Climate averages 1991–2020
Jimma weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd 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 Jimma: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th 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 Hosa’ina (113 km away). In March its highs average 24.1°C, 3.0°C cooler than Jimma, with 125 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Jimma ranks 19th of 40 for the warmest March highs and 26th of 40 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 40 cities is 26.8°C; Jimma is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 75 mm to 142 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
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, selected | 27.1°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 75 | 11.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 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
March in nearby cities
- Hosa’ina in MarchEthiopia · 113 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 12.2°C · 125 mm rain
- Āreka in MarchEthiopia · 117 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 15.7°C · 93 mm rain
- Gununo in MarchEthiopia · 123 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Welk’īt’ē in MarchEthiopia · 125 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 13.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Sodo in MarchEthiopia · 137 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 70 mm rain
- K’olīto in MarchEthiopia · 143 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 15.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Waliso in MarchEthiopia · 157 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 13.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Butajīra in MarchEthiopia · 176 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 14.2°C · 179 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.