Climate averages 1991–2020
Weldiya weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the joint 6th 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 Weldiya: daytime highs average 25.4°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 167 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes April a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Alamata (66 km away). In April its highs average 27.6°C, 2.2°C warmer than Weldiya, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Weldiya ranks 22nd of 40 for the warmest April highs and 31st of 40 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 40 cities is 26.2°C; Weldiya is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 167 mm to 59 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
Weldiya climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.1°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 69 | 12.6 | 11.512 h |
| February | 23.4°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 77 | 11.9 | 11.712 h |
| March | 24.3°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 189 | 19.6 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 25.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 167 | 18.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 27.5°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 59 | 9.3 | 12.713 h |
| June | 29.3°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 36 | 6.1 | 12.813 h |
| July | 28.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 288 | 22.9 | 12.713 h |
| August | 26.9°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 253 | 24.4 | 12.513 h |
| September | 26.8°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 43 | 9.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 25.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 25 | 5.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 23.9°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 34 | 5.8 | 11.612 h |
| December | 22.6°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 39 | 6.9 | 11.411 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
- Alamata in AprilEthiopia · 66 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 16.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Dessie in AprilEthiopia · 77 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.4°C · 113 mm rain
- Kombolcha in AprilEthiopia · 85 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.0°C · 115 mm rain
- Mek'ele in AprilEthiopia · 186 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 14.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in AprilEthiopia · 239 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 10.2°C · 160 mm rain
- Bahir Dar in AprilEthiopia · 241 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Debre Mark’os in AprilEthiopia · 261 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 12.3°C · 137 mm rain
- Adwa in AprilEthiopia · 270 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 14.6°C · 22 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 Weldiya) is explained once on the Weldiya year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.