Climate averages 1991–2020
Shashamane weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Shashamane: daytime highs average 24.1°C and nights cool to about 14.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arsi Negele (19 km away). In April its highs average 23.6°C, 0.5°C cooler than Shashamane, with 263 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Shashamane ranks joint 32nd of 40 for the warmest April highs and 15th of 40 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 40 cities is 26.2°C; Shashamane is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 22.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 89 mm to 112 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
Shashamane climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.9°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 9.2 | 2.1 | 11.812 h |
| February | 25.2°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 13 | 2.6 | 11.912 h |
| March | 25.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 40 | 7.2 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 24.1°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 89 | 14.2 | 12.312 h |
| May | 22.7°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 112 | 17.4 | 12.412 h |
| June | 21.3°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 49 | 14.1 | 12.513 h |
| July | 20.3°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 60 | 17.6 | 12.512 h |
| August | 20.5°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 76 | 19.4 | 12.412 h |
| September | 21.4°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 136 | 23.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 21.6°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 96 | 12.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 22.5°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 19 | 3.3 | 11.812 h |
| December | 23.1°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 4.2 | 1.3 | 11.712 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
- Arsi Negele in AprilEthiopia · 19 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.2°C · 263 mm rain
- Awasa in AprilEthiopia · 21 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.8°C · 156 mm rain
- Yirga ‘Alem in AprilEthiopia · 54 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 14.5°C · 211 mm rain
- K’olīto in AprilEthiopia · 58 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.0°C · 121 mm rain
- Ziway in AprilEthiopia · 83 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.3°C · 56 mm rain
- Hosa’ina in AprilEthiopia · 91 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.3°C · 286 mm rain
- Dīla in AprilEthiopia · 93 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 303 mm rain
- Sodo in AprilEthiopia · 100 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 14.2°C · 160 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 Shashamane) is explained once on the Shashamane year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.