Climate averages 1991–2020
Debre Mark’os 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 Debre Mark’os: daytime highs average 22.8°C and nights cool to about 11.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 269 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 36 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bahir Dar (143 km away). In May its highs average 26.2°C, 3.4°C warmer than Debre Mark’os, with 102 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Debre Mark’os ranks 34th 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; Debre Mark’os is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.6°C to 20.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 269 mm to 380 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 Mark’os climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.6°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 13 | 3.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 24.1°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 20 | 4.1 | 11.812 h |
| March | 24.2°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 68 | 11.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.0°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 137 | 14.8 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 22.8°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 269 | 21.4 | 12.613 h |
| June | 20.2°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 380 | 29.3 | 12.713 h |
| July | 18.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 425 | 30.9 | 12.713 h |
| August | 18.4°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 417 | 31.0 | 12.512 h |
| September | 19.6°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 390 | 28.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 21.0°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 126 | 11.5 | 11.912 h |
| November | 21.4°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 46 | 6.8 | 11.712 h |
| December | 21.8°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 12 | 2.9 | 11.512 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
- Bahir Dar in MayEthiopia · 143 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.5°C · 102 mm rain
- Hāgere Hiywet in MayEthiopia · 153 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 14.6°C · 391 mm rain
- Addis Ababa in MayEthiopia · 185 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 11.5°C · 177 mm rain
- Sebeta in MayEthiopia · 186 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 11.7°C · 155 mm rain
- Waliso in MayEthiopia · 204 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 12.9°C · 176 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in MayEthiopia · 211 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 11.1°C · 78 mm rain
- Bishoftu in MayEthiopia · 224 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Dessie in MayEthiopia · 225 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 10.8°C · 47 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 Mark’os) is explained once on the Debre Mark’os year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.