Climate averages 1991–2020
Warder weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Warder: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cabudwaaq (127 km away). In May its highs average 33.3°C, 1.7°C warmer than Warder, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Warder ranks 3rd of 40 for the warmest May highs and joint 6th of 40 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 40 cities is 25.5°C; Warder is 6.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 42 mm to 1.2 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
Warder climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| February | 33.6°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.912 h |
| March | 34.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 7.0 | 1.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.9°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 58 | 9.7 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 31.6°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 42 | 8.7 | 12.412 h |
| June | 31.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 12.513 h |
| July | 30.9°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 1.1 | 0.4 | 12.512 h |
| August | 31.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 12.312 h |
| September | 33.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 3.9 | 1.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.9°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 56 | 10.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.8°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 34 | 6.5 | 11.812 h |
| December | 31.9°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 5.8 | 1.2 | 11.712 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
- Cabudwaaq in MaySomalia · 127 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Burao in MaySomalia · 284 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 20.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Hargeysa in MaySomalia · 320 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Gebiley in MaySomalia · 357 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Jijiga in MayEthiopia · 385 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 77 mm rain
- Berbera in MaySomalia · 387 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 27.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Ruqi in MaySomalia · 394 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Borama in MaySomalia · 406 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.4°C · 31 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 Warder) is explained once on the Warder year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.