Climate averages 1991–2020
Harar weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Harar: daytime highs average 23.8°C and nights cool to about 14.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 121 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes May a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dire Dawa (42 km away). In May its highs average 30.7°C, 6.8°C warmer than Harar, with 95 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Harar ranks 25th of 40 for the warmest May highs and 21st of 40 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 40 cities is 25.5°C; Harar is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 23.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 121 mm to 40 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
Harar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.0°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 11 | 2.2 | 11.612 h |
| February | 25.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 15 | 2.3 | 11.812 h |
| March | 25.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 47 | 6.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 108 | 15.9 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 23.8°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 121 | 19.8 | 12.513 h |
| June | 23.4°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 40 | 10.0 | 12.713 h |
| July | 22.6°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 63 | 15.3 | 12.613 h |
| August | 22.7°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 81 | 17.4 | 12.412 h |
| September | 23.4°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 71 | 14.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 71 | 10.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 23.5°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 25 | 3.9 | 11.712 h |
| December | 23.3°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 11 | 2.2 | 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
- Dire Dawa in MayEthiopia · 42 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 19.8°C · 95 mm rain
- Jijiga in MayEthiopia · 75 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 77 mm rain
- Ārabī in MayEthiopia · 83 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 21.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Borama in MaySomalia · 136 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Ruqi in MaySomalia · 161 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Gebiley in MaySomalia · 171 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Hargeysa in MaySomalia · 215 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Djibouti in MayDjibouti · 277 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 27.4°C · 20 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 Harar) is explained once on the Harar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.