Himora weather in May

In May, Himora sees average daytime highs of 40°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 23 mm of rain across 5.5 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 41°C in the first days to 39°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Himora's 8th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Himora's year-round climate.

Daytime high
40°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
27°
12th coldest
Rainfall
23 mm
5.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
6:10 AM – 6:50 PM
Cloud cover
34%
8th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
6.72 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.1
out of 10

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 41°C in the first days to 39°C by the end.

A typical May day in Himora reaches about 40°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 37°C and 43°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 3°C warmer than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
14127
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How May really feels in Himora

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Himora weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan36° / 20°0011.22.9
Feb38° / 21°0011.51.6
Mar40° / 23°00.111.90.2
Apr41° / 26°31.212.30.0
May40° / 27°235.512.70.1
Jun38° / 25°5110.912.81.2
Jul33° / 23°1382012.82.6
Aug31° / 22°17523.212.53.1
Sep33° / 23°6812.912.13.1
Oct37° / 24°174.111.72.1
Nov38° / 23°20.511.31.7
Dec36° / 21°0011.22.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 15%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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28812
38713
48713
58713
68713
78614
88614
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Himora gets around 23 mm of rain over 5.5 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 17% and peaks near 26% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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411
511
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712
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913
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 41% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 13% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
168181130
267181230
365191240
463201340
562211340
660221440
757221551
856231551
955231651
1053241661
1152241761
1250251771
1349251871
1447251881
1545261981
1644262092
17422621102
18392622112
19372623122
20352624132
21322625143
22302626163
23272627173
24252628183
25232630193
26212631203
27192632213
28172533223
29152534232
30142535242
31122436252

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:16 AM to 6:08 AM, and sunset from 6:46 PM to 6:54 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.56:166:46
212.56:156:46
312.56:156:46
412.56:146:47
512.56:146:47
612.66:136:47
712.66:136:47
812.66:136:48
912.66:126:48
1012.66:126:48
1112.66:126:48
1212.66:116:49
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1512.76:106:49
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.72 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.22 kWh/m² to a high of 7.19 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 6.72 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.0Intense
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47.0Intense
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246.5Intense
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266.5Intense
276.5Intense
286.5Intense
296.5Intense
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316.4Intense
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Himora

In seasonPeak

None of Himora's seasonal hazards are active in May. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Himora sees seasonal dust haze (June–August), heaviest in July.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Himora?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.1
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
2.6
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Himora.

What to pack for Himora in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Himora sees daytime highs around 40°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Himora in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Himora peaks around March 23 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeVery highMar 23UV 13Dec 12UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul8Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Himora in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Himora is worst in April — around 25 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (December, 14 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateApr 924 µg/m³Dec 1014 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan17Moderate
Feb20Moderate
Mar24Moderate
Apr25Moderate
May18Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul22Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct16Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Himora?

Himora sits at 14.3°N, 36.6°E, 585 m above sea level, in Eritrea. The nearest listed city is Adebaye, 20 km away.

AbalaĀbderafīKassala

Topography around Himora

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Himora.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Himora has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 124 m around an average of 591 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 190 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,299 m.

The land around Himora is covered by grassland (67%) within 3 km, grassland (50%) and cropland (34%) within 16 km, and grassland (46%) and cropland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
124 m
16 km
190 m
80 km
1,299 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Adebaye 20 km · May Cadera 26 km · Abala 43 km · Ābderafī 66 km · Al-Fashaqah 80 km · Khashm al Qirbah 105 km · Doka 126 km · Kassala 129 km

Eritrea travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / L
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 33% of US
price level, 2021
GDP per capita
$689
2011
Homicide rate
15.6
per 100k, 2012
Road deaths
37.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Himora (14.3043°, 36.606°, elevation 585 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).