Climate averages 1991–2020
Waliso weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 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 Waliso: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th 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 Welk’īt’ē (34 km away). In March its highs average 26.5°C, 0.6°C warmer than Waliso, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Waliso ranks 26th of 40 for the warmest March highs and 17th of 40 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 40 cities is 26.8°C; Waliso is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 25.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 56 mm to 97 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
Waliso climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.5°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 10 | 2.7 | 11.712 h |
| February | 25.7°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 15 | 3.4 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 25.9°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 56 | 8.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.1°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 97 | 13.6 | 12.312 h |
| May | 23.6°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 176 | 19.9 | 12.513 h |
| June | 20.6°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 186 | 28.2 | 12.613 h |
| July | 19.1°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 235 | 30.3 | 12.613 h |
| August | 19.3°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 243 | 30.4 | 12.412 h |
| September | 20.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 286 | 28.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 22.4°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 73 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 23.5°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 16 | 2.8 | 11.712 h |
| December | 23.9°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 4.9 | 1.1 | 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
- Welk’īt’ē in MarchEthiopia · 34 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 13.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Hāgere Hiywet in MarchEthiopia · 52 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 13.8°C · 119 mm rain
- Butajīra in MarchEthiopia · 64 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 14.2°C · 179 mm rain
- Sebeta in MarchEthiopia · 83 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Addis Ababa in MarchEthiopia · 102 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 11.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Mek’ī in MarchEthiopia · 103 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Ziway in MarchEthiopia · 106 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 16.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Hosa’ina in MarchEthiopia · 110 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 12.2°C · 125 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 Waliso) is explained once on the Waliso year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.