Climate averages 1991–2020
Mek'ele weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Mek'ele: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 45 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ādīgrat (87 km away). In May its highs average 23.9°C, 3.0°C cooler than Mek'ele, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Mek'ele ranks 12th of 40 for the warmest May highs and 2nd of 40 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 40 cities is 25.5°C; Mek'ele is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 72 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
Mek'ele climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.7°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 23 | 6.1 | 11.411 h |
| February | 24.1°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 21 | 5.6 | 11.712 h |
| March | 25.0°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 60 | 11.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 61 | 11.6 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 26.9°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 26 | 5.6 | 12.713 h |
| June | 26.8°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 72 | 11.7 | 12.913 h |
| July | 23.1°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 228 | 29.1 | 12.813 h |
| August | 22.7°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 284 | 30.1 | 12.613 h |
| September | 24.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 67 | 11.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.7°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 12 | 2.4 | 11.812 h |
| November | 22.9°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 13 | 3.1 | 11.512 h |
| December | 22.4°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 9.8 | 2.7 | 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
- Ādīgrat in MayEthiopia · 87 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Adwa in MayEthiopia · 97 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 15.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Aksum in MayEthiopia · 107 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 15.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Alamata in MayEthiopia · 121 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 17.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Inda Silasē in MayEthiopia · 145 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 17.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Weldiya in MayEthiopia · 186 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 15.8°C · 59 mm rain
- Asmara in MayEritrea · 213 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 13.7°C · 47 mm rain
- Dessie in MayEthiopia · 263 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 10.8°C · 47 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 Mek'ele) is explained once on the Mek'ele year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.