Gedeb weather in April

In April, Gedeb sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 67 mm of rain across 10.1 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% 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 Gedeb's 12th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gedeb's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 16°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 67 mm; 10.1 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 6:01 AM – 6:14 PM
Cloud cover: 54%; 12th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 6.33 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.5; out of 10

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

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month.

A typical April day in Gedeb reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs on par with March and on par with 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)	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

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

Gedeb weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 2nd-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	25° / 11°	5	0.9	11.5	8.9
Feb	27° / 12°	7	1	11.7	8.4
Mar	28° / 15°	29	4.4	11.9	7.5
Apr	27° / 16°	67	10.1	12.2	6.5
May	27° / 17°	55	10.2	12.4	6.7
Jun	26° / 17°	13	3.2	12.5	7.8
Jul	25° / 16°	23	5.8	12.5	7.7
Aug	26° / 16°	31	8	12.3	7.3
Sep	26° / 17°	25	5.5	12.1	7.5
Oct	26° / 14°	40	6.5	11.8	7.6
Nov	25° / 12°	14	2.4	11.6	8.6
Dec	24° / 11°	5	1	11.5	9.1

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in April, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 41%. 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
Clearer (%)	64	63	63	63	63	63	62	62	62	61	60	60	60	60	59	58	58	57	57	57	56	56	56	56	55	55	55	55	56	56
Cloudier (%)	36	37	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	39	40	40	40	40	41	42	42	43	43	43	44	44	44	44	45	45	45	45	44	44

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

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Gedeb gets around 67 mm of rain over 10.1 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 33% and peaks near 39% 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
Rain chance (%)	23	24	24	25	25	26	27	28	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	37	38	39	39	39	39	39	39	38	38	38	38

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

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 41% 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 (%)	60	59	58	57	56	54	52	50	49	47	45	43	41	39	37	35	33	31	30	28	26	25	23	22	21	20	19	19	18	17
Comfortable (%)	29	30	31	31	32	33	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	42	43	44	45	45	46	46	47	47	47	47	48	48	48	48	48
Humid (%)	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	15	16	16	17	18	19	20	21	23	24	25	26	28	29	30	31	31	32	33	34	34	35

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	60	29	11
2	59	30	11
3	58	31	11
4	57	31	12
5	56	32	12
6	54	33	13
7	52	35	13
8	50	36	14
9	49	37	15
10	47	38	16
11	45	39	16
12	43	40	17
13	41	41	18
14	39	42	19
15	37	42	20
16	35	43	21
17	33	44	23
18	31	45	24
19	30	45	25
20	28	46	26
21	26	46	28
22	25	47	29
23	23	47	30
24	22	47	31
25	21	47	31
26	20	48	32
27	19	48	33
28	19	48	34
29	18	48	34
30	17	48	35

Wind in April

Winds average 9 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	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	10
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	9	calm
2	9	calm
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18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
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24	9	calm
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27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	10	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 6:10 AM to 5:55 AM, and sunset from 6:14 PM to 6:14 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	12.2	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	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:10	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:07	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:03	6:02	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:59	5:58	5:58	5:57	5:57	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:55	5:55
Sunset (PM)	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	6:10	6:14
2	12.1	6:09	6:14
3	12.1	6:08	6:14
4	12.1	6:08	6:14
5	12.1	6:07	6:14
6	12.1	6:07	6:14
7	12.1	6:06	6:14
8	12.1	6:05	6:14
9	12.2	6:05	6:14
10	12.2	6:04	6:14
11	12.2	6:04	6:14
12	12.2	6:03	6:14
13	12.2	6:03	6:14
14	12.2	6:02	6:14
15	12.2	6:02	6:14
16	12.2	6:01	6:14
17	12.2	6:01	6:14
18	12.2	6:00	6:14
19	12.2	6:00	6:14
20	12.2	5:59	6:14
21	12.3	5:59	6:14
22	12.3	5:58	6:14
23	12.3	5:58	6:14
24	12.3	5:57	6:14
25	12.3	5:57	6:14
26	12.3	5:56	6:14
27	12.3	5:56	6:14
28	12.3	5:56	6:14
29	12.3	5:55	6:14
30	12.3	5:55	6:14

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 6.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.39 kWh/m² to a high of 6.72 kWh/m² in February across the year — April's 6.33 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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	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	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.1	6.1
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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.6	Intense
2	6.6	Intense
3	6.6	Intense
4	6.5	Intense
5	6.5	Intense
6	6.5	Intense
7	6.5	Intense
8	6.5	Intense
9	6.5	Intense
10	6.4	Intense
11	6.4	Intense
12	6.4	Intense
13	6.4	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	6.2	Intense
21	6.2	Intense
22	6.2	Intense
23	6.2	Intense
24	6.2	Intense
25	6.2	Intense
26	6.2	Intense
27	6.2	Intense
28	6.2	Intense
29	6.1	Intense
30	6.1	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Gedeb

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust

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Oct

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Dec

Is April a good time to visit Gedeb?

