Dibate weather in March

In March, Dibate sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 4 mm of rain across 1 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% 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 Dibate's 5th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dibate's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
1st warmest
Overnight low
20°
10th coldest
Rainfall
4 mm
1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:47 AM – 6:43 PM
Cloud cover
38%
5th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
6.65 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.5
out of 10

Dibate is place in Benishangul-Gumuz, Ethiopia.

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

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month.

A typical March day in Dibate reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 1°C warmer than February and on par with April.

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How March really feels in Dibate

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in March is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Dibate weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 1st-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 16°1011.45.7
Feb33° / 18°00.111.64.4
Mar34° / 20°4111.93.5
Apr34° / 21°174.412.23.5
May31° / 20°9715.912.53.9
Jun28° / 18°18525.212.64.0
Jul25° / 17°27928.712.63.9
Aug25° / 17°27928.912.43.9
Sep26° / 17°18624.512.14.4
Oct28° / 17°6914.211.85.8
Nov29° / 16°82.411.56.6
Dec31° / 16°10.111.46.3

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18317
28218
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58317
68317
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Dibate gets around 4 mm of rain over 1 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 3% and peaks near 5% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 92% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19640
29640
39541
49541
59541
69541
79541
89541
99451
109352
119262
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139172
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279172
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299082
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319082

Wind in March

Winds average 6 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
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126calm
136calm
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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 6:55 AM to 6:38 AM, and sunset from 6:42 PM to 6:42 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.86:556:42
211.86:556:42
311.86:546:42
411.86:546:42
511.86:536:42
611.86:536:42
711.86:526:42
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1912.06:456:43
2012.06:456:43
2112.06:446:43
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2412.06:426:43
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2712.06:406:43
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2912.16:396:42
3012.16:386:42
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Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6.65 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.33 kWh/m² to a high of 6.65 kWh/m² in March across the year — March's 6.65 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.5Intense
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36.5Intense
46.5Intense
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Dibate

In seasonPeak

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

Dibate's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is March a good time to visit Dibate?

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

3.5
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
7.3
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Dibate. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Dibate in March

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

In March, Dibate sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Dibate in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Dibate peaks around March 23 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 23UV 14Dec 12UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Dibate 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 Dibate is worst in March — around 76 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 6.5× the cleanest month (May, 12 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModerateMar 1075 µg/m³May 1913 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan52Poor
Feb72Unhealthy
Mar76Unhealthy
Apr27Moderate
May12Good
Jun18Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct16Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec36Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Dibate?

Dibate sits at 10.7°N, 36.2°E, 1,525 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Chagni, 46 km away.

Topography around Dibate

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dibate has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 346 m around an average of 1,473 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 875 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,267 m.

The land around Dibate is covered by cropland (54%) within 3 km, cropland (33%), trees (32%) and shrubs (24%) within 16 km, and trees (50%) and cropland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
346 m
16 km
875 m
80 km
2,267 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcropland
March weather nearby: Chagni 46 km · Mambuk 70 km · Gimja Bēt Maryam 76 km · Ginja Bet 77 km · Shendi 80 km · Injibara 86 km · Ādīs K’idamē 87 km · Tīlīlī 90 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
Ethiopian Orthodox 44%Muslim 31%Protestant 23%other 1%

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 Dibate (10.65°, 36.2167°, elevation 1,525 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).