Climate averages 1991–2020
Bishoftu weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 3rd 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 Bishoftu: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 31 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nazrēt (39 km away). In May its highs average 29.4°C, 3.4°C warmer than Bishoftu, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Bishoftu ranks 15th of 40 for the warmest May highs and 11th of 40 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 40 cities is 25.5°C; Bishoftu is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 64 mm to 107 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
Bishoftu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.9°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 5.7 | 1.7 | 11.712 h |
| February | 25.4°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 8.6 | 2.3 | 11.812 h |
| March | 26.2°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 29 | 6.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.1°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 52 | 10.3 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 26.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 64 | 10.4 | 12.513 h |
| June | 24.3°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 107 | 19.1 | 12.613 h |
| July | 22.2°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 184 | 29.0 | 12.613 h |
| August | 21.8°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 197 | 29.7 | 12.412 h |
| September | 22.1°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 126 | 20.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.0°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 26 | 4.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 23.2°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 6.1 | 1.2 | 11.712 h |
| December | 23.1°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 2.1 | 0.6 | 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
- Nazrēt in MayEthiopia · 39 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 16.7°C · 29 mm rain
- Addis Ababa in MayEthiopia · 40 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 11.5°C · 177 mm rain
- Sebeta in MayEthiopia · 44 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 11.7°C · 155 mm rain
- Mek’ī in MayEthiopia · 69 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.9°C · 66 mm rain
- Ziway in MayEthiopia · 96 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.9°C · 70 mm rain
- Butajīra in MayEthiopia · 98 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.6°C · 269 mm rain
- Waliso in MayEthiopia · 114 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 12.9°C · 176 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in MayEthiopia · 120 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 11.1°C · 78 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 Bishoftu) is explained once on the Bishoftu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.