Butajīra weather in March

In March, Butajīra sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 179 mm of rain across 11.6 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of March to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Butajīra's 6th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Butajīra's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 179 mm; 11.6 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 54 min; 6:38 AM – 6:35 PM
Cloud cover: 56%; 6th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 6.29 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.6; out of 10

Butajīra is place in Ethiopia.

Density: 5,567/km²; people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month.

A typical March day in Butajīra reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and about 1°C warmer than April.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	11
2	23	11
3	23	11
4	23	11
5	23	11
6	23	11
7	23	11
8	23	11
9	23	11
10	23	11
11	23	11
12	23	11
13	23	11
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18	23	11
19	23	11
20	23	11
21	23	11
22	23	11
23	23	11
24	23	11
25	23	11
26	22	11
27	22	11
28	22	11
29	22	11
30	22	11
31	22	11

Butajīra weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 1st-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	22° / 9°	44	5.6	11.6	7.5
Feb	23° / 10°	62	6.2	11.7	7.5
Mar	23° / 11°	179	11.6	11.9	6.6
Apr	22° / 11°	349	16.5	12.2	5.5
May	21° / 11°	269	16.2	12.4	5.5
Jun	20° / 11°	230	24.4	12.5	4.1
Jul	18° / 11°	279	30	12.4	3.2
Aug	18° / 11°	346	30.6	12.3	3.1
Sep	19° / 10°	408	26.2	12	3.8
Oct	21° / 10°	88	8.1	11.8	6.8
Nov	21° / 9°	23	2.7	11.6	7.9
Dec	22° / 9°	14	2.1	11.5	8.1

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	62	61	59	59	58	57	56	55	54	53	52	50	50	49	49	48	48	48	47	47	46	45	45	45	44	43	44	43	43	42	42
Cloudier (%)	38	39	41	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	50	50	51	51	52	52	52	53	53	54	55	55	55	56	57	56	57	57	58	58

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	61	39
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	58	42
6	57	43
7	56	44
8	55	45
9	54	46
10	53	47
11	52	48
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	48	52
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	47	53
20	47	53
21	46	54
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	44	56
26	43	57
27	44	56
28	43	57
29	43	57
30	42	58
31	42	58

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Butajīra gets around 179 mm of rain over 11.6 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 37% and peaks near 49% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	27	27	28	29	29	30	30	31	31	32	32	33	34	34	35	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	48	49

	Rain chance (%)
1	27
2	27
3	28
4	29
5	29
6	30
7	30
8	31
9	31
10	32
11	32
12	33
13	34
14	34
15	35
16	35
17	36
18	37
19	38
20	39
21	40
22	41
23	42
24	43
25	44
26	45
27	46
28	47
29	48
30	48
31	49

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of March feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, March lands in the dry band about 97% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	96	96	95	95	94
Comfortable (%)	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	6

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	94	6

Wind in March

Winds average 8 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	8	calm
2	8	calm
3	8	calm
4	8	calm
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7	8	calm
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24	8	calm
25	8	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of March to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:45 AM to 6:30 AM, and sunset from 6:35 PM to 6:33 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30
Sunset (PM)	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:33

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.8	6:45	6:35
2	11.8	6:44	6:35
3	11.8	6:44	6:35
4	11.9	6:44	6:35
5	11.9	6:43	6:35
6	11.9	6:43	6:35
7	11.9	6:42	6:35
8	11.9	6:42	6:35
9	11.9	6:41	6:35
10	11.9	6:41	6:35
11	11.9	6:40	6:35
12	11.9	6:40	6:35
13	11.9	6:39	6:35
14	11.9	6:39	6:35
15	11.9	6:38	6:35
16	11.9	6:38	6:35
17	12.0	6:37	6:34
18	12.0	6:37	6:34
19	12.0	6:36	6:34
20	12.0	6:36	6:34
21	12.0	6:35	6:34
22	12.0	6:35	6:34
23	12.0	6:34	6:34
24	12.0	6:34	6:34
25	12.0	6:33	6:34
26	12.0	6:32	6:34
27	12.0	6:32	6:34
28	12.0	6:31	6:34
29	12.0	6:31	6:33
30	12.1	6:30	6:33
31	12.1	6:30	6:33

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6.29 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.53 kWh/m² to a high of 6.29 kWh/m² in March across the year — March's 6.29 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.4	Intense
2	6.4	Intense
3	6.4	Intense
4	6.3	Intense
5	6.3	Intense
6	6.3	Intense
7	6.3	Intense
8	6.3	Intense
9	6.3	Intense
10	6.3	Intense
11	6.3	Intense
12	6.3	Intense
13	6.3	Intense
14	6.3	Intense
15	6.3	Intense
16	6.3	Intense
17	6.3	Intense
18	6.3	Intense
19	6.3	Intense
20	6.3	Intense
21	6.3	Intense
22	6.3	Intense
23	6.3	Intense
24	6.3	Intense
25	6.3	Intense
26	6.3	Intense
27	6.3	Intense
28	6.3	Intense
29	6.3	Intense
30	6.3	Intense
31	6.3	Intense

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Butajīra

In seasonPeak

None of Butajīra's seasonal hazards are active in March. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Butajīra's rainy season runs April–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

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Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit Butajīra?

