Climate averages 1991–2020
Kombolcha weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Kombolcha: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 38 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dessie (13 km away). In May its highs average 21.9°C, 4.4°C cooler than Kombolcha, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Kombolcha ranks 13th of 40 for the warmest May highs and 9th of 40 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 40 cities is 25.5°C; Kombolcha is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 53 mm to 12 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
Kombolcha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.0°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 48 | 8.7 | 11.612 h |
| February | 23.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 49 | 8.4 | 11.812 h |
| March | 24.2°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 104 | 14.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.9°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 115 | 14.9 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 26.3°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 53 | 8.6 | 12.613 h |
| June | 28.3°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 12 | 2.5 | 12.813 h |
| July | 26.5°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 130 | 17.3 | 12.713 h |
| August | 25.0°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 176 | 23.0 | 12.512 h |
| September | 24.4°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 74 | 13.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.5°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 36 | 6.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 22.8°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 25 | 3.7 | 11.612 h |
| December | 22.1°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 25 | 4.5 | 11.511 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
- Dessie in MayEthiopia · 13 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 10.8°C · 47 mm rain
- Weldiya in MayEthiopia · 85 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 15.8°C · 59 mm rain
- Alamata in MayEthiopia · 150 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 17.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in MayEthiopia · 158 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 11.1°C · 78 mm rain
- Debre Mark’os in MayEthiopia · 234 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 11.8°C · 269 mm rain
- Addis Ababa in MayEthiopia · 253 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 11.5°C · 177 mm rain
- Bahir Dar in MayEthiopia · 263 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.5°C · 102 mm rain
- Mek'ele in MayEthiopia · 270 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.5°C · 26 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 Kombolcha) is explained once on the Kombolcha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.