Climate averages 1991–2020
Debre Mark’os weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Debre Mark’os: daytime highs average 24.2°C and nights cool to about 11.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th 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 Bahir Dar (143 km away). In March its highs average 28.0°C, 3.8°C warmer than Debre Mark’os, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Debre Mark’os ranks joint 34th of 40 for the warmest March highs and 22nd of 40 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 40 cities is 26.8°C; Debre Mark’os is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 68 mm to 137 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
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, selected | 24.2°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 68 | 11.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 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
March in nearby cities
- Bahir Dar in MarchEthiopia · 143 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 16.9°C · 16 mm rain
- Hāgere Hiywet in MarchEthiopia · 153 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 13.8°C · 119 mm rain
- Addis Ababa in MarchEthiopia · 185 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 11.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Sebeta in MarchEthiopia · 186 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Waliso in MarchEthiopia · 204 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 13.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in MarchEthiopia · 211 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 9.4°C · 152 mm rain
- Bishoftu in MarchEthiopia · 224 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Dessie in MarchEthiopia · 225 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 9.6°C · 105 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.