Climate averages 1991–2020
Jijiga weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Jijiga: daytime highs average 25.3°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 77 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes May a moderately 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 Harar (75 km away). In May its highs average 23.8°C, 1.5°C cooler than Jijiga, with 121 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Jijiga ranks 17th of 40 for the warmest May highs and 16th of 40 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 40 cities is 25.5°C; Jijiga is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 24.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 77 mm to 24 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
Jijiga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.2°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 5.1 | 0.6 | 11.612 h |
| February | 27.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 6.6 | 1.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 27.7°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 25 | 4.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.2°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 67 | 12.5 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 25.3°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 77 | 16.2 | 12.513 h |
| June | 24.5°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 24 | 6.2 | 12.713 h |
| July | 23.8°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 28 | 7.9 | 12.613 h |
| August | 24.3°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 30 | 8.2 | 12.412 h |
| September | 25.2°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 30 | 7.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 25.5°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 45 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 25.5°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 14 | 2.5 | 11.712 h |
| December | 25.5°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 7.4 | 0.9 | 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
- Harar in MayEthiopia · 75 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.7°C · 121 mm rain
- Ārabī in MayEthiopia · 76 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 21.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Borama in MaySomalia · 78 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Ruqi in MaySomalia · 98 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Gebiley in MaySomalia · 98 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Dire Dawa in MayEthiopia · 106 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 19.8°C · 95 mm rain
- Hargeysa in MaySomalia · 141 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Djibouti in MayDjibouti · 252 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 Jijiga) is explained once on the Jijiga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.