Climate averages 1991–2020
Gebiley weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Gebiley: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ruqi (37 km away). In May its highs average 31.5°C, 2.8°C warmer than Gebiley, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Gebiley ranks 14th of 14 for the warmest May highs and 9th of 14 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 14 cities is 31.0°C; Gebiley is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 51 mm to 7.1 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
Gebiley climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.3°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 5.7 | 1.4 | 11.612 h |
| February | 26.3°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 6.7 | 1.3 | 11.812 h |
| March | 28.3°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 30 | 5.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.1°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 73 | 10.5 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 28.7°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 51 | 8.4 | 12.613 h |
| June | 29.3°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 7.1 | 1.8 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.4°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 30 | 6.8 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.4°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 43 | 10.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 23 | 4.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.0°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 34 | 5.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 25.0°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 17 | 3.0 | 11.712 h |
| December | 23.7°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 5.2 | 1.4 | 11.612 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
- Ruqi in MaySomalia · 37 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Hargeysa in MaySomalia · 51 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Borama in MaySomalia · 55 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Jijiga in MayEthiopia · 98 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 77 mm rain
- Ārabī in MayEthiopia · 127 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 21.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Harar in MayEthiopia · 171 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.7°C · 121 mm rain
- Berbera in MaySomalia · 173 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 27.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Dire Dawa in MayEthiopia · 193 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 19.8°C · 95 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 Gebiley) is explained once on the Gebiley year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.