Climate averages 1991–2020
Welk’īt’ē 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 Welk’īt’ē: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 8 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 Waliso (34 km away). In March its highs average 25.9°C, 0.6°C cooler than Welk’īt’ē, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Welk’īt’ē ranks joint 20th of 40 for the warmest March highs and 14th of 40 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 40 cities is 26.8°C; Welk’īt’ē is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 mm to 82 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
Welk’īt’ē climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.0°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 7.9 | 1.9 | 11.712 h |
| February | 26.3°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 11 | 2.6 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 26.5°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 42 | 7.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.7°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 82 | 13.2 | 12.312 h |
| May | 23.6°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 185 | 20.7 | 12.512 h |
| June | 20.9°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 187 | 27.7 | 12.613 h |
| July | 19.7°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 214 | 29.2 | 12.613 h |
| August | 19.7°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 222 | 28.9 | 12.412 h |
| September | 20.4°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 294 | 28.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 22.6°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 96 | 11.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 23.9°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 17 | 3.0 | 11.812 h |
| December | 24.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 4.1 | 1.2 | 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
- Waliso in MarchEthiopia · 34 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 13.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Butajīra in MarchEthiopia · 67 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 14.2°C · 179 mm rain
- Hāgere Hiywet in MarchEthiopia · 78 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 13.8°C · 119 mm rain
- Hosa’ina in MarchEthiopia · 82 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 12.2°C · 125 mm rain
- Ziway in MarchEthiopia · 110 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 16.9°C · 28 mm rain
- K’olīto in MarchEthiopia · 112 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 15.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Mek’ī in MarchEthiopia · 115 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Sebeta in MarchEthiopia · 116 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.8°C · 65 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 Welk’īt’ē) is explained once on the Welk’īt’ē year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.