Climate averages 1991–2020
Negēlē weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Negēlē: daytime highs average 23.2°C and nights cool to about 16.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 141 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes May a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dīla (186 km away). In May its highs average 23.7°C, 0.5°C warmer than Negēlē, with 330 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Negēlē ranks 30th of 40 for the warmest May highs and 24th of 40 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 40 cities is 25.5°C; Negēlē is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 22.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 141 mm to 19 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
Negēlē climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.8°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 9.6 | 1.4 | 11.812 h |
| February | 29.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 12 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| March | 27.8°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 73 | 8.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.8°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 219 | 22.9 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 23.2°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 141 | 21.8 | 12.412 h |
| June | 22.1°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 19 | 6.0 | 12.412 h |
| July | 22.0°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 13 | 4.4 | 12.412 h |
| August | 23.1°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 10 | 3.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 24.7°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 27 | 4.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.2°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 207 | 22.5 | 12.012 h |
| November | 23.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 94 | 13.0 | 11.912 h |
| December | 26.0°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 16 | 3.0 | 11.812 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
- Dīla in MayEthiopia · 186 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 16.0°C · 330 mm rain
- Yirga ‘Alem in MayEthiopia · 205 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.0°C · 233 mm rain
- Awasa in MayEthiopia · 229 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 177 mm rain
- Shashamane in MayEthiopia · 236 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 13.8°C · 112 mm rain
- Arsi Negele in MayEthiopia · 248 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.9°C · 332 mm rain
- Sodo in MayEthiopia · 265 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 210 mm rain
- K’olīto in MayEthiopia · 277 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 15.0°C · 140 mm rain
- Gununo in MayEthiopia · 278 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 241 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 Negēlē) is explained once on the Negēlē year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.