Climate averages 1991–2020
Shashamane weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Shashamane: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th 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 Arsi Negele (19 km away). In March its highs average 24.9°C, 0.7°C cooler than Shashamane, with 114 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Shashamane ranks joint 28th of 40 for the warmest March highs and joint 12th of 40 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 40 cities is 26.8°C; Shashamane is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 24.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 89 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
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, selected | 25.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 40 | 7.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 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
March in nearby cities
- Arsi Negele in MarchEthiopia · 19 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 13.4°C · 114 mm rain
- Awasa in MarchEthiopia · 21 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 15.4°C · 72 mm rain
- Yirga ‘Alem in MarchEthiopia · 54 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 14.5°C · 98 mm rain
- K’olīto in MarchEthiopia · 58 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 15.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Ziway in MarchEthiopia · 83 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 16.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Hosa’ina in MarchEthiopia · 91 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 12.2°C · 125 mm rain
- Dīla in MarchEthiopia · 93 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 126 mm rain
- Sodo in MarchEthiopia · 100 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 70 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.