Climate averages 1991–2020
K’olīto weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 5th 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 K’olīto: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 15.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 8 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 (36 km away). In March its highs average 24.1°C, 3.6°C cooler than K’olīto, with 125 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, K’olīto ranks joint 14th of 40 for the warmest March highs and 16th of 40 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 40 cities is 26.8°C; K’olīto is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 52 mm to 121 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
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, selected | 27.7°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 52 | 8.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 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
March in nearby cities
- Hosa’ina in MarchEthiopia · 36 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 12.2°C · 125 mm rain
- Āreka in MarchEthiopia · 51 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 15.7°C · 93 mm rain
- Awasa in MarchEthiopia · 52 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 15.4°C · 72 mm rain
- Shashamane in MarchEthiopia · 58 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 13.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Sodo in MarchEthiopia · 62 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 70 mm rain
- Gununo in MarchEthiopia · 64 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Arsi Negele in MarchEthiopia · 65 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 13.4°C · 114 mm rain
- Yirga ‘Alem in MarchEthiopia · 73 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 14.5°C · 98 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.