Climate averages 1991–2020
Sebeta weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Sebeta: daytime highs average 24.5°C and nights cool to about 11.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 6th 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 Addis Ababa (19 km away). In March its highs average 23.7°C, 0.8°C cooler than Sebeta, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Sebeta ranks 32nd of 40 for the warmest March highs and joint 19th of 40 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 40 cities is 26.8°C; Sebeta is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 24.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 65 mm to 124 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
Sebeta climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.8°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 14 | 3.4 | 11.712 h |
| February | 24.1°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 18 | 4.2 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 24.5°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 65 | 10.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.1°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 124 | 14.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 23.6°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 155 | 14.9 | 12.513 h |
| June | 21.8°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 287 | 24.2 | 12.613 h |
| July | 20.1°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 403 | 30.9 | 12.613 h |
| August | 20.1°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 426 | 30.9 | 12.412 h |
| September | 20.3°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 303 | 26.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 21.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 56 | 7.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 21.9°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 12 | 2.2 | 11.712 h |
| December | 22.1°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 5.6 | 1.3 | 11.612 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
- Addis Ababa in MarchEthiopia · 19 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 11.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Bishoftu in MarchEthiopia · 44 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Nazrēt in MarchEthiopia · 82 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 15.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Waliso in MarchEthiopia · 83 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 13.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Hāgere Hiywet in MarchEthiopia · 85 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 13.8°C · 119 mm rain
- Mek’ī in MarchEthiopia · 88 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Butajīra in MarchEthiopia · 93 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 14.2°C · 179 mm rain
- Ziway in MarchEthiopia · 110 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 16.9°C · 28 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 Sebeta) is explained once on the Sebeta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.