Climate averages 1991–2020
Hosa’ina weather
in May.
A mild, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Hosa’ina: daytime highs average 21.2°C and nights cool to about 11.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 322 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is K’olīto (36 km away). In May its highs average 24.5°C, 3.4°C warmer than Hosa’ina, with 140 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Hosa’ina ranks 39th of 40 for the warmest May highs and 37th of 40 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 40 cities is 25.5°C; Hosa’ina is 4.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 19.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 322 mm to 204 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
Hosa’ina climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.2°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 29 | 4.9 | 11.712 h |
| February | 24.2°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 40 | 5.8 | 11.912 h |
| March | 24.1°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 125 | 13.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 22.6°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 286 | 21.2 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 21.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 322 | 25.0 | 12.512 h |
| June | 19.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 204 | 28.3 | 12.613 h |
| July | 18.5°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 261 | 30.2 | 12.513 h |
| August | 18.7°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 284 | 30.4 | 12.412 h |
| September | 19.4°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 355 | 28.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 21.0°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 215 | 13.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 22.3°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 56 | 4.7 | 11.812 h |
| December | 22.8°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 19 | 2.5 | 11.712 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
- K’olīto in MayEthiopia · 36 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 15.0°C · 140 mm rain
- Āreka in MayEthiopia · 56 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.8°C · 241 mm rain
- Gununo in MayEthiopia · 73 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 241 mm rain
- Sodo in MayEthiopia · 77 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 210 mm rain
- Welk’īt’ē in MayEthiopia · 82 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 13.0°C · 185 mm rain
- Butajīra in MayEthiopia · 85 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.6°C · 269 mm rain
- Awasa in MayEthiopia · 88 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 177 mm rain
- Shashamane in MayEthiopia · 91 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 13.8°C · 112 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 Hosa’ina) is explained once on the Hosa’ina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.