Climate averages 1991–2020
Weldiya weather
in March.
A warm, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Weldiya: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 189 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Alamata (66 km away). In March its highs average 26.0°C, 1.7°C warmer than Weldiya, with 67 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Weldiya ranks 33rd of 40 for the warmest March highs and 40th of 40 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 40 cities is 26.8°C; Weldiya is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 189 mm to 167 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
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, selected | 24.3°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 189 | 19.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 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
March in nearby cities
- Alamata in MarchEthiopia · 66 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 15.4°C · 67 mm rain
- Dessie in MarchEthiopia · 77 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 9.6°C · 105 mm rain
- Kombolcha in MarchEthiopia · 85 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 13.1°C · 104 mm rain
- Mek'ele in MarchEthiopia · 186 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 13.1°C · 60 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in MarchEthiopia · 239 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 9.4°C · 152 mm rain
- Bahir Dar in MarchEthiopia · 241 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 16.9°C · 16 mm rain
- Debre Mark’os in MarchEthiopia · 261 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 11.6°C · 68 mm rain
- Adwa in MarchEthiopia · 270 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 12.9°C · 17 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.