Climate averages 1991–2020
Kombolcha weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Kombolcha: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 14.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 115 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes April a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dessie (13 km away). In April its highs average 20.9°C, 4.0°C cooler than Kombolcha, with 113 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Kombolcha ranks joint 26th of 40 for the warmest April highs and 20th of 40 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 40 cities is 26.2°C; Kombolcha is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 115 mm to 53 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
Kombolcha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.0°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 48 | 8.7 | 11.612 h |
| February | 23.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 49 | 8.4 | 11.812 h |
| March | 24.2°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 104 | 14.3 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 24.9°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 115 | 14.9 | 12.412 h |
| May | 26.3°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 53 | 8.6 | 12.613 h |
| June | 28.3°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 12 | 2.5 | 12.813 h |
| July | 26.5°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 130 | 17.3 | 12.713 h |
| August | 25.0°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 176 | 23.0 | 12.512 h |
| September | 24.4°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 74 | 13.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.5°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 36 | 6.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 22.8°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 25 | 3.7 | 11.612 h |
| December | 22.1°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 25 | 4.5 | 11.511 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
- Dessie in AprilEthiopia · 13 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.4°C · 113 mm rain
- Weldiya in AprilEthiopia · 85 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 167 mm rain
- Alamata in AprilEthiopia · 150 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 16.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in AprilEthiopia · 158 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 10.2°C · 160 mm rain
- Debre Mark’os in AprilEthiopia · 234 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 12.3°C · 137 mm rain
- Addis Ababa in AprilEthiopia · 253 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.7°C · 142 mm rain
- Bahir Dar in AprilEthiopia · 263 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Mek'ele in AprilEthiopia · 270 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 14.3°C · 61 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 Kombolcha) is explained once on the Kombolcha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.