Climate averages 1991–2020
Inda Silasē weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Inda Silasē: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 17.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 46 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aksum (48 km away). In May its highs average 28.5°C, 1.4°C cooler than Inda Silasē, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Inda Silasē ranks 6th of 40 for the warmest May highs and 12th of 40 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 40 cities is 25.5°C; Inda Silasē is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.9°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 65 mm to 215 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
Inda Silasē climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 1.5 | 0.3 | 11.411 h |
| February | 28.9°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| March | 30.1°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 7.9 | 1.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.9°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 15 | 4.0 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 29.9°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 65 | 9.6 | 12.813 h |
| June | 26.9°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 215 | 20.6 | 12.913 h |
| July | 22.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 433 | 30.4 | 12.913 h |
| August | 22.5°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 507 | 31.0 | 12.613 h |
| September | 24.6°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 253 | 21.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 26.2°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 28 | 4.4 | 11.812 h |
| November | 26.4°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 7.1 | 1.4 | 11.511 h |
| December | 26.4°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 11.311 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
- Aksum in MayEthiopia · 48 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 15.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Adwa in MayEthiopia · 67 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 15.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Ādīgrat in MayEthiopia · 129 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Mek'ele in MayEthiopia · 145 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.5°C · 26 mm rain
- Asmara in MayEritrea · 154 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 13.7°C · 47 mm rain
- Keren in MayEritrea · 187 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Alamata in MayEthiopia · 233 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 17.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Kassala in MaySudan · 252 kmHigh 40.4°C · Low 26.7°C · 7.0 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 Inda Silasē) is explained once on the Inda Silasē year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.