Abala weather in May

In May, Abala sees average daytime highs of 38°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 27 mm of rain across 6.2 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 39°C in the first days to 37°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% 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 Abala's 8th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Abala's year-round climate.

Daytime high
38°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
25°
12th coldest
Rainfall
27 mm
6.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
6:09 AM – 6:48 PM
Cloud cover
37%
8th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
6.66 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.1
out of 10

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 39°C in the first days to 37°C by the end.

A typical May day in Abala reaches about 38°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 35°C and 41°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)
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How May really feels in Abala

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
4 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.

Abala weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 3rd-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan35° / 18°0011.33.5
Feb37° / 20°0011.52.2
Mar39° / 22°10.311.91.0
Apr40° / 24°41.412.30.3
May38° / 25°276.212.71.1
Jun35° / 23°561212.82.4
Jul31° / 22°11720.212.83.4
Aug29° / 21°16625.112.53.6
Sep31° / 21°761512.13.9
Oct35° / 22°153.911.73.3
Nov36° / 21°20.511.33.0
Dec35° / 19°0011.23.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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58614
68614
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Abala gets around 27 mm of rain over 6.2 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 20% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
111
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512
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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 48% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 9% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1731692
27117102
37117102
46818113
56719113
66619123
76520123
86320134
96221134
106221134
115922145
125823145
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175026168
184726179
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2042271911
2140272012
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2529292616
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2823283019
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3019283320
3117283421

Wind in May

Winds average 9 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
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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 6:14 AM to 6:06 AM, and sunset from 6:44 PM to 6:53 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.56:146:44
212.56:146:44
312.56:136:45
412.56:136:45
512.56:126:45
612.66:126:45
712.66:126:46
812.66:116:46
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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 6.66 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.16 kWh/m² to a high of 7.14 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 6.66 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.0Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Abala

In seasonPeak

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

Abala 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 Abala?

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

1.1
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
4.0
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Abala.

What to pack for Abala in May

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

In May, Abala sees daytime highs around 38°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Abala 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 Abala 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 Abala 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 Abala 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 Abala?

Abala sits at 14.2°N, 37.0°E, 784 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Adebaye, 26 km away.

SheraroBarentuAl-FashaqahIndabaguna

Topography around Abala

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Abala has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 256 m around an average of 761 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 464 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,011 m.

The land around Abala is covered by shrubs (51%) and grassland (44%) within 3 km, grassland (57%) and shrubs (39%) within 16 km, and grassland (51%), shrubs (22%) and cropland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
256 m
16 km
464 m
80 km
2,011 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandbare terrain
May weather nearby: Adebaye 26 km · Himora 43 km · May Cadera 50 km · Ābderafī 81 km · Sheraro 102 km · Barentu 116 km · Al-Fashaqah 123 km · Indabaguna 132 km

Ethiopia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type C / E / F / L
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 37% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$933
2025
Happiness
4.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
14%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
8.5
per 100k, 2012
Road deaths
28.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 499
Religion
Ethiopian Orthodox 44%Muslim 31%Protestant 23%other 1%

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 Abala (14.2333°, 37°, elevation 784 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).