Climate averages 1991–2020
Debre Mark’os weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd 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 Debre Mark’os: daytime highs average 24.0°C and nights cool to about 12.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 137 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes April a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bahir Dar (143 km away). In April its highs average 28.0°C, 4.0°C warmer than Debre Mark’os, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Debre Mark’os ranks 34th of 40 for the warmest April highs and 23rd of 40 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 40 cities is 26.2°C; Debre Mark’os is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 137 mm to 269 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 Mark’os climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.6°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 13 | 3.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 24.1°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 20 | 4.1 | 11.812 h |
| March | 24.2°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 68 | 11.5 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 24.0°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 137 | 14.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 22.8°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 269 | 21.4 | 12.613 h |
| June | 20.2°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 380 | 29.3 | 12.713 h |
| July | 18.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 425 | 30.9 | 12.713 h |
| August | 18.4°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 417 | 31.0 | 12.512 h |
| September | 19.6°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 390 | 28.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 21.0°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 126 | 11.5 | 11.912 h |
| November | 21.4°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 46 | 6.8 | 11.712 h |
| December | 21.8°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 12 | 2.9 | 11.512 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
- Bahir Dar in AprilEthiopia · 143 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Hāgere Hiywet in AprilEthiopia · 153 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 187 mm rain
- Addis Ababa in AprilEthiopia · 185 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.7°C · 142 mm rain
- Sebeta in AprilEthiopia · 186 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 12.2°C · 124 mm rain
- Waliso in AprilEthiopia · 204 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 13.5°C · 97 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in AprilEthiopia · 211 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 10.2°C · 160 mm rain
- Bishoftu in AprilEthiopia · 224 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 13.7°C · 52 mm rain
- Dessie in AprilEthiopia · 225 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.4°C · 113 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 Mark’os) is explained once on the Debre Mark’os year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.