Climate averages 1991–2020
Adwa weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Adwa: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 47 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aksum (20 km away). In May its highs average 28.5°C, 1.1°C cooler than Adwa, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Adwa ranks 7th of 40 for the warmest May highs and 5th of 40 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 40 cities is 25.5°C; Adwa is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 58 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Adwa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.5°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 4.8 | 0.7 | 11.411 h |
| February | 28.4°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 2.6 | 0.6 | 11.712 h |
| March | 29.4°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 17 | 3.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.8°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 22 | 5.6 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 29.6°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 32 | 6.3 | 12.813 h |
| June | 27.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 58 | 11.2 | 12.913 h |
| July | 23.9°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 229 | 28.4 | 12.913 h |
| August | 23.4°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 270 | 29.6 | 12.613 h |
| September | 25.2°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 75 | 10.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 26.0°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 9.5 | 1.6 | 11.812 h |
| November | 25.7°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 7.4 | 1.4 | 11.511 h |
| December | 25.7°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 11.311 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Aksum in MayEthiopia · 20 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 15.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Ādīgrat in MayEthiopia · 62 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Inda Silasē in MayEthiopia · 67 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 17.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Mek'ele in MayEthiopia · 97 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.5°C · 26 mm rain
- Asmara in MayEritrea · 131 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 13.7°C · 47 mm rain
- Keren in MayEritrea · 186 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Alamata in MayEthiopia · 207 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 17.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Weldiya in MayEthiopia · 270 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 15.8°C · 59 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Adwa) is explained once on the Adwa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.