Dodola weather in March

In March, Dodola sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 149 mm of rain across 12.1 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of March to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Dodola's 5th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dodola's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 149 mm; 12.1 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:34 AM – 6:31 PM
Cloud cover: 62%; 5th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 6.27 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.1; out of 10

Dodola is place in Oromia, Ethiopia.

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 21°C through the month.

A typical March day in Dodola reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 24°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)	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

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

Dodola weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 2nd-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	21° / 8°	28	5.2	11.6	7.3
Feb	22° / 8°	48	5.9	11.8	7.1
Mar	21° / 9°	149	12.1	12	6.1
Apr	20° / 10°	261	18.2	12.1	4.9
May	20° / 10°	203	16.2	12.3	5.2
Jun	18° / 10°	234	22.9	12.4	4.1
Jul	16° / 9°	349	30.4	12.4	2.7
Aug	17° / 9°	377	30.4	12.2	2.8
Sep	17° / 9°	358	25.8	12	3.5
Oct	18° / 9°	152	15.4	11.8	5.1
Nov	19° / 8°	41	5.1	11.7	6.8
Dec	20° / 7°	17	2.6	11.6	7.6

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 56%. 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 (%)	55	55	54	53	53	51	50	50	48	47	47	45	45	43	43	44	44	42	42	42	41	40	40	40	39	39	38	38	37	36	36
Cloudier (%)	45	45	46	47	47	49	50	50	52	53	53	55	55	57	57	56	56	58	58	58	59	60	60	60	61	61	62	62	63	64	64

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	54	46
4	53	47
5	53	47
6	51	49
7	50	50
8	50	50
9	48	52
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	44	56
17	44	56
18	42	58
19	42	58
20	42	58
21	41	59
22	40	60
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	38	62
28	38	62
29	37	63
30	36	64
31	36	64

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Dodola gets around 149 mm of rain over 12.1 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 39% and peaks near 50% 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 (%)	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	40	41	41	42	42	43	44	44	45	45	46	47	47	48	49	50

	Rain chance (%)
1	26
2	27
3	28
4	29
5	30
6	31
7	32
8	33
9	34
10	35
11	36
12	37
13	38
14	39
15	40
16	40
17	41
18	41
19	42
20	42
21	43
22	44
23	44
24	45
25	45
26	46
27	47
28	47
29	48
30	49
31	50

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 100% 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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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.

	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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	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	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 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 12 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:41 AM to 6:27 AM, and sunset from 6:32 PM to 6:30 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)	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	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	12.0	12.0	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:27
Sunset (PM)	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30

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

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6.27 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.17 kWh/m² to a high of 6.51 kWh/m² in February across the year — March's 6.27 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)	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9
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	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.5	Intense
2	6.5	Intense
3	6.5	Intense
4	6.5	Intense
5	6.5	Intense
6	6.5	Intense
7	6.4	Intense
8	6.4	Intense
9	6.4	Intense
10	6.4	Intense
11	6.4	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	6.2	Intense
19	6.2	Intense
20	6.2	Intense
21	6.2	Intense
22	6.2	Intense
23	6.1	Intense
24	6.1	Intense
25	6.1	Intense
26	6.1	Intense
27	6.0	Intense
28	6.0	Intense
29	6.0	Intense
30	6.0	Bright
31	5.9	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Dodola

In seasonPeak

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

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

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit Dodola?

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

6.1

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

3.8

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Dodola for sightseeing.

What to pack for Dodola in March

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

In March, Dodola sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 9°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

sun protectionrain gear

UV index in Dodola in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 17 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Dodola peaks around March 16 at about 17 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 22 at about 12 (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)	15	16	17	16	14	13	13	15	14	14	12	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	17	Extreme
Apr	16	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	15	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Dodola 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 Dodola is worst in December — around 42 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)	40	36	36	33	30	33	30	27	33	37	41	42
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	40	Poor
Feb	36	Poor
Mar	36	Poor
Apr	33	Moderate
May	30	Moderate
Jun	33	Moderate
Jul	30	Moderate
Aug	27	Moderate
Sep	33	Moderate
Oct	37	Poor
Nov	41	Poor
Dec	42	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Dodola?

Dodola sits at 7.0°N, 39.2°E, 2,464 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Āsasa, 13 km away.

Topography around Dodola

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dodola has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 262 m around an average of 2,460 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,299 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,097 m.

The land around Dodola is covered by cropland (75%) within 3 km, cropland (70%) within 16 km, and cropland (37%), trees (32%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

262 m

cropland 75%

16 km

1,299 m

cropland 70%

80 km

3,097 m

cropland 37%

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

March weather nearby: Āsasa 13 km · Kofelē 45 km · Bek’ojī 62 km · Kuyera 69 km · Shashamane 69 km · Arsi Negele 70 km · Awasa 79 km · Gobēsa 79 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 Dodola (6.9833°, 39.1833°, elevation 2,464 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	22	9
2	22	9
3	22	9
4	22	9
5	22	9
6	21	9
7	21	9
8	21	9
9	21	9
10	21	9
11	21	9
12	21	9
13	21	9
14	21	9
15	21	9
16	21	9
17	21	9
18	21	9
19	21	9
20	21	9
21	21	9
22	21	9
23	21	9
24	21	9
25	21	9
26	21	9
27	21	9
28	20	9
29	20	9
30	20	9
31	20	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	54	46
4	53	47
5	53	47
6	51	49
7	50	50
8	50	50
9	48	52
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	44	56
17	44	56
18	42	58
19	42	58
20	42	58
21	41	59
22	40	60
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	38	62
28	38	62
29	37	63
30	36	64
31	36	64

	Rain chance (%)
1	26
2	27
3	28
4	29
5	30
6	31
7	32
8	33
9	34
10	35
11	36
12	37
13	38
14	39
15	40
16	40
17	41
18	41
19	42
20	42
21	43
22	44
23	44
24	45
25	45
26	46
27	47
28	47
29	48
30	49
31	50

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	54	46
4	53	47
5	53	47
6	51	49
7	50	50
8	50	50
9	48	52
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	44	56
17	44	56
18	42	58
19	42	58
20	42	58
21	41	59
22	40	60
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	38	62
28	38	62
29	37	63
30	36	64
31	36	64

	Rain chance (%)
1	26
2	27
3	28
4	29
5	30
6	31
7	32
8	33
9	34
10	35
11	36
12	37
13	38
14	39
15	40
16	40
17	41
18	41
19	42
20	42
21	43
22	44
23	44
24	45
25	45
26	46
27	47
28	47
29	48
30	49
31	50

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	54	46
4	53	47
5	53	47
6	51	49
7	50	50
8	50	50
9	48	52
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	44	56
17	44	56
18	42	58
19	42	58
20	42	58
21	41	59
22	40	60
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	38	62
28	38	62
29	37	63
30	36	64
31	36	64

	Rain chance (%)
1	26
2	27
3	28
4	29
5	30
6	31
7	32
8	33
9	34
10	35
11	36
12	37
13	38
14	39
15	40
16	40
17	41
18	41
19	42
20	42
21	43
22	44
23	44
24	45
25	45
26	46
27	47
28	47
29	48
30	49
31	50

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100