Climate averages 1991–2020
Dessie weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Dessie: daytime highs average 20.5°C and nights cool to about 9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 105 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes March a wet month (the 10th 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 Kombolcha (13 km away). In March its highs average 24.2°C, 3.7°C warmer than Dessie, with 104 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Dessie ranks 39th of 40 for the warmest March highs and 32nd of 40 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 40 cities is 26.8°C; Dessie is 6.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 20.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 105 mm to 113 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
Dessie climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.8°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 43 | 8.3 | 11.512 h |
| February | 19.9°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 44 | 7.9 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 20.5°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 105 | 14.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 20.9°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 113 | 15.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 21.9°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 47 | 7.9 | 12.613 h |
| June | 23.6°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 8.5 | 2.0 | 12.813 h |
| July | 21.8°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 101 | 15.5 | 12.713 h |
| August | 20.5°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 131 | 20.8 | 12.512 h |
| September | 20.0°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 59 | 12.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 19.3°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 33 | 6.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 19.0°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 25 | 3.7 | 11.612 h |
| December | 18.7°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 25 | 4.7 | 11.511 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
- Kombolcha in MarchEthiopia · 13 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 13.1°C · 104 mm rain
- Weldiya in MarchEthiopia · 77 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 13.8°C · 189 mm rain
- Alamata in MarchEthiopia · 143 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 15.4°C · 67 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in MarchEthiopia · 162 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 9.4°C · 152 mm rain
- Debre Mark’os in MarchEthiopia · 225 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 11.6°C · 68 mm rain
- Bahir Dar in MarchEthiopia · 250 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 16.9°C · 16 mm rain
- Addis Ababa in MarchEthiopia · 254 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 11.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Mek'ele in MarchEthiopia · 263 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 13.1°C · 60 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 Dessie) is explained once on the Dessie year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.