Climate averages 1991–2020
Ziway weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Ziway: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mek’ī (26 km away). In May its highs average 27.5°C, 1.8°C warmer than Ziway, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Ziway ranks 16th of 40 for the warmest May highs and 15th of 40 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 40 cities is 25.5°C; Ziway is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 24.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 70 mm to 27 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
Ziway climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 3.3 | 0.9 | 11.712 h |
| February | 26.8°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 6.4 | 1.4 | 11.912 h |
| March | 27.2°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 28 | 5.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.7°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 56 | 9.8 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 25.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 70 | 10.9 | 12.512 h |
| June | 24.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 27 | 6.2 | 12.613 h |
| July | 22.4°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 67 | 15.8 | 12.513 h |
| August | 22.0°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 107 | 20.7 | 12.412 h |
| September | 22.7°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 114 | 19.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 24.4°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 50 | 6.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 24.9°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 7.3 | 1.3 | 11.812 h |
| December | 24.8°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 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
- Mek’ī in MayEthiopia · 26 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.9°C · 66 mm rain
- Butajīra in MayEthiopia · 44 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.6°C · 269 mm rain
- Arsi Negele in MayEthiopia · 65 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.9°C · 332 mm rain
- Shashamane in MayEthiopia · 83 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 13.8°C · 112 mm rain
- Nazrēt in MayEthiopia · 91 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 16.7°C · 29 mm rain
- Bishoftu in MayEthiopia · 96 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 64 mm rain
- K’olīto in MayEthiopia · 98 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 15.0°C · 140 mm rain
- Awasa in MayEthiopia · 100 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 177 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 Ziway) is explained once on the Ziway year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.