Climate averages 1991–2020
Jimma weather
in May.
A warm, 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 warm month in Jimma: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 14.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 225 mm of rain on roughly 26 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 Hosa’ina (113 km away). In May its highs average 21.2°C, 3.1°C cooler than Jimma, with 322 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Jimma ranks joint 20th of 40 for the warmest May highs and 31st of 40 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 40 cities is 25.5°C; Jimma is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 23.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 225 mm to 179 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
Jimma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.0°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 24 | 4.9 | 11.712 h |
| February | 27.3°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 29 | 4.9 | 11.912 h |
| March | 27.1°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 75 | 11.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.9°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 142 | 19.2 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 24.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 225 | 25.8 | 12.512 h |
| June | 23.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 179 | 28.3 | 12.613 h |
| July | 22.3°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 191 | 29.4 | 12.513 h |
| August | 22.5°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 205 | 29.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 23.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 248 | 29.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.9°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 148 | 17.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 24.6°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 50 | 7.4 | 11.812 h |
| December | 25.2°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 19 | 3.8 | 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
- Hosa’ina in MayEthiopia · 113 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 11.8°C · 322 mm rain
- Āreka in MayEthiopia · 117 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.8°C · 241 mm rain
- Gununo in MayEthiopia · 123 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 241 mm rain
- Welk’īt’ē in MayEthiopia · 125 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 13.0°C · 185 mm rain
- Sodo in MayEthiopia · 137 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 210 mm rain
- K’olīto in MayEthiopia · 143 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 15.0°C · 140 mm rain
- Waliso in MayEthiopia · 157 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 12.9°C · 176 mm rain
- Butajīra in MayEthiopia · 176 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.6°C · 269 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 Jimma) is explained once on the Jimma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.