Climate averages 1991–2020
Ārabī weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Ārabī: daytime highs average 33.2°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Borama (76 km away). In May its highs average 29.4°C, 3.8°C cooler than Ārabī, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Ārabī ranks 1st of 40 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 40 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 40 cities is 25.5°C; Ārabī is 7.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 34.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 17 mm to 1.5 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
Ārabī climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.5°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 7.7 | 1.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 30.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 8.2 | 1.2 | 11.812 h |
| March | 31.7°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 32 | 4.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.1°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 42 | 6.8 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 33.2°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 17 | 2.6 | 12.613 h |
| June | 34.0°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 1.5 | 0.5 | 12.713 h |
| July | 33.2°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 10 | 3.4 | 12.613 h |
| August | 32.8°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 19 | 5.1 | 12.412 h |
| September | 32.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 4.0 | 1.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 13 | 2.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.8°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 9.5 | 1.3 | 11.712 h |
| December | 28.4°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 4.5 | 0.7 | 11.612 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
- Borama in MaySomalia · 76 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Jijiga in MayEthiopia · 76 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 77 mm rain
- Dire Dawa in MayEthiopia · 80 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 19.8°C · 95 mm rain
- Harar in MayEthiopia · 83 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.7°C · 121 mm rain
- Ruqi in MaySomalia · 102 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Gebiley in MaySomalia · 127 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Hargeysa in MaySomalia · 178 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Djibouti in MayDjibouti · 194 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 27.4°C · 20 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 Ārabī) is explained once on the Ārabī year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.