Climate averages 1991–2020
K’olīto weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in K’olīto: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 16.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 121 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes April a wet month (the 8th 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 (36 km away). In April its highs average 22.6°C, 3.6°C cooler than K’olīto, with 286 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, K’olīto ranks joint 13th of 40 for the warmest April highs and 21st of 40 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 40 cities is 26.2°C; K’olīto is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 24.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 121 mm to 140 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
K’olīto climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 11 | 2.3 | 11.712 h |
| February | 27.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 17 | 3.1 | 11.912 h |
| March | 27.7°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 52 | 8.0 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 26.2°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 121 | 15.0 | 12.312 h |
| May | 24.5°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 140 | 20.5 | 12.512 h |
| June | 22.8°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 105 | 23.9 | 12.513 h |
| July | 21.7°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 158 | 27.4 | 12.513 h |
| August | 22.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 173 | 27.8 | 12.412 h |
| September | 22.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 163 | 25.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.9°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 69 | 9.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 25.3°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 16 | 3.0 | 11.812 h |
| December | 25.8°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 4.8 | 1.1 | 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 · 36 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.3°C · 286 mm rain
- Āreka in AprilEthiopia · 51 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.5°C · 210 mm rain
- Awasa in AprilEthiopia · 52 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.8°C · 156 mm rain
- Shashamane in AprilEthiopia · 58 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 14.3°C · 89 mm rain
- Sodo in AprilEthiopia · 62 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 14.2°C · 160 mm rain
- Gununo in AprilEthiopia · 64 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 14.8°C · 210 mm rain
- Arsi Negele in AprilEthiopia · 65 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.2°C · 263 mm rain
- Yirga ‘Alem in AprilEthiopia · 73 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 14.5°C · 211 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 K’olīto) is explained once on the K’olīto year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.