Climate averages 1991–2020
Sodo weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Sodo: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 14.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 12 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 Gununo (14 km away). In March its highs average 26.4°C, about as warm as Sodo, with 93 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Sodo ranks joint 23rd of 40 for the warmest March highs and 23rd of 40 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 40 cities is 26.8°C; Sodo is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 70 mm to 160 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
Sodo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.3°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 18 | 3.7 | 11.812 h |
| February | 26.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 21 | 4.3 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 26.2°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 70 | 11.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.4°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 160 | 20.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 22.6°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 210 | 25.0 | 12.412 h |
| June | 21.1°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 198 | 24.9 | 12.513 h |
| July | 20.2°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 238 | 27.0 | 12.512 h |
| August | 20.6°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 253 | 26.4 | 12.312 h |
| September | 21.5°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 227 | 24.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 22.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 128 | 18.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 23.9°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 41 | 6.1 | 11.812 h |
| December | 24.6°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 15 | 2.7 | 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
- Gununo in MarchEthiopia · 14 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Āreka in MarchEthiopia · 24 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 15.7°C · 93 mm rain
- K’olīto in MarchEthiopia · 62 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 15.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Yirga ‘Alem in MarchEthiopia · 73 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 14.5°C · 98 mm rain
- Hosa’ina in MarchEthiopia · 77 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 12.2°C · 125 mm rain
- Dīla in MarchEthiopia · 79 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 126 mm rain
- Awasa in MarchEthiopia · 82 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 15.4°C · 72 mm rain
- Shashamane in MarchEthiopia · 100 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 13.8°C · 40 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 Sodo) is explained once on the Sodo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.