birhan, with 142 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Debre Birhan ranks 40th of 40 for the warmest April highs and joint 29th of 40 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 40 cities is 26.2°C; Debre Birhan is 6.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 20.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 160 mm to 78 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
Debre Birhan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.5°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 49 | 8.3 | 11.612 h |
| February | 19.6°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 56 | 9.2 | 11.812 h |
| March | 20.0°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 152 | 15.5 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 20.0°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 160 | 16.0 | 12.312 h |
| May | 20.8°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 78 | 9.3 | 12.613 h |
| June | 20.7°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 113 | 12.0 | 12.713 h |
| July | 17.6°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 484 | 29.6 | 12.613 h |
| August | 17.3°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 579 | 30.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 18.0°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 252 | 21.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 18.3°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 47 | 6.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 18.3°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 23 | 4.2 | 11.712 h |
| December | 18.2°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 17 | 4.0 | 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
- Addis Ababa in AprilEthiopia · 113 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.7°C · 142 mm rain
- Bishoftu in AprilEthiopia · 120 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 13.7°C · 52 mm rain
- Nazrēt in AprilEthiopia · 129 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 16.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Sebeta in AprilEthiopia · 132 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 12.2°C · 124 mm rain
- Kombolcha in AprilEthiopia · 158 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.0°C · 115 mm rain
- Dessie in AprilEthiopia · 162 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.4°C · 113 mm rain
- Mek’ī in AprilEthiopia · 187 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Hāgere Hiywet in AprilEthiopia · 200 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 187 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 Debre Birhan) is explained once on the Debre Birhan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.