Climate averages 1991–2020
Ziway weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Ziway: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 17.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mek’ī (26 km away). In April its highs average 28.1°C, 1.4°C warmer than Ziway, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Ziway ranks 12th of 40 for the warmest April highs and 8th of 40 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 40 cities is 26.2°C; Ziway is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 56 mm to 70 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
Ziway climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 3.3 | 0.9 | 11.712 h |
| February | 26.8°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 6.4 | 1.4 | 11.912 h |
| March | 27.2°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 28 | 5.3 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 26.7°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 56 | 9.8 | 12.312 h |
| May | 25.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 70 | 10.9 | 12.512 h |
| June | 24.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 27 | 6.2 | 12.613 h |
| July | 22.4°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 67 | 15.8 | 12.513 h |
| August | 22.0°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 107 | 20.7 | 12.412 h |
| September | 22.7°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 114 | 19.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 24.4°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 50 | 6.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 24.9°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 7.3 | 1.3 | 11.812 h |
| December | 24.8°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 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
- Mek’ī in AprilEthiopia · 26 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Butajīra in AprilEthiopia · 44 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 349 mm rain
- Arsi Negele in AprilEthiopia · 65 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.2°C · 263 mm rain
- Shashamane in AprilEthiopia · 83 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 14.3°C · 89 mm rain
- Nazrēt in AprilEthiopia · 91 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 16.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Bishoftu in AprilEthiopia · 96 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 13.7°C · 52 mm rain
- K’olīto in AprilEthiopia · 98 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.0°C · 121 mm rain
- Awasa in AprilEthiopia · 100 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.8°C · 156 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 Ziway) is explained once on the Ziway year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.