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Addis Ababa in March

Warm and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Addis Ababa is warm: highs near 77°F, lows near 51°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 14 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Addis Ababa is warm: highs near 25°C, lows near 11°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 14 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
77°F25°Caverage
Low
51°F11°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 33% of days
Daylight
12h 04mon average

Is March a good time to visit Addis Ababa?

A good month, just outside Addis Ababa's best months, which run from November to February.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 77°F in March, against 70°F to 77°F through the year.Highs near 25°C in March, against 21°C to 25°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

33% of days in March, against 5% to 100% through the year.

Cloud cover

59% cover in March, against 45% to 74% through the year.

Daylight

12h 04m in March, against 11h 36m to 12h 38m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with March shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. February76°24°low 48°low 9°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. March77°25°low 51°low 11°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. April76°24°low 52°low 11°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Addis Ababa sits, in March

Africa/Addis Ababa
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
6:33 AMsets 6:36 PM
Above the sea
2,460 mhigh country
Latitude
9.0°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Addis Ababa, shaded by its typical high in March, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Addis Ababa is our one place in Ethiopia so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

See March on the planning mapThe whole year in Addis Ababa

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Addis Ababa. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (2,460 m) against the climate model's (2,390 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (2,460 m) against the climate model's (2,390 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.