Mena weather in April

In April, Mena sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 621 mm of rain across 25.8 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 25°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in April, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of April to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Mena's 7th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mena's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 15°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 621 mm; 25.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 6:17 AM – 6:25 PM
Cloud cover: 73%; 7th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.08 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.3; out of 10

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 25°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical April day in Mena reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 2°C cooler than March and about 1°C warmer than 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)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15

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

Mena weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 12°	40	4.2	11.7	8.0
Feb	27° / 12°	35	4.3	11.8	7.6
Mar	26° / 14°	181	12.5	12	6.4
Apr	24° / 15°	621	25.8	12.1	4.3
May	23° / 15°	964	30.6	12.3	3.6
Jun	22° / 15°	465	27.7	12.4	3.8
Jul	22° / 15°	215	26.2	12.3	4.0
Aug	23° / 15°	193	25.3	12.2	4.3
Sep	23° / 15°	319	24.6	12	4.4
Oct	22° / 14°	851	30.4	11.9	3.6
Nov	23° / 13°	362	21.8	11.7	5.0
Dec	24° / 11°	82	8.7	11.6	7.5

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 75%. 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 (%)	47	46	44	44	41	40	39	36	35	33	31	29	27	25	23	21	20	19	17	15	14	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10
Cloudier (%)	53	54	56	56	59	60	61	64	65	67	69	71	73	75	77	79	80	81	83	85	86	87	88	88	89	89	90	90	90	90

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	46	54
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	41	59
6	40	60
7	39	61
8	36	64
9	35	65
10	33	67
11	31	69
12	29	71
13	27	73
14	25	75
15	23	77
16	21	79
17	20	80
18	19	81
19	17	83
20	15	85
21	14	86
22	13	87
23	12	88
24	12	88
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	10	90
30	10	90

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Mena gets around 621 mm of rain over 25.8 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 86% and peaks near 98% 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 (%)	66	67	69	70	72	74	75	77	78	80	81	83	84	86	87	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	95	96	96	96	97	97	97	98

	Rain chance (%)
1	66
2	67
3	69
4	70
5	72
6	74
7	75
8	77
9	78
10	80
11	81
12	83
13	84
14	86
15	87
16	89
17	90
18	91
19	92
20	93
21	94
22	95
23	95
24	96
25	96
26	96
27	97
28	97
29	97
30	98

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of April feels humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, April lands in the humid band about 45% 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 (%)	31	29	27	25	23	21	19	17	15	14	12	11	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Comfortable (%)	53	54	55	56	56	57	57	57	57	55	55	53	53	51	50	48	46	44	43	40	38	36	34	32	31	29	28	27	26	25
Humid (%)	16	17	18	19	21	22	24	26	28	31	33	36	38	41	44	46	49	52	54	57	60	62	64	67	68	70	71	72	73	74

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	31	53	16
2	29	54	17
3	27	55	18
4	25	56	19
5	23	56	21
6	21	57	22
7	19	57	24
8	17	57	26
9	15	57	28
10	14	55	31
11	12	55	33
12	11	53	36
13	9	53	38
14	8	51	41
15	7	50	44
16	6	48	46
17	5	46	49
18	4	44	52
19	3	43	54
20	3	40	57
21	2	38	60
22	2	36	62
23	2	34	64
24	1	32	67
25	1	31	68
26	1	29	70
27	1	28	71
28	1	27	72
29	1	26	73
30	1	25	74

Wind in April

Winds average 4 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	5	calm
5	5	calm
6	5	calm
7	5	calm
8	5	calm
9	4	calm
10	4	calm
11	4	calm
12	4	calm
13	4	calm
14	4	calm
15	4	calm
16	4	calm
17	4	calm
18	4	calm
19	4	calm
20	4	calm
21	4	calm
22	4	calm
23	4	calm
24	4	calm
25	4	calm
26	4	calm
27	4	calm
28	4	calm
29	4	calm
30	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of April to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:24 AM to 6:11 AM, and sunset from 6:27 PM to 6:24 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	12.1	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	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:11
Sunset (PM)	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24

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

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.08 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.67 kWh/m² to a high of 6.44 kWh/m² in February across the year — April's 5.08 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.6	Bright
2	5.6	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.4	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.2	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.1	Bright
15	5.1	Bright
16	5.1	Bright
17	5.0	Bright
18	5.0	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	4.9	Bright
21	4.9	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.8	Bright
24	4.8	Bright
25	4.7	Bright
26	4.7	Bright
27	4.7	Bright
28	4.6	Bright
29	4.6	Bright
30	4.6	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Mena

In seasonPeak

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

Mena's rainy season runs April–June, 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 Mena?

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

4.3

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

3.6

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Mena for sightseeing.

What to pack for Mena in April

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

In April, Mena sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 15°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Mena in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April 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 Mena peaks around March 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 21 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	14	15	14	13	11	11	13	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	14	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Mena 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 Mena is worst in June — around 20 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.3× the cleanest month (January, 9 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)	9	10	17	14	15	20	18	14	14	15	13	10
Level	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	9	Good
Feb	10	Good
Mar	17	Moderate
Apr	14	Moderate
May	15	Moderate
Jun	20	Moderate
Jul	18	Moderate
Aug	14	Moderate
Sep	14	Moderate
Oct	15	Moderate
Nov	13	Moderate
Dec	10	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Mena?

