Idaga Hamus weather in March

In March, Idaga Hamus sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 109 mm of rain across 16.1 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of March to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Idaga Hamus's 7th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Idaga Hamus's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
4th warmest
Overnight low
12°
6th coldest
Rainfall
109 mm
16.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:34 AM – 6:28 PM
Cloud cover
43%
7th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
6.65 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.3
out of 10

Idaga Hamus is town in 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 23°C through the month.

A typical March day in Idaga Hamus reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 1°C warmer than February and on par with April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Idaga Hamus weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan21° / 5412.111.36.7
Feb23° / 10°5610.911.56.8
Mar23° / 12°10916.111.96.3
Apr24° / 13°14816.512.36.2
May25° / 13°689.812.67.2
Jun25° / 14°7911.412.86.8
Jul22° / 14°33029.412.83.8
Aug22° / 14°31228.112.54.0
Sep23° / 12°617.712.17.4
Oct22° / 11°24411.78.0
Nov21° / 10°335.611.37.8
Dec21° / 31611.27.6

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 31% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 26%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17921
27921
38020
48020
58020
68020
77921
87921
97822
107723
117723
127624
137525
147327
157327
167228
177228
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207030
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227030
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247030
257129
267129
277228
287228
297327
307327
317426

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Idaga Hamus gets around 109 mm of rain over 16.1 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 52% and peaks near 58% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
142
242
343
443
543
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745
846
947
1048
1149
1250
1351
1452
1553
1654
1755
1855
1956
2057
2157
2258
2358
2458
2558
2658
2757
2857
2957
3057
3156

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 98% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
11000
21000
31000
41000
51000
61000
71000
81000
91000
10991
11991
12991
13991
14982
15982
16982
17973
18973
19973
20973
21973
22973
23973
24973
25973
26973
27973
28982
29982
30982
31982

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
26calm
36calm
46calm
56calm
66calm
76calm
86calm
96calm
106calm
116calm
126calm
136calm
146calm
156calm
166calm
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206calm
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316calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 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 24 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:44 AM to 6:24 AM, and sunset from 6:26 PM to 6:30 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.76:446:26
211.76:436:26
311.76:436:26
411.76:426:27
511.86:426:27
611.86:416:27
711.86:406:27
811.86:406:27
911.86:396:28
1011.86:386:28
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1211.86:376:28
1311.96:366:28
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1511.96:356:28
1611.96:346:28
1711.96:346:29
1811.96:336:29
1911.96:326:29
2012.06:326:29
2112.06:316:29
2212.06:306:29
2312.06:296:29
2412.06:296:29
2512.06:286:29
2612.06:276:29
2712.16:266:30
2812.16:266:30
2912.16:256:30
3012.16:246:30
3112.16:246:30

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.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5 kWh/m² to a high of 6.88 kWh/m² in April 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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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Idaga Hamus

In seasonPeak

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

Idaga Hamus's monsoon runs July–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

Idaga Hamus sees seasonal dust haze (June–August), heaviest in July.

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

Is March a good time to visit Idaga Hamus?

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

6.3
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
5.1
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Idaga Hamus for sightseeing.

What to pack for Idaga Hamus in March

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

In March, Idaga Hamus sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 12°C. Pack rain gear and sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 16 days see rain.

rain gearsun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Idaga Hamus in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March 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 Idaga Hamus peaks around March 20 at about 15 (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 20UV 15Dec 12UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Idaga Hamus 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 Idaga Hamus 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).

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 1831 µg/m³Nov 1320 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan26Moderate
Feb26Moderate
Mar29Moderate
Apr24Moderate
May26Moderate
Jun31Moderate
Jul28Moderate
Aug30Moderate
Sep29Moderate
Oct21Moderate
Nov20Moderate
Dec22Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Idaga Hamus?

Idaga Hamus sits at 14.2°N, 39.6°E, 2,702 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Ādīgrat, 15 km away.

AksumĀbīy Ādī

Topography around Idaga Hamus

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Idaga Hamus has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 535 m around an average of 2,697 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,747 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,418 m.

The land around Idaga Hamus is covered by cropland (49%) and grassland (28%) within 3 km, cropland (39%), grassland (30%) and shrubs (27%) within 16 km, and grassland (27%), bare terrain (25%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
535 m
16 km
1,747 m
80 km
3,418 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
March weather nearby: Ādīgrat 15 km · Wik’ro 44 km · Intich’o 46 km · Adwa 72 km · Dolo 77 km · Mekele 77 km · Aksum 91 km · Ābīy Ādī 94 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 Idaga Hamus (14.1872°, 39.5639°, elevation 2,702 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).