Climate averages 1991–2020
Welk’īt’ē weather
in May.
A warm, very wet month: the 7th 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 Welk’īt’ē: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 13.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 185 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes May a very 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 Waliso (34 km away). In May its highs average 23.6°C, about as warm as Welk’īt’ē, with 176 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Welk’īt’ē ranks joint 27th of 40 for the warmest May highs and 29th of 40 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 40 cities is 25.5°C; Welk’īt’ē is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 20.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 185 mm to 187 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
Welk’īt’ē climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.0°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 7.9 | 1.9 | 11.712 h |
| February | 26.3°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 11 | 2.6 | 11.912 h |
| March | 26.5°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 42 | 7.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.7°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 82 | 13.2 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 23.6°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 185 | 20.7 | 12.512 h |
| June | 20.9°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 187 | 27.7 | 12.613 h |
| July | 19.7°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 214 | 29.2 | 12.613 h |
| August | 19.7°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 222 | 28.9 | 12.412 h |
| September | 20.4°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 294 | 28.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 22.6°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 96 | 11.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 23.9°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 17 | 3.0 | 11.812 h |
| December | 24.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 4.1 | 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
- Waliso in MayEthiopia · 34 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 12.9°C · 176 mm rain
- Butajīra in MayEthiopia · 67 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.6°C · 269 mm rain
- Hāgere Hiywet in MayEthiopia · 78 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 14.6°C · 391 mm rain
- Hosa’ina in MayEthiopia · 82 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 11.8°C · 322 mm rain
- Ziway in MayEthiopia · 110 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.9°C · 70 mm rain
- K’olīto in MayEthiopia · 112 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 15.0°C · 140 mm rain
- Mek’ī in MayEthiopia · 115 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.9°C · 66 mm rain
- Sebeta in MayEthiopia · 116 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 11.7°C · 155 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 Welk’īt’ē) is explained once on the Welk’īt’ē year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.