Climate averages 1991–2020
Arsi Negele weather
in May.
A warm, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Arsi Negele: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 13.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 332 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shashamane (19 km away). In May its highs average 22.7°C, about as warm as Arsi Negele, with 112 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Arsi Negele ranks 37th of 40 for the warmest May highs and 39th of 40 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 40 cities is 25.5°C; Arsi Negele is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 21.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 332 mm to 198 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
Arsi Negele climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.2°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 33 | 6.6 | 11.712 h |
| February | 24.5°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 40 | 6.3 | 11.912 h |
| March | 24.9°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 114 | 13.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 23.6°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 263 | 22.3 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 22.4°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 332 | 28.0 | 12.512 h |
| June | 21.4°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 198 | 28.1 | 12.513 h |
| July | 20.2°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 193 | 28.4 | 12.513 h |
| August | 20.4°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 248 | 29.1 | 12.412 h |
| September | 21.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 369 | 29.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 21.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 261 | 22.0 | 12.012 h |
| November | 21.9°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 68 | 8.8 | 11.812 h |
| December | 22.2°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 27 | 5.4 | 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
- Shashamane in MayEthiopia · 19 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 13.8°C · 112 mm rain
- Awasa in MayEthiopia · 39 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 177 mm rain
- Ziway in MayEthiopia · 65 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.9°C · 70 mm rain
- K’olīto in MayEthiopia · 65 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 15.0°C · 140 mm rain
- Yirga ‘Alem in MayEthiopia · 73 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.0°C · 233 mm rain
- Mek’ī in MayEthiopia · 90 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.9°C · 66 mm rain
- Butajīra in MayEthiopia · 91 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.6°C · 269 mm rain
- Hosa’ina in MayEthiopia · 93 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 11.8°C · 322 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 Arsi Negele) is explained once on the Arsi Negele year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.