Climate averages 1991–2020
Butajīra weather
in May.
A warm, very 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 Butajīra: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 14.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 269 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ziway (44 km away). In May its highs average 25.7°C, 1.4°C warmer than Butajīra, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Butajīra ranks joint 20th of 40 for the warmest May highs and joint 35th of 40 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 40 cities is 25.5°C; Butajīra is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 22.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 269 mm to 230 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
Butajīra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.0°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 44 | 5.6 | 11.712 h |
| February | 25.1°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 62 | 6.2 | 11.912 h |
| March | 25.6°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 179 | 11.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.9°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 349 | 16.5 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 24.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 269 | 16.2 | 12.512 h |
| June | 22.7°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 230 | 24.4 | 12.613 h |
| July | 20.9°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 279 | 30.0 | 12.513 h |
| August | 20.9°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 346 | 30.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 21.7°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 408 | 26.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.1°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 88 | 8.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 23.5°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 23 | 2.7 | 11.812 h |
| December | 23.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 14 | 2.1 | 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
- Ziway in MayEthiopia · 44 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.9°C · 70 mm rain
- Mek’ī in MayEthiopia · 50 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.9°C · 66 mm rain
- Waliso in MayEthiopia · 64 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 12.9°C · 176 mm rain
- Welk’īt’ē in MayEthiopia · 67 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 13.0°C · 185 mm rain
- Hosa’ina in MayEthiopia · 85 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 11.8°C · 322 mm rain
- Arsi Negele in MayEthiopia · 91 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.9°C · 332 mm rain
- Sebeta in MayEthiopia · 93 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 11.7°C · 155 mm rain
- K’olīto in MayEthiopia · 94 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 15.0°C · 140 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 Butajīra) is explained once on the Butajīra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.