Climate averages 1991–2020
Weldiya weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Weldiya: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 40 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Alamata (66 km away). In May its highs average 30.0°C, 2.5°C warmer than Weldiya, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Weldiya ranks joint 10th of 40 for the warmest May highs and 10th of 40 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 40 cities is 25.5°C; Weldiya is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 59 mm to 36 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
Weldiya climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.1°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 69 | 12.6 | 11.512 h |
| February | 23.4°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 77 | 11.9 | 11.712 h |
| March | 24.3°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 189 | 19.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 167 | 18.0 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 27.5°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 59 | 9.3 | 12.713 h |
| June | 29.3°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 36 | 6.1 | 12.813 h |
| July | 28.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 288 | 22.9 | 12.713 h |
| August | 26.9°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 253 | 24.4 | 12.513 h |
| September | 26.8°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 43 | 9.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 25.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 25 | 5.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 23.9°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 34 | 5.8 | 11.612 h |
| December | 22.6°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 39 | 6.9 | 11.411 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
- Alamata in MayEthiopia · 66 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 17.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Dessie in MayEthiopia · 77 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 10.8°C · 47 mm rain
- Kombolcha in MayEthiopia · 85 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 14.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Mek'ele in MayEthiopia · 186 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.5°C · 26 mm rain
- Debre Birhan in MayEthiopia · 239 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 11.1°C · 78 mm rain
- Bahir Dar in MayEthiopia · 241 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.5°C · 102 mm rain
- Debre Mark’os in MayEthiopia · 261 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 11.8°C · 269 mm rain
- Adwa in MayEthiopia · 270 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 15.5°C · 32 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 Weldiya) is explained once on the Weldiya year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.