Climate averages 1991–2020
Jimma weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Jimma: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 142 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes April a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hosa’ina (113 km away). In April its highs average 22.6°C, 3.3°C cooler than Jimma, with 286 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Jimma ranks joint 17th of 40 for the warmest April highs and joint 24th of 40 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 40 cities is 26.2°C; Jimma is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 142 mm to 225 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
Jimma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.0°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 24 | 4.9 | 11.712 h |
| February | 27.3°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 29 | 4.9 | 11.912 h |
| March | 27.1°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 75 | 11.9 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 25.9°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 142 | 19.2 | 12.312 h |
| May | 24.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 225 | 25.8 | 12.512 h |
| June | 23.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 179 | 28.3 | 12.613 h |
| July | 22.3°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 191 | 29.4 | 12.513 h |
| August | 22.5°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 205 | 29.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 23.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 248 | 29.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.9°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 148 | 17.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 24.6°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 50 | 7.4 | 11.812 h |
| December | 25.2°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 19 | 3.8 | 11.712 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
- Hosa’ina in AprilEthiopia · 113 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.3°C · 286 mm rain
- Āreka in AprilEthiopia · 117 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.5°C · 210 mm rain
- Gununo in AprilEthiopia · 123 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 14.8°C · 210 mm rain
- Welk’īt’ē in AprilEthiopia · 125 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 13.8°C · 82 mm rain
- Sodo in AprilEthiopia · 137 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 14.2°C · 160 mm rain
- K’olīto in AprilEthiopia · 143 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.0°C · 121 mm rain
- Waliso in AprilEthiopia · 157 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 13.5°C · 97 mm rain
- Butajīra in AprilEthiopia · 176 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 349 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 Jimma) is explained once on the Jimma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.