Hīrna weather in April

In April, Hīrna sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 131 mm of rain across 15.8 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-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 24% 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 Hīrna's 12th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Hīrna's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 131 mm; 15.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 6:10 AM – 6:22 PM
Cloud cover: 59%; 12th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 6.04 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.6; out of 10

Hīrna is town in Northeastern Ethiopia.

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

← March Hīrna 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 Hīrna reaches about 27°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 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)	27	27	27	27	27	27	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)	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	17	17	17	17

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	17
2	27	17
3	27	17
4	27	17
5	27	17
6	27	17
7	27	17
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10	27	17
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25	27	17
26	27	17
27	27	17
28	27	17
29	27	17
30	27	17

Hīrna weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 14°	16	3.8	11.5	8.2
Feb	27° / 15°	22	3.5	11.7	7.7
Mar	28° / 17°	79	10.1	11.9	6.6
Apr	27° / 17°	131	15.8	12.2	5.6
May	27° / 17°	139	19.7	12.4	5.1
Jun	27° / 17°	70	15.3	12.5	5.8
Jul	26° / 17°	118	20.7	12.5	5.3
Aug	26° / 17°	118	19.4	12.3	5.6
Sep	26° / 17°	66	13.4	12.1	6.3
Oct	26° / 16°	85	11.1	11.8	6.7
Nov	25° / 14°	38	5.3	11.6	7.9
Dec	25° / 13°	17	3.1	11.5	8.4

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in April, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 28% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%.

	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 (%)	55	55	55	54	54	54	53	53	51	51	50	51	51	51	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	49	49	49	50	50	50	50	49	48
Cloudier (%)	45	45	45	46	46	46	47	47	49	49	50	49	49	49	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	51	51	51	50	50	50	50	51	52

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	51	49
10	51	49
11	50	50
12	51	49
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	50	50
19	50	50
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	49	51
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26	50	50
27	50	50
28	50	50
29	49	51
30	48	52

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Hīrna gets around 131 mm of rain over 15.8 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 53% and peaks near 60% 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 (%)	43	44	44	45	45	46	47	48	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	54	55	56	57	57	57	58	58	58	58	58	59	59	60	60

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	44
3	44
4	45
5	45
6	46
7	47
8	48
9	48
10	49
11	50
12	51
13	52
14	53
15	54
16	54
17	55
18	56
19	57
20	57
21	57
22	58
23	58
24	58
25	58
26	58
27	59
28	59
29	60
30	60

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 (%)	46	45	44	44	43	42	40	39	37	36	34	33	31	30	28	27	25	24	23	23	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20
Comfortable (%)	35	35	36	36	37	37	38	38	39	39	40	41	41	42	42	43	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	43	43	43	43
Humid (%)	19	19	20	20	21	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	29	30	31	32	32	33	34	34	35	35	35	36	36	36	37	37

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

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 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
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
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
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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 6:18 AM to 6:04 AM, and sunset from 6:23 PM to 6:22 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)	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:12	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	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:04
Sunset (PM)	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22

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

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 6.04 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.55 kWh/m² to a high of 6.2 kWh/m² in February across the year — April's 6.04 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)	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0
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	6.1	Intense
2	6.1	Intense
3	6.1	Intense
4	6.1	Intense
5	6.1	Intense
6	6.1	Intense
7	6.1	Intense
8	6.1	Intense
9	6.0	Intense
10	6.0	Intense
11	6.0	Intense
12	6.0	Intense
13	6.0	Intense
14	6.0	Intense
15	6.0	Intense
16	6.0	Intense
17	6.0	Intense
18	6.0	Intense
19	6.0	Intense
20	6.0	Intense
21	6.0	Intense
22	6.0	Intense
23	6.0	Intense
24	6.0	Intense
25	6.0	Intense
26	6.0	Intense
27	6.0	Intense
28	6.0	Intense
29	6.0	Intense
30	6.0	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Hīrna

In seasonPeak

In April, Hīrna sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Hīrna's rainy season runs March–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Hīrna?

