Climate averages 1991–2020
Hāgere Hiywet weather
in March.
A warm, 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 Hāgere Hiywet: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 119 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a 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 Waliso (52 km away). In March its highs average 25.9°C, 0.6°C cooler than Hāgere Hiywet, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Hāgere Hiywet ranks joint 20th of 40 for the warmest March highs and 35th of 40 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 40 cities is 26.8°C; Hāgere Hiywet is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 25.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 119 mm to 187 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
Hāgere Hiywet climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.3°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 35 | 5.8 | 11.712 h |
| February | 26.4°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 42 | 6.6 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 26.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 119 | 13.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.8°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 187 | 17.3 | 12.312 h |
| May | 24.8°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 391 | 23.1 | 12.513 h |
| June | 22.3°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 284 | 29.4 | 12.613 h |
| July | 20.6°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 283 | 30.9 | 12.613 h |
| August | 20.8°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 290 | 31.0 | 12.412 h |
| September | 21.9°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 434 | 28.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.6°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 189 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 24.5°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 59 | 4.3 | 11.712 h |
| December | 24.9°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 16 | 3.1 | 11.612 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
- Waliso in MarchEthiopia · 52 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 13.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Welk’īt’ē in MarchEthiopia · 78 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 13.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Sebeta in MarchEthiopia · 85 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Addis Ababa in MarchEthiopia · 99 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 11.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Butajīra in MarchEthiopia · 112 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 14.2°C · 179 mm rain
- Bishoftu in MarchEthiopia · 127 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Mek’ī in MarchEthiopia · 141 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Ziway in MarchEthiopia · 151 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 16.9°C · 28 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 Hāgere Hiywet) is explained once on the Hāgere Hiywet year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.