Climate averages 1991–2020
Bahir Dar weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Bahir Dar: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 17.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 102 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 39 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Debre Mark’os (143 km away). In May its highs average 22.8°C, 3.4°C cooler than Bahir Dar, with 269 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Bahir Dar ranks 14th of 40 for the warmest May highs and 19th of 40 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 40 cities is 25.5°C; Bahir Dar is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.6°C to 23.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 102 mm to 284 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
Bahir Dar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 2.9 | 0.7 | 11.512 h |
| February | 27.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 3.8 | 0.9 | 11.812 h |
| March | 28.0°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 16 | 3.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.0°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 26 | 5.8 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 26.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 102 | 15.0 | 12.713 h |
| June | 23.5°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 284 | 26.0 | 12.813 h |
| July | 21.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 521 | 30.9 | 12.713 h |
| August | 21.4°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 524 | 30.9 | 12.513 h |
| September | 22.5°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 248 | 26.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 58 | 11.2 | 11.912 h |
| November | 24.1°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 15 | 3.5 | 11.612 h |
| December | 24.7°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 3.6 | 1.0 | 11.511 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
- Debre Mark’os in MayEthiopia · 143 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 11.8°C · 269 mm rain
- Weldiya in MayEthiopia · 241 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 15.8°C · 59 mm rain
- Dessie in MayEthiopia · 250 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 10.8°C · 47 mm rain
- Alamata in MayEthiopia · 253 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 17.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Kombolcha in MayEthiopia · 263 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 14.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Hāgere Hiywet in MayEthiopia · 295 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 14.6°C · 391 mm rain
- Inda Silasē in MayEthiopia · 295 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 17.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Mek'ele in MayEthiopia · 310 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.5°C · 26 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 Bahir Dar) is explained once on the Bahir Dar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.