Climate averages 1991–2020
Mek'ele weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 3rd 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 Mek'ele: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 14.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ādīgrat (87 km away). In April its highs average 23.4°C, 2.2°C cooler than Mek'ele, with 148 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Mek'ele ranks 21st of 40 for the warmest April highs and 11th of 40 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 40 cities is 26.2°C; Mek'ele is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 61 mm to 26 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
Mek'ele climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.7°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 23 | 6.1 | 11.411 h |
| February | 24.1°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 21 | 5.6 | 11.712 h |
| March | 25.0°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 60 | 11.4 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 25.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 61 | 11.6 | 12.412 h |
| May | 26.9°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 26 | 5.6 | 12.713 h |
| June | 26.8°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 72 | 11.7 | 12.913 h |
| July | 23.1°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 228 | 29.1 | 12.813 h |
| August | 22.7°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 284 | 30.1 | 12.613 h |
| September | 24.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 67 | 11.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.7°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 12 | 2.4 | 11.812 h |
| November | 22.9°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 13 | 3.1 | 11.512 h |
| December | 22.4°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 9.8 | 2.7 | 11.311 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
- Ādīgrat in AprilEthiopia · 87 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 12.4°C · 148 mm rain
- Adwa in AprilEthiopia · 97 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 14.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Aksum in AprilEthiopia · 107 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 14.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Alamata in AprilEthiopia · 121 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 16.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Inda Silasē in AprilEthiopia · 145 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 17.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Weldiya in AprilEthiopia · 186 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 167 mm rain
- Asmara in AprilEritrea · 213 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 12.6°C · 63 mm rain
- Dessie in AprilEthiopia · 263 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.4°C · 113 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 Mek'ele) is explained once on the Mek'ele year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.