Climate averages 1991–2020
Hāgere Hiywet weather
in May.
A warm, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Hāgere Hiywet: daytime highs average 24.8°C and nights cool to about 14.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 391 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Waliso (52 km away). In May its highs average 23.6°C, 1.2°C cooler than Hāgere Hiywet, with 176 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Hāgere Hiywet ranks 18th of 40 for the warmest May highs and 40th of 40 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 40 cities is 25.5°C; Hāgere Hiywet is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 22.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 391 mm to 284 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
Hāgere Hiywet climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.3°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 35 | 5.8 | 11.712 h |
| February | 26.4°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 42 | 6.6 | 11.812 h |
| March | 26.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 119 | 13.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.8°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 187 | 17.3 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 24.8°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 391 | 23.1 | 12.513 h |
| June | 22.3°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 284 | 29.4 | 12.613 h |
| July | 20.6°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 283 | 30.9 | 12.613 h |
| August | 20.8°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 290 | 31.0 | 12.412 h |
| September | 21.9°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 434 | 28.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.6°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 189 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 24.5°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 59 | 4.3 | 11.712 h |
| December | 24.9°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 16 | 3.1 | 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
- Waliso in MayEthiopia · 52 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 12.9°C · 176 mm rain
- Welk’īt’ē in MayEthiopia · 78 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 13.0°C · 185 mm rain
- Sebeta in MayEthiopia · 85 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 11.7°C · 155 mm rain
- Addis Ababa in MayEthiopia · 99 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 11.5°C · 177 mm rain
- Butajīra in MayEthiopia · 112 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.6°C · 269 mm rain
- Bishoftu in MayEthiopia · 127 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Mek’ī in MayEthiopia · 141 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.9°C · 66 mm rain
- Ziway in MayEthiopia · 151 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.9°C · 70 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 Hāgere Hiywet) is explained once on the Hāgere Hiywet year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.