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

6.5

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

6.7

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Gedeb for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Gedeb in April

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

In April, Gedeb sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 16°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

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UV index in Gedeb 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 Gedeb peaks around March 18 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 10 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	13	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	13	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Gedeb 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 Gedeb is worst in July — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (November, 11 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	13	15	15	13	15	20	21	16	16	14	11	11
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	13	Moderate
Feb	15	Moderate
Mar	15	Moderate
Apr	13	Moderate
May	15	Moderate
Jun	20	Moderate
Jul	21	Moderate
Aug	16	Moderate
Sep	16	Moderate
Oct	14	Moderate
Nov	11	Good
Dec	11	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Gedeb?

Gedeb sits at 9.6°N, 43.2°E, 1,644 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Tog Wajaale, 17 km away.

Topography around Gedeb

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gedeb has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 43 m around an average of 1,638 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 356 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,098 m.

The land around Gedeb is covered by grassland (52%) and cropland (47%) within 3 km, cropland (49%) and grassland (48%) within 16 km, and shrubs (43%) and grassland (39%) within 80 km.

3 km

43 m

grassland 52%

16 km

356 m

cropland 49%

80 km

2,098 m

shrubs 43%

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

April weather nearby: Tog Wajaale 17 km · Borama 40 km · Baki 42 km · Jijiga 49 km · Hartīshēk 50 km · Gebiley 51 km · Ruqi 52 km · Chinahsen 63 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 Gedeb (9.5725°, 43.1814°, elevation 1,644 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	28	16
2	28	16
3	28	16
4	28	16
5	28	16
6	28	16
7	27	16
8	27	16
9	27	16
10	27	16
11	27	16
12	27	16
13	27	16
14	27	16
15	27	16
16	27	16
17	27	16
18	27	16
19	27	16
20	27	16
21	27	16
22	27	16
23	27	16
24	27	16
25	27	16
26	27	16
27	27	16
28	27	16
29	27	16
30	27	16

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	60	29	11
2	59	30	11
3	58	31	11
4	57	31	12
5	56	32	12
6	54	33	13
7	52	35	13
8	50	36	14
9	49	37	15
10	47	38	16
11	45	39	16
12	43	40	17
13	41	41	18
14	39	42	19
15	37	42	20
16	35	43	21
17	33	44	23
18	31	45	24
19	30	45	25
20	28	46	26
21	26	46	28
22	25	47	29
23	23	47	30
24	22	47	31
25	21	47	31
26	20	48	32
27	19	48	33
28	19	48	34
29	18	48	34
30	17	48	35

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

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	60	29	11
2	59	30	11
3	58	31	11
4	57	31	12
5	56	32	12
6	54	33	13
7	52	35	13
8	50	36	14
9	49	37	15
10	47	38	16
11	45	39	16
12	43	40	17
13	41	41	18
14	39	42	19
15	37	42	20
16	35	43	21
17	33	44	23
18	31	45	24
19	30	45	25
20	28	46	26
21	26	46	28
22	25	47	29
23	23	47	30
24	22	47	31
25	21	47	31
26	20	48	32
27	19	48	33
28	19	48	34
29	18	48	34
30	17	48	35

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

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	60	29	11
2	59	30	11
3	58	31	11
4	57	31	12
5	56	32	12
6	54	33	13
7	52	35	13
8	50	36	14
9	49	37	15
10	47	38	16
11	45	39	16
12	43	40	17
13	41	41	18
14	39	42	19
15	37	42	20
16	35	43	21
17	33	44	23
18	31	45	24
19	30	45	25
20	28	46	26
21	26	46	28
22	25	47	29
23	23	47	30
24	22	47	31
25	21	47	31
26	20	48	32
27	19	48	33
28	19	48	34
29	18	48	34
30	17	48	35