Mena sits at 6.4°N, 39.9°E, 1,262 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Goba, 68 km away.

Topography around Mena

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mena has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 163 m around an average of 1,272 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 988 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,893 m.

The land around Mena is covered by cropland (56%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, trees (47%) and cropland (37%) within 16 km, and trees (40%) and shrubs (32%) within 80 km.

3 km

163 m

cropland 56%

16 km

988 m

trees 47%

80 km

3,893 m

trees 40%

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

April weather nearby: Goba 68 km · Bale Robe 80 km · Dodola 97 km · Āsasa 105 km · Kibre Mengist 113 km · Ghinnir 124 km · Negēlē 126 km · Shakiso 127 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 Mena (6.4167°, 39.85°, elevation 1,262 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	25	14
2	25	14
3	25	14
4	25	14
5	25	14
6	25	14
7	25	14
8	25	14
9	24	14
10	24	14
11	24	15
12	24	15
13	24	15
14	24	15
15	24	15
16	24	15
17	24	15
18	24	15
19	24	15
20	24	15
21	23	15
22	23	15
23	23	15
24	23	15
25	23	15
26	23	15
27	23	15
28	23	15
29	23	15
30	23	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	46	54
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	41	59
6	40	60
7	39	61
8	36	64
9	35	65
10	33	67
11	31	69
12	29	71
13	27	73
14	25	75
15	23	77
16	21	79
17	20	80
18	19	81
19	17	83
20	15	85
21	14	86
22	13	87
23	12	88
24	12	88
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	10	90
30	10	90

	Rain chance (%)
1	66
2	67
3	69
4	70
5	72
6	74
7	75
8	77
9	78
10	80
11	81
12	83
13	84
14	86
15	87
16	89
17	90
18	91
19	92
20	93
21	94
22	95
23	95
24	96
25	96
26	96
27	97
28	97
29	97
30	98

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	31	53	16
2	29	54	17
3	27	55	18
4	25	56	19
5	23	56	21
6	21	57	22
7	19	57	24
8	17	57	26
9	15	57	28
10	14	55	31
11	12	55	33
12	11	53	36
13	9	53	38
14	8	51	41
15	7	50	44
16	6	48	46
17	5	46	49
18	4	44	52
19	3	43	54
20	3	40	57
21	2	38	60
22	2	36	62
23	2	34	64
24	1	32	67
25	1	31	68
26	1	29	70
27	1	28	71
28	1	27	72
29	1	26	73
30	1	25	74

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	46	54
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	41	59
6	40	60
7	39	61
8	36	64
9	35	65
10	33	67
11	31	69
12	29	71
13	27	73
14	25	75
15	23	77
16	21	79
17	20	80
18	19	81
19	17	83
20	15	85
21	14	86
22	13	87
23	12	88
24	12	88
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	10	90
30	10	90

	Rain chance (%)
1	66
2	67
3	69
4	70
5	72
6	74
7	75
8	77
9	78
10	80
11	81
12	83
13	84
14	86
15	87
16	89
17	90
18	91
19	92
20	93
21	94
22	95
23	95
24	96
25	96
26	96
27	97
28	97
29	97
30	98

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	31	53	16
2	29	54	17
3	27	55	18
4	25	56	19
5	23	56	21
6	21	57	22
7	19	57	24
8	17	57	26
9	15	57	28
10	14	55	31
11	12	55	33
12	11	53	36
13	9	53	38
14	8	51	41
15	7	50	44
16	6	48	46
17	5	46	49
18	4	44	52
19	3	43	54
20	3	40	57
21	2	38	60
22	2	36	62
23	2	34	64
24	1	32	67
25	1	31	68
26	1	29	70
27	1	28	71
28	1	27	72
29	1	26	73
30	1	25	74

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	46	54
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	41	59
6	40	60
7	39	61
8	36	64
9	35	65
10	33	67
11	31	69
12	29	71
13	27	73
14	25	75
15	23	77
16	21	79
17	20	80
18	19	81
19	17	83
20	15	85
21	14	86
22	13	87
23	12	88
24	12	88
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	10	90
30	10	90

	Rain chance (%)
1	66
2	67
3	69
4	70
5	72
6	74
7	75
8	77
9	78
10	80
11	81
12	83
13	84
14	86
15	87
16	89
17	90
18	91
19	92
20	93
21	94
22	95
23	95
24	96
25	96
26	96
27	97
28	97
29	97
30	98

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	31	53	16
2	29	54	17
3	27	55	18
4	25	56	19
5	23	56	21
6	21	57	22
7	19	57	24
8	17	57	26
9	15	57	28
10	14	55	31
11	12	55	33
12	11	53	36
13	9	53	38
14	8	51	41
15	7	50	44
16	6	48	46
17	5	46	49
18	4	44	52
19	3	43	54
20	3	40	57
21	2	38	60
22	2	36	62
23	2	34	64
24	1	32	67
25	1	31	68
26	1	29	70
27	1	28	71
28	1	27	72
29	1	26	73
30	1	25	74