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

5.6

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

5.7

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Hīrna for sightseeing.

What to pack for Hīrna in April

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

In April, Hīrna sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 17°C. Pack rain gear and sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 16 days see rain.

rain gearsun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Hīrna 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 Hīrna 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 Hīrna 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 Hīrna is worst in November — around 28 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)	27	27	26	22	21	24	23	19	21	27	28	28
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	27	Moderate
Feb	27	Moderate
Mar	26	Moderate
Apr	22	Moderate
May	21	Moderate
Jun	24	Moderate
Jul	23	Moderate
Aug	19	Moderate
Sep	21	Moderate
Oct	27	Moderate
Nov	28	Moderate
Dec	28	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Hīrna?

Hīrna sits at 9.2°N, 41.1°E, 1,789 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Āsbe Teferī, 29 km away.

Topography around Hīrna

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hīrna has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 601 m around an average of 1,925 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,423 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,667 m.

The land around Hīrna is covered by cropland (57%) and shrubs (36%) within 3 km, shrubs (51%) and cropland (46%) within 16 km, and shrubs (56%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

601 m

cropland 57%

16 km

1,423 m

shrubs 51%

80 km

2,667 m

shrubs 56%

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

April weather nearby: Āsbe Teferī 29 km · Mī’ēso 38 km · Deder 39 km · Bedēsa 49 km · Chelenko 54 km · Gelemso 78 km · Dire Dawa 94 km · ‘Alemaya 102 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 Hīrna (9.2167°, 41.1°, elevation 1,789 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	27	17
2	27	17
3	27	17
4	27	17
5	27	17
6	27	17
7	27	17
8	27	17
9	27	17
10	27	17
11	27	17
12	27	17
13	27	17
14	27	17
15	27	17
16	27	17
17	27	17
18	27	17
19	27	17
20	27	17
21	27	17
22	27	17
23	27	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	55	45
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	51	49
10	51	49
11	50	50
12	51	49
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	50	50
19	50	50
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	49	51
23	49	51
24	49	51
25	50	50
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	50	50
29	49	51
30	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	44
3	44
4	45
5	45
6	46
7	47
8	48
9	48
10	49
11	50
12	51
13	52
14	53
15	54
16	54
17	55
18	56
19	57
20	57
21	57
22	58
23	58
24	58
25	58
26	58
27	59
28	59
29	60
30	60

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

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	17
2	27	17
3	27	17
4	27	17
5	27	17
6	27	17
7	27	17
8	27	17
9	27	17
10	27	17
11	27	17
12	27	17
13	27	17
14	27	17
15	27	17
16	27	17
17	27	17
18	27	17
19	27	17
20	27	17
21	27	17
22	27	17
23	27	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	55	45
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	51	49
10	51	49
11	50	50
12	51	49
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	50	50
19	50	50
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	49	51
23	49	51
24	49	51
25	50	50
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	50	50
29	49	51
30	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	44
3	44
4	45
5	45
6	46
7	47
8	48
9	48
10	49
11	50
12	51
13	52
14	53
15	54
16	54
17	55
18	56
19	57
20	57
21	57
22	58
23	58
24	58
25	58
26	58
27	59
28	59
29	60
30	60

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

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	17
2	27	17
3	27	17
4	27	17
5	27	17
6	27	17
7	27	17
8	27	17
9	27	17
10	27	17
11	27	17
12	27	17
13	27	17
14	27	17
15	27	17
16	27	17
17	27	17
18	27	17
19	27	17
20	27	17
21	27	17
22	27	17
23	27	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	55	45
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	51	49
10	51	49
11	50	50
12	51	49
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	50	50
19	50	50
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	49	51
23	49	51
24	49	51
25	50	50
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	50	50
29	49	51
30	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	44
3	44
4	45
5	45
6	46
7	47
8	48
9	48
10	49
11	50
12	51
13	52
14	53
15	54
16	54
17	55
18	56
19	57
20	57
21	57
22	58
23	58
24	58
25	58
26	58
27	59
28	59
29	60
30	60

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