Climate averages 1991–2020
Āreka weather
in May.
A warm, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Āreka: daytime highs average 24.2°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 241 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gununo (17 km away). In May its highs average 23.0°C, 1.2°C cooler than Āreka, with 241 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Āreka ranks 23rd of 40 for the warmest May highs and joint 33rd of 40 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 40 cities is 25.5°C; Āreka is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 241 mm to 193 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
Āreka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.1°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 23 | 4.1 | 11.812 h |
| February | 28.1°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 28 | 5.1 | 11.912 h |
| March | 27.8°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 93 | 12.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.9°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 210 | 22.3 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 24.2°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 241 | 26.5 | 12.412 h |
| June | 22.6°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 193 | 26.1 | 12.513 h |
| July | 21.8°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 236 | 27.8 | 12.512 h |
| August | 22.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 260 | 28.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 23.0°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 267 | 27.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 24.3°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 160 | 18.5 | 12.012 h |
| November | 25.8°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 47 | 5.9 | 11.812 h |
| December | 26.5°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 18 | 2.7 | 11.712 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
- Gununo in MayEthiopia · 17 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 241 mm rain
- Sodo in MayEthiopia · 24 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 210 mm rain
- K’olīto in MayEthiopia · 51 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 15.0°C · 140 mm rain
- Hosa’ina in MayEthiopia · 56 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 11.8°C · 322 mm rain
- Awasa in MayEthiopia · 86 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 177 mm rain
- Yirga ‘Alem in MayEthiopia · 87 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.0°C · 233 mm rain
- Dīla in MayEthiopia · 99 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 16.0°C · 330 mm rain
- Shashamane in MayEthiopia · 100 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 13.8°C · 112 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 Āreka) is explained once on the Āreka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Gununo lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.