Climate averages 1991–2020
Aksum weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Aksum: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 46 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Adwa (20 km away). In May its highs average 29.6°C, 1.1°C warmer than Aksum, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Aksum ranks 9th of 40 for the warmest May highs and joint 6th of 40 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 40 cities is 25.5°C; Aksum is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 mm to 118 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
Aksum climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.4°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 3.0 | 0.5 | 11.411 h |
| February | 27.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 11.712 h |
| March | 28.5°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 15 | 2.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.0°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 21 | 4.9 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 28.5°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 42 | 6.5 | 12.813 h |
| June | 26.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 118 | 15.5 | 12.913 h |
| July | 22.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 293 | 30.2 | 12.913 h |
| August | 22.2°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 297 | 30.4 | 12.613 h |
| September | 23.9°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 87 | 12.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 24.9°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 9.7 | 1.8 | 11.812 h |
| November | 24.6°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 7.4 | 1.5 | 11.511 h |
| December | 24.6°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 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
- Adwa in MayEthiopia · 20 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 15.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Inda Silasē in MayEthiopia · 48 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 17.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Ādīgrat in MayEthiopia · 81 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Mek'ele in MayEthiopia · 107 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.5°C · 26 mm rain
- Asmara in MayEritrea · 137 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 13.7°C · 47 mm rain
- Keren in MayEritrea · 187 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Alamata in MayEthiopia · 210 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 17.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Weldiya in MayEthiopia · 272 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 Aksum) is explained once on the Aksum year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.