Climate averages 1991–2020
Debre Birhan weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Debre Birhan: daytime highs average 20.8°C and nights cool to about 11.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Addis Ababa (113 km away). In May its highs average 22.9°C, 2.1°C warmer than Debre Birhan, with 177 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Debre Birhan ranks 40th of 40 for the warmest May highs and 17th of 40 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 40 cities is 25.5°C; Debre Birhan is 4.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 20.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 78 mm to 113 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
Debre Birhan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.5°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 49 | 8.3 | 11.612 h |
| February | 19.6°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 56 | 9.2 | 11.812 h |
| March | 20.0°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 152 | 15.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 20.0°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 160 | 16.0 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 20.8°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 78 | 9.3 | 12.613 h |
| June | 20.7°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 113 | 12.0 | 12.713 h |
| July | 17.6°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 484 | 29.6 | 12.613 h |
| August | 17.3°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 579 | 30.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 18.0°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 252 | 21.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 18.3°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 47 | 6.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 18.3°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 23 | 4.2 | 11.712 h |
| December | 18.2°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 17 | 4.0 | 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
- Addis Ababa in MayEthiopia · 113 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 11.5°C · 177 mm rain
- Bishoftu in MayEthiopia · 120 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Nazrēt in MayEthiopia · 129 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 16.7°C · 29 mm rain
- Sebeta in MayEthiopia · 132 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 11.7°C · 155 mm rain
- Kombolcha in MayEthiopia · 158 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 14.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Dessie in MayEthiopia · 162 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 10.8°C · 47 mm rain
- Mek’ī in MayEthiopia · 187 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.9°C · 66 mm rain
- Hāgere Hiywet in MayEthiopia · 200 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 14.6°C · 391 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 Debre Birhan) is explained once on the Debre Birhan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.