Climate averages 1991–2020
Waliso weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Waliso: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 12.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 176 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Welk’īt’ē (34 km away). In May its highs average 23.6°C, about as warm as Waliso, with 185 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Waliso ranks joint 27th of 40 for the warmest May highs and 26th of 40 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 40 cities is 25.5°C; Waliso is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 20.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 176 mm to 186 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
Waliso climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.5°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 10 | 2.7 | 11.712 h |
| February | 25.7°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 15 | 3.4 | 11.812 h |
| March | 25.9°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 56 | 8.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.1°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 97 | 13.6 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 23.6°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 176 | 19.9 | 12.513 h |
| June | 20.6°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 186 | 28.2 | 12.613 h |
| July | 19.1°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 235 | 30.3 | 12.613 h |
| August | 19.3°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 243 | 30.4 | 12.412 h |
| September | 20.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 286 | 28.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 22.4°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 73 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 23.5°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 16 | 2.8 | 11.712 h |
| December | 23.9°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 4.9 | 1.1 | 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
- Welk’īt’ē in MayEthiopia · 34 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 13.0°C · 185 mm rain
- Hāgere Hiywet in MayEthiopia · 52 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 14.6°C · 391 mm rain
- Butajīra in MayEthiopia · 64 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.6°C · 269 mm rain
- Sebeta in MayEthiopia · 83 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 11.7°C · 155 mm rain
- Addis Ababa in MayEthiopia · 102 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 11.5°C · 177 mm rain
- Mek’ī in MayEthiopia · 103 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.9°C · 66 mm rain
- Ziway in MayEthiopia · 106 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.9°C · 70 mm rain
- Hosa’ina in MayEthiopia · 110 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 11.8°C · 322 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 Waliso) is explained once on the Waliso year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.