Climate averages 1991–2020
Kombolcha weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Kombolcha: daytime highs average 24.2°C and nights cool to about 13.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dessie (13 km away). In March its highs average 20.5°C, 3.7°C cooler than Kombolcha, with 105 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Kombolcha ranks joint 34th of 40 for the warmest March highs and 31st of 40 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 40 cities is 26.8°C; Kombolcha is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 104 mm to 115 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
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, selected | 24.2°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 104 | 14.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 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
March in nearby cities
- Dessie in MarchEthiopia · 13 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 9.6°C · 105 mm rain
- Weldiya in MarchEthiopia · 85 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 13.8°C · 189 mm rain
- Alamata in MarchEthiopia · 150 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 15.4°C · 67 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in MarchEthiopia · 158 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 9.4°C · 152 mm rain
- Debre Mark’os in MarchEthiopia · 234 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 11.6°C · 68 mm rain
- Addis Ababa in MarchEthiopia · 253 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 11.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Bahir Dar in MarchEthiopia · 263 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 16.9°C · 16 mm rain
- Mek'ele in MarchEthiopia · 270 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 13.1°C · 60 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.