Chelenko weather in April

In April, Chelenko sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 168 mm of rain across 14.8 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in April, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of April to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Chelenko's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Chelenko's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 168 mm; 14.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 6:08 AM – 6:20 PM
Cloud cover: 58%; 12th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 5.88 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.9; out of 10

Chelenko is town in Oromia region, Ethiopia.

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

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month.

A typical April day in Chelenko reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs on par with March and about 1°C cooler than May.

	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
Avg high (°C)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17

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

Chelenko weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 4th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	24° / 13°	28	4.7	11.5	8.3
Feb	25° / 14°	37	4.9	11.7	7.8
Mar	26° / 16°	123	11.4	11.9	6.6
Apr	26° / 17°	168	14.8	12.2	5.9
May	28° / 17°	78	10.1	12.4	6.4
Jun	28° / 17°	21	6.6	12.5	6.3
Jul	27° / 17°	79	18.2	12.5	5.5
Aug	26° / 17°	112	21.5	12.3	5.2
Sep	26° / 17°	89	16.6	12.1	5.8
Oct	26° / 15°	65	7.5	11.8	7.4
Nov	25° / 14°	37	4.3	11.6	8.3
Dec	24° / 13°	22	3.2	11.5	8.6

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in April, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 26% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 46%.

	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
Clearer (%)	59	59	59	58	58	58	57	56	56	55	54	54	53	53	53	52	52	52	52	52	51	51	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52
Cloudier (%)	41	41	41	42	42	42	43	44	44	45	46	46	47	47	47	48	48	48	48	48	49	49	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48

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

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Chelenko gets around 168 mm of rain over 14.8 wet days in April, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 48% and peaks near 52% on the wettest days.

	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
Rain chance (%)	46	46	46	46	46	46	47	47	47	48	48	49	49	49	50	50	51	51	51	52	52	51	51	50	49	48	48	47	46	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	46
3	46
4	46
5	46
6	46
7	47
8	47
9	47
10	48
11	48
12	49
13	49
14	49
15	50
16	50
17	51
18	51
19	51
20	52
21	52
22	51
23	51
24	50
25	49
26	48
27	48
28	47
29	46
30	45

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, April lands in the comfortable band about 40% 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
Dry (%)	42	41	41	40	40	39	38	37	36	35	34	33	32	31	30	29	28	28	27	27	26	26	26	27	27	27	28	28	28	28
Comfortable (%)	36	36	36	37	37	37	38	38	38	39	39	39	39	40	40	41	41	42	42	42	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	44	44
Humid (%)	22	23	23	23	23	24	24	25	26	27	27	28	29	29	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	29	29	28	28

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

Wind in April

Winds average 6 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of April to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:16 AM to 6:02 AM, and sunset from 6:21 PM to 6:21 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
Daylight (h)	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:11	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:03	6:02	6:02	6:02
Sunset (PM)	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:21

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	6:16	6:21
2	12.1	6:15	6:21
3	12.1	6:15	6:21
4	12.1	6:14	6:21
5	12.1	6:14	6:21
6	12.1	6:13	6:20
7	12.1	6:13	6:20
8	12.1	6:12	6:20
9	12.1	6:11	6:20
10	12.2	6:11	6:20
11	12.2	6:10	6:20
12	12.2	6:10	6:20
13	12.2	6:09	6:20
14	12.2	6:09	6:20
15	12.2	6:08	6:20
16	12.2	6:08	6:20
17	12.2	6:07	6:20
18	12.2	6:07	6:20
19	12.2	6:06	6:20
20	12.2	6:06	6:20
21	12.2	6:05	6:20
22	12.3	6:05	6:20
23	12.3	6:04	6:20
24	12.3	6:04	6:20
25	12.3	6:04	6:20
26	12.3	6:03	6:20
27	12.3	6:03	6:20
28	12.3	6:02	6:21
29	12.3	6:02	6:21
30	12.3	6:02	6:21

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.88 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.54 kWh/m² to a high of 6.18 kWh/m² in February across the year — April's 5.88 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.9	Bright
2	5.9	Bright
3	5.9	Bright
4	5.9	Bright
5	5.9	Bright
6	5.9	Bright
7	5.9	Bright
8	5.9	Bright
9	5.9	Bright
10	5.9	Bright
11	5.9	Bright
12	5.9	Bright
13	5.8	Bright
14	5.8	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.9	Bright
20	5.9	Bright
21	5.9	Bright
22	5.9	Bright
23	5.9	Bright
24	5.9	Bright
25	5.9	Bright
26	5.9	Bright
27	5.9	Bright
28	5.9	Bright
29	6.0	Bright
30	6.0	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Chelenko

In seasonPeak

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

Chelenko sees seasonal dust haze (June–July), heaviest in July.

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Is April a good time to visit Chelenko?

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

5.9

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

5.8

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Chelenko for sightseeing.

What to pack for Chelenko in April

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

In April, Chelenko sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 17°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Chelenko in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Chelenko peaks around March 18 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 23 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	15	16	15	13	12	11	14	13	13	11	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Chelenko in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Chelenko is worst in June — around 31 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), 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)	26	29	29	26	27	31	30	25	29	28	25	26
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	26	Moderate
Feb	29	Moderate
Mar	29	Moderate
Apr	26	Moderate
May	27	Moderate
Jun	31	Moderate
Jul	30	Moderate
Aug	25	Moderate
Sep	29	Moderate
Oct	28	Moderate
Nov	25	Moderate
Dec	26	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Chelenko?

Chelenko sits at 9.4°N, 41.6°E, 2,156 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Deder, 16 km away.

Topography around Chelenko

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Chelenko has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 796 m around an average of 2,241 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,689 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,679 m.

The land around Chelenko is covered by cropland (48%) and shrubs (41%) within 3 km, shrubs (60%) and cropland (36%) within 16 km, and shrubs (52%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

796 m

cropland 48%

16 km

1,689 m

shrubs 60%

80 km

2,679 m

shrubs 52%

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← March Chelenko year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Deder 16 km · Dire Dawa 40 km · ‘Alemaya 49 km · Hīrna 54 km · Harar 62 km · Felana 69 km · Funyan Bīra 83 km · Āsbe Teferī 84 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 Chelenko (9.3975°, 41.561°, elevation 2,156 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	26	16
2	26	16
3	26	16
4	26	16
5	26	17
6	26	17
7	26	17
8	26	17
9	26	17
10	26	17
11	26	17
12	26	17
13	26	17
14	26	17
15	26	17
16	26	17
17	26	17
18	26	17
19	26	17
20	26	17
21	26	17
22	26	17
23	26	17
24	27	17
25	27	17
26	27	17
27	27	17
28	27	17
29	27	17
30	27	17

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	46
3	46
4	46
5	46
6	46
7	47
8	47
9	47
10	48
11	48
12	49
13	49
14	49
15	50
16	50
17	51
18	51
19	51
20	52
21	52
22	51
23	51
24	50
25	49
26	48
27	48
28	47
29	46
30	45

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

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	46
3	46
4	46
5	46
6	46
7	47
8	47
9	47
10	48
11	48
12	49
13	49
14	49
15	50
16	50
17	51
18	51
19	51
20	52
21	52
22	51
23	51
24	50
25	49
26	48
27	48
28	47
29	46
30	45

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

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	46
3	46
4	46
5	46
6	46
7	47
8	47
9	47
10	48
11	48
12	49
13	49
14	49
15	50
16	50
17	51
18	51
19	51
20	52
21	52
22	51
23	51
24	50
25	49
26	48
27	48
28	47
29	46
30	45

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