Climate averages 1991–2020
Dīla weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Dīla: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 126 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yirga ‘Alem (39 km away). In March its highs average 27.4°C, about as warm as Dīla, with 98 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Dīla ranks joint 14th of 40 for the warmest March highs and 37th of 40 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 40 cities is 26.8°C; Dīla is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 126 mm to 303 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
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, selected | 27.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 126 | 12.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 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
March in nearby cities
- Yirga ‘Alem in MarchEthiopia · 39 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 14.5°C · 98 mm rain
- Awasa in MarchEthiopia · 74 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 15.4°C · 72 mm rain
- Sodo in MarchEthiopia · 79 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 70 mm rain
- Shashamane in MarchEthiopia · 93 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 13.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Gununo in MarchEthiopia · 93 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Āreka in MarchEthiopia · 99 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 15.7°C · 93 mm rain
- K’olīto in MarchEthiopia · 103 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 15.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Arsi Negele in MarchEthiopia · 112 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 13.4°C · 114 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.