Climate averages 1991–2020
Hargeysa weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd 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 Hargeysa: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gebiley (51 km away). In May its highs average 28.7°C, 1.3°C cooler than Hargeysa, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Hargeysa ranks joint 9th of 14 for the warmest May highs and 6th of 14 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 14 cities is 31.0°C; Hargeysa is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 37 mm to 6.3 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
Hargeysa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.6°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 1.9 | 0.5 | 11.612 h |
| February | 26.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 3.5 | 0.7 | 11.812 h |
| March | 29.1°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 17 | 3.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.1°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 49 | 8.7 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 30.0°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 37 | 7.6 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.5°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 6.3 | 1.1 | 12.713 h |
| July | 29.6°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 16 | 3.8 | 12.613 h |
| August | 29.9°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 20 | 5.5 | 12.412 h |
| September | 30.3°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 14 | 3.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.0°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 27 | 5.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 25.7°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 14 | 2.7 | 11.712 h |
| December | 24.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 3.5 | 0.8 | 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
- Gebiley in MaySomalia · 51 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Ruqi in MaySomalia · 84 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Borama in MaySomalia · 105 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Jijiga in MayEthiopia · 141 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 77 mm rain
- Berbera in MaySomalia · 143 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 27.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Burao in MaySomalia · 161 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 20.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Ārabī in MayEthiopia · 178 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 21.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Harar in MayEthiopia · 215 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.7°C · 121 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 Hargeysa) is explained once on the Hargeysa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.