Climate averages 1991–2020
Yirga ‘Alem weather
in April.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Yirga ‘Alem: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 211 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Awasa (35 km away). In April its highs average 26.2°C, 1.1°C warmer than Yirga ‘Alem, with 156 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Yirga ‘Alem ranks 24th of 40 for the warmest April highs and 35th of 40 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 40 cities is 26.2°C; Yirga ‘Alem is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 23.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 211 mm to 233 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
Yirga ‘Alem climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.4°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 26 | 4.4 | 11.812 h |
| February | 27.6°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 34 | 4.8 | 11.912 h |
| March | 27.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 98 | 11.9 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 25.2°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 211 | 20.5 | 12.312 h |
| May | 23.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 233 | 25.4 | 12.412 h |
| June | 21.6°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 131 | 25.7 | 12.513 h |
| July | 20.7°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 124 | 25.5 | 12.512 h |
| August | 21.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 150 | 26.3 | 12.312 h |
| September | 22.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 224 | 26.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 22.8°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 201 | 21.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 24.1°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 74 | 9.5 | 11.812 h |
| December | 25.2°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 26 | 4.0 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Awasa in AprilEthiopia · 35 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.8°C · 156 mm rain
- Dīla in AprilEthiopia · 39 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 303 mm rain
- Shashamane in AprilEthiopia · 54 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 14.3°C · 89 mm rain
- K’olīto in AprilEthiopia · 73 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.0°C · 121 mm rain
- Arsi Negele in AprilEthiopia · 73 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.2°C · 263 mm rain
- Sodo in AprilEthiopia · 73 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 14.2°C · 160 mm rain
- Gununo in AprilEthiopia · 87 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 14.8°C · 210 mm rain
- Āreka in AprilEthiopia · 87 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.5°C · 210 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 Yirga ‘Alem) is explained once on the Yirga ‘Alem year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.