Climate averages 1991–2020
Dessie weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Dessie: daytime highs average 21.9°C and nights cool to about 10.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 38 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kombolcha (13 km away). In May its highs average 26.3°C, 4.4°C warmer than Dessie, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Dessie ranks 38th of 40 for the warmest May highs and 8th of 40 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 40 cities is 25.5°C; Dessie is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 23.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 47 mm to 8.5 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
Dessie climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.8°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 43 | 8.3 | 11.512 h |
| February | 19.9°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 44 | 7.9 | 11.812 h |
| March | 20.5°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 105 | 14.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 20.9°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 113 | 15.0 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 21.9°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 47 | 7.9 | 12.613 h |
| June | 23.6°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 8.5 | 2.0 | 12.813 h |
| July | 21.8°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 101 | 15.5 | 12.713 h |
| August | 20.5°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 131 | 20.8 | 12.512 h |
| September | 20.0°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 59 | 12.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 19.3°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 33 | 6.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 19.0°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 25 | 3.7 | 11.612 h |
| December | 18.7°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 25 | 4.7 | 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
- Kombolcha in MayEthiopia · 13 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 14.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Weldiya in MayEthiopia · 77 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 15.8°C · 59 mm rain
- Alamata in MayEthiopia · 143 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 17.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in MayEthiopia · 162 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 11.1°C · 78 mm rain
- Debre Mark’os in MayEthiopia · 225 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 11.8°C · 269 mm rain
- Bahir Dar in MayEthiopia · 250 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.5°C · 102 mm rain
- Addis Ababa in MayEthiopia · 254 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 11.5°C · 177 mm rain
- Mek'ele in MayEthiopia · 263 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 Dessie) is explained once on the Dessie year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.