Climate averages 1991–2020
Harar weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Harar: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 6th 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 Dire Dawa (42 km away). In March its highs average 29.4°C, 3.6°C warmer than Harar, with 95 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Harar ranks 27th of 40 for the warmest March highs and 15th of 40 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 40 cities is 26.8°C; Harar is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 47 mm to 108 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
Harar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.0°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 11 | 2.2 | 11.612 h |
| February | 25.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 15 | 2.3 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 25.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 47 | 6.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 108 | 15.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 23.8°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 121 | 19.8 | 12.513 h |
| June | 23.4°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 40 | 10.0 | 12.713 h |
| July | 22.6°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 63 | 15.3 | 12.613 h |
| August | 22.7°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 81 | 17.4 | 12.412 h |
| September | 23.4°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 71 | 14.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 71 | 10.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 23.5°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 25 | 3.9 | 11.712 h |
| December | 23.3°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 11 | 2.2 | 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
- Dire Dawa in MarchEthiopia · 42 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.8°C · 95 mm rain
- Jijiga in MarchEthiopia · 75 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 15.6°C · 25 mm rain
- Ārabī in MarchEthiopia · 83 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 19.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Borama in MarchSomalia · 136 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Ruqi in MarchSomalia · 161 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Gebiley in MarchSomalia · 171 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Hargeysa in MarchSomalia · 215 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 16.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Djibouti in MarchDjibouti · 277 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.6°C · 18 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 Harar) is explained once on the Harar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.