Climate averages 1991–2020
Baidoa weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Baidoa: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marka (199 km away). In May its highs average 29.7°C, 0.8°C cooler than Baidoa, with 76 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Baidoa ranks 6th of 14 for the warmest May highs and 10th of 14 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 14 cities is 31.0°C; Baidoa is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 61 mm to 8.5 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
Baidoa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.3°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 2.6 | 0.6 | 12.012 h |
| February | 35.5°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| March | 35.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 8.8 | 1.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.9°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 95 | 12.8 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 30.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 61 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| June | 30.2°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 8.5 | 2.8 | 12.312 h |
| July | 29.7°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 6.3 | 1.9 | 12.312 h |
| August | 30.6°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 5.6 | 1.8 | 12.212 h |
| September | 32.1°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 10 | 2.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 31.2°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 91 | 11.8 | 12.112 h |
| November | 30.3°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 97 | 12.5 | 12.012 h |
| December | 32.6°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 16 | 3.0 | 11.912 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
- Marka in MaySomalia · 199 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.5°C · 76 mm rain
- Mandera in MayKenya · 219 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 34 mm rain
- Mogadishu in MaySomalia · 223 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.4°C · 73 mm rain
- Kismayo in MaySomalia · 405 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 25.2°C · 89 mm rain
- Wajir in MayKenya · 427 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Cabudwaaq in MaySomalia · 450 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Warder in MayEthiopia · 468 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Negēlē in MayEthiopia · 513 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 16.3°C · 141 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 Baidoa) is explained once on the Baidoa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.