Our two travel scores rate March for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.6

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

5.0

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Butajīra for sightseeing.

What to pack for Butajīra in March

From March's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In March, Butajīra sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 11°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothesrain gear

UV index in Butajīra in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 16 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Butajīra peaks around March 17 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 22 at about 11 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	13	14	16	14	14	12	12	14	13	13	11	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Butajīra in March

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where March falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Butajīra is worst in October — around 46 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	42	41	39	37	38	41	35	33	41	46	40	43
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	42	Poor
Feb	41	Poor
Mar	39	Poor
Apr	37	Poor
May	38	Poor
Jun	41	Poor
Jul	35	Moderate
Aug	33	Moderate
Sep	41	Poor
Oct	46	Poor
Nov	40	Poor
Dec	43	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Butajīra?

Butajīra sits at 8.1°N, 38.4°E, 2,073 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Insēno, 12 km away.

Topography around Butajīra

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Butajīra.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Butajīra has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 153 m around an average of 2,084 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,657 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,507 m.

The land around Butajīra is covered by cropland (66%) within 3 km, cropland (63%) and shrubs (20%) within 16 km, and cropland (67%) within 80 km.

3 km

153 m

cropland 66%

16 km

1,657 m

cropland 63%

80 km

2,507 m

cropland 67%

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← February Butajīra year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Insēno 12 km · Ciro 35 km · Worabe 36 km · Ziway 44 km · Mek’ī 50 km · Dēra 62 km · Tulu Bolo 63 km · Waliso 64 km

Ethiopia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type C / E / F / L; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 37% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $933; 2025
Happiness: 4.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 14%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 8.5; per 100k, 2012
Road deaths: 28.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 499
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Butajīra (8.1167°, 38.3667°, elevation 2,073 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	11
2	23	11
3	23	11
4	23	11
5	23	11
6	23	11
7	23	11
8	23	11
9	23	11
10	23	11
11	23	11
12	23	11
13	23	11
14	23	11
15	23	11
16	23	11
17	23	11
18	23	11
19	23	11
20	23	11
21	23	11
22	23	11
23	23	11
24	23	11
25	23	11
26	22	11
27	22	11
28	22	11
29	22	11
30	22	11
31	22	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	61	39
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	58	42
6	57	43
7	56	44
8	55	45
9	54	46
10	53	47
11	52	48
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	48	52
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	47	53
20	47	53
21	46	54
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	44	56
26	43	57
27	44	56
28	43	57
29	43	57
30	42	58
31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)
1	27
2	27
3	28
4	29
5	29
6	30
7	30
8	31
9	31
10	32
11	32
12	33
13	34
14	34
15	35
16	35
17	36
18	37
19	38
20	39
21	40
22	41
23	42
24	43
25	44
26	45
27	46
28	47
29	48
30	48
31	49

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	94	6

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	11
2	23	11
3	23	11
4	23	11
5	23	11
6	23	11
7	23	11
8	23	11
9	23	11
10	23	11
11	23	11
12	23	11
13	23	11
14	23	11
15	23	11
16	23	11
17	23	11
18	23	11
19	23	11
20	23	11
21	23	11
22	23	11
23	23	11
24	23	11
25	23	11
26	22	11
27	22	11
28	22	11
29	22	11
30	22	11
31	22	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	61	39
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	58	42
6	57	43
7	56	44
8	55	45
9	54	46
10	53	47
11	52	48
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	48	52
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	47	53
20	47	53
21	46	54
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	44	56
26	43	57
27	44	56
28	43	57
29	43	57
30	42	58
31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)
1	27
2	27
3	28
4	29
5	29
6	30
7	30
8	31
9	31
10	32
11	32
12	33
13	34
14	34
15	35
16	35
17	36
18	37
19	38
20	39
21	40
22	41
23	42
24	43
25	44
26	45
27	46
28	47
29	48
30	48
31	49

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	94	6

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	11
2	23	11
3	23	11
4	23	11
5	23	11
6	23	11
7	23	11
8	23	11
9	23	11
10	23	11
11	23	11
12	23	11
13	23	11
14	23	11
15	23	11
16	23	11
17	23	11
18	23	11
19	23	11
20	23	11
21	23	11
22	23	11
23	23	11
24	23	11
25	23	11
26	22	11
27	22	11
28	22	11
29	22	11
30	22	11
31	22	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	61	39
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	58	42
6	57	43
7	56	44
8	55	45
9	54	46
10	53	47
11	52	48
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	48	52
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	47	53
20	47	53
21	46	54
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	44	56
26	43	57
27	44	56
28	43	57
29	43	57
30	42	58
31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)
1	27
2	27
3	28
4	29
5	29
6	30
7	30
8	31
9	31
10	32
11	32
12	33
13	34
14	34
15	35
16	35
17	36
18	37
19	38
20	39
21	40
22	41
23	42
24	43
25	44
26	45
27	46
28	47
29	48
30	48
31	49

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	94	6