Climate averages 1991–2020
Nazrēt weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 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 Nazrēt: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 31 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bishoftu (39 km away). In May its highs average 26.0°C, 3.4°C cooler than Nazrēt, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Nazrēt ranks 8th of 40 for the warmest May highs and 4th of 40 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 40 cities is 25.5°C; Nazrēt is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 29 mm to 17 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
Nazrēt climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.3°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 3.4 | 0.9 | 11.712 h |
| February | 27.9°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 5.0 | 1.3 | 11.812 h |
| March | 28.9°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 22 | 4.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 30 | 6.1 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 29.4°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 29 | 4.9 | 12.513 h |
| June | 28.8°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 17 | 4.4 | 12.613 h |
| July | 26.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 53 | 13.1 | 12.613 h |
| August | 26.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 83 | 18.4 | 12.412 h |
| September | 26.7°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 62 | 13.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 26.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 17 | 3.2 | 11.912 h |
| November | 26.1°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 6.1 | 1.1 | 11.712 h |
| December | 25.6°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 2.0 | 0.5 | 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
- Bishoftu in MayEthiopia · 39 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Mek’ī in MayEthiopia · 67 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.9°C · 66 mm rain
- Addis Ababa in MayEthiopia · 78 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 11.5°C · 177 mm rain
- Sebeta in MayEthiopia · 82 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 11.7°C · 155 mm rain
- Ziway in MayEthiopia · 91 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.9°C · 70 mm rain
- Butajīra in MayEthiopia · 110 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.6°C · 269 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in MayEthiopia · 129 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 11.1°C · 78 mm rain
- Waliso in MayEthiopia · 143 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 12.9°C · 176 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 Nazrēt) is explained once on the Nazrēt year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.