Climate averages 1991–2020
Negēlē weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Negēlē: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 17.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 8th 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 Dīla (186 km away). In March its highs average 27.7°C, about as warm as Negēlē, with 126 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Negēlē ranks joint 11th of 40 for the warmest March highs and 25th of 40 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 40 cities is 26.8°C; Negēlē is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 3.1°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 73 mm to 219 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
Negēlē climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.8°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 9.6 | 1.4 | 11.812 h |
| February | 29.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 12 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| March, selected | 27.8°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 73 | 8.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.8°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 219 | 22.9 | 12.212 h |
| May | 23.2°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 141 | 21.8 | 12.412 h |
| June | 22.1°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 19 | 6.0 | 12.412 h |
| July | 22.0°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 13 | 4.4 | 12.412 h |
| August | 23.1°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 10 | 3.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 24.7°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 27 | 4.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.2°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 207 | 22.5 | 12.012 h |
| November | 23.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 94 | 13.0 | 11.912 h |
| December | 26.0°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 16 | 3.0 | 11.812 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
- Dīla in MarchEthiopia · 186 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 126 mm rain
- Yirga ‘Alem in MarchEthiopia · 205 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 14.5°C · 98 mm rain
- Awasa in MarchEthiopia · 229 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 15.4°C · 72 mm rain
- Shashamane in MarchEthiopia · 236 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 13.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Arsi Negele in MarchEthiopia · 248 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 13.4°C · 114 mm rain
- Sodo in MarchEthiopia · 265 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 70 mm rain
- K’olīto in MarchEthiopia · 277 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 15.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Gununo in MarchEthiopia · 278 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 93 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 Negēlē) is explained once on the Negēlē year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.