Climate averages 1991–2020
Dīla weather
in April.
A warm, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Dīla: daytime highs average 25.3°C and nights cool to about 16.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 303 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yirga ‘Alem (39 km away). In April its highs average 25.2°C, about as warm as Dīla, with 211 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Dīla ranks 23rd of 40 for the warmest April highs and 39th of 40 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 40 cities is 26.2°C; Dīla is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 303 mm to 330 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
Dīla climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 40 | 5.7 | 11.812 h |
| February | 27.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 40 | 5.2 | 11.912 h |
| March | 27.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 126 | 12.2 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 25.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 303 | 23.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 23.7°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 330 | 28.3 | 12.412 h |
| June | 22.7°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 126 | 21.1 | 12.512 h |
| July | 21.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 94 | 18.9 | 12.512 h |
| August | 22.4°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 97 | 18.4 | 12.312 h |
| September | 23.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 212 | 24.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.3°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 390 | 27.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 24.2°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 160 | 15.5 | 11.812 h |
| December | 25.4°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 56 | 7.1 | 11.812 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
- Yirga ‘Alem in AprilEthiopia · 39 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 14.5°C · 211 mm rain
- Awasa in AprilEthiopia · 74 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.8°C · 156 mm rain
- Sodo in AprilEthiopia · 79 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 14.2°C · 160 mm rain
- Shashamane in AprilEthiopia · 93 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 14.3°C · 89 mm rain
- Gununo in AprilEthiopia · 93 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 14.8°C · 210 mm rain
- Āreka in AprilEthiopia · 99 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.5°C · 210 mm rain
- K’olīto in AprilEthiopia · 103 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.0°C · 121 mm rain
- Arsi Negele in AprilEthiopia · 112 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.2°C · 263 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 Dīla) is explained once on the Dīla year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.