Climate averages 1991–2020
Yirga ‘Alem weather
in May.
A warm, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Yirga ‘Alem: daytime highs average 23.1°C and nights cool to about 14.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 233 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes May a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Awasa (35 km away). In May its highs average 24.3°C, 1.2°C warmer than Yirga ‘Alem, with 177 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Yirga ‘Alem ranks 31st of 40 for the warmest May highs and 32nd of 40 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 40 cities is 25.5°C; Yirga ‘Alem is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 21.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 233 mm to 131 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
Yirga ‘Alem climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.4°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 26 | 4.4 | 11.812 h |
| February | 27.6°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 34 | 4.8 | 11.912 h |
| March | 27.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 98 | 11.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.2°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 211 | 20.5 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 23.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 233 | 25.4 | 12.412 h |
| June | 21.6°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 131 | 25.7 | 12.513 h |
| July | 20.7°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 124 | 25.5 | 12.512 h |
| August | 21.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 150 | 26.3 | 12.312 h |
| September | 22.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 224 | 26.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 22.8°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 201 | 21.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 24.1°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 74 | 9.5 | 11.812 h |
| December | 25.2°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 26 | 4.0 | 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
- Awasa in MayEthiopia · 35 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 177 mm rain
- Dīla in MayEthiopia · 39 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 16.0°C · 330 mm rain
- Shashamane in MayEthiopia · 54 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 13.8°C · 112 mm rain
- K’olīto in MayEthiopia · 73 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 15.0°C · 140 mm rain
- Arsi Negele in MayEthiopia · 73 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.9°C · 332 mm rain
- Sodo in MayEthiopia · 73 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 210 mm rain
- Gununo in MayEthiopia · 87 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 241 mm rain
- Āreka in MayEthiopia · 87 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.8°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 Yirga ‘Alem) is explained once on the Yirga ‘Alem year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.