Arsi Negele weather in May

In May, Arsi Negele sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 332 mm of rain across 28 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in May, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of May to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Arsi Negele's 10th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Arsi Negele's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 332 mm; 28 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:12 AM – 6:32 PM
Cloud cover: 70%; 10th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.56 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.9; out of 10

Arsi Negele is town in southern Ethiopia.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month.

A typical May day in Arsi Negele reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	13
2	22	13
3	22	13
4	22	13
5	22	13
6	22	13
7	22	13
8	22	13
9	22	13
10	22	13
11	22	13
12	22	13
13	22	13
14	22	13
15	22	13
16	22	13
17	22	13
18	22	13
19	22	13
20	22	13
21	22	13
22	22	13
23	22	13
24	22	13
25	22	12
26	22	12
27	22	12
28	22	12
29	22	12
30	22	12
31	22	12

Arsi Negele weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 6th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	23° / 10°	34	6.6	11.6	7.6
Feb	24° / 11°	40	6.3	11.8	7.7
Mar	24° / 12°	114	13.6	12	6.5
Apr	23° / 13°	263	22.3	12.2	4.8
May	22° / 13°	332	28	12.3	3.9
Jun	21° / 12°	198	28.1	12.4	3.7
Jul	19° / 12°	193	28.4	12.4	3.6
Aug	20° / 12°	248	29.1	12.2	3.5
Sep	20° / 12°	369	29.3	12	3.5
Oct	21° / 12°	261	22	11.8	4.8
Nov	22° / 10°	69	8.8	11.7	7.0
Dec	22° / 9°	27	5.4	11.6	7.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 68%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	25	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	26	26	28	29	29	30	30	31	31	32	33	33	34	35	36	37	38	40	40	41	42	42	43
Cloudier (%)	75	76	76	76	75	75	75	75	74	74	72	71	71	70	70	69	69	68	67	67	66	65	64	63	62	60	60	59	58	58	57

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	26	74
10	26	74
11	28	72
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	32	68
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	34	66
22	35	65
23	36	64
24	37	63
25	38	62
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	41	59
29	42	58
30	42	58
31	43	57

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Arsi Negele gets around 332 mm of rain over 28 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 91% and peaks near 92% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	87	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	90	90	90	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92

	Rain chance (%)
1	87
2	88
3	88
4	88
5	89
6	89
7	89
8	89
9	90
10	90
11	90
12	91
13	91
14	91
15	91
16	91
17	91
18	91
19	91
20	91
21	91
22	92
23	92
24	92
25	92
26	92
27	92
28	92
29	92
30	92
31	92

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the comfortable band about 60% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	42	41	40	40	39	39	39	39	39	39	38	38	38	38	38	38	39	39	39	40	40	41	41	42	42	43	43	44	45	45	45
Comfortable (%)	58	59	60	60	61	61	61	61	61	61	62	62	62	62	62	62	61	61	61	60	60	59	59	58	58	57	57	56	55	55	55

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	42	58
2	41	59
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	41	59
23	41	59
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	43	57
27	43	57
28	44	56
29	45	55
30	45	55
31	45	55

Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	5	calm
5	5	calm
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7	5	calm
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23	5	calm
24	5	calm
25	5	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of May to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:15 AM to 6:11 AM, and sunset from 6:30 PM to 6:34 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11
Sunset (PM)	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	6:15	6:30
2	12.3	6:15	6:30
3	12.3	6:14	6:30
4	12.3	6:14	6:30
5	12.3	6:14	6:30
6	12.3	6:13	6:30
7	12.3	6:13	6:31
8	12.3	6:13	6:31
9	12.3	6:13	6:31
10	12.3	6:13	6:31
11	12.3	6:12	6:31
12	12.3	6:12	6:31
13	12.3	6:12	6:31
14	12.3	6:12	6:31
15	12.3	6:12	6:31
16	12.3	6:12	6:32
17	12.3	6:11	6:32
18	12.3	6:11	6:32
19	12.3	6:11	6:32
20	12.4	6:11	6:32
21	12.4	6:11	6:32
22	12.4	6:11	6:33
23	12.4	6:11	6:33
24	12.4	6:11	6:33
25	12.4	6:11	6:33
26	12.4	6:11	6:33
27	12.4	6:11	6:34
28	12.4	6:11	6:34
29	12.4	6:11	6:34
30	12.4	6:11	6:34
31	12.4	6:11	6:34

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.56 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.4 kWh/m² to a high of 6.52 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.56 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.7	Bright
2	5.7	Bright
3	5.7	Bright
4	5.7	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.6	Bright
10	5.6	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.6	Bright
13	5.6	Bright
14	5.6	Bright
15	5.6	Bright
16	5.6	Bright
17	5.6	Bright
18	5.5	Bright
19	5.5	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Arsi Negele?

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

3.9

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

2.7

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Arsi Negele.

What to pack for Arsi Negele in May

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

In May, Arsi Negele sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 13°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 28 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Arsi Negele in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Arsi Negele peaks around March 16 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 23 at about 12 (extreme).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	14	15	16	15	14	12	12	14	14	14	12	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Arsi Negele 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 Arsi Negele is worst in June — around 33 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	26	27	28	26	28	33	29	26	31	31	28	28
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	26	Moderate
Feb	27	Moderate
Mar	28	Moderate
Apr	26	Moderate
May	28	Moderate
Jun	33	Moderate
Jul	29	Moderate
Aug	26	Moderate
Sep	31	Moderate
Oct	31	Moderate
Nov	28	Moderate
Dec	28	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Arsi Negele?

Arsi Negele sits at 7.4°N, 38.7°E, 1,916 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Kuyera, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Arsi Negele

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Arsi Negele has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 199 m around an average of 1,931 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 810 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,745 m.

The land around Arsi Negele is covered by cropland (73%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, cropland (78%) within 16 km, and cropland (62%) within 80 km.

3 km

199 m

cropland 73%

16 km

810 m

cropland 78%

80 km

2,745 m

cropland 62%

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← April Arsi Negele year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Kuyera 7.0 km · Shashamane 19 km · Kofelē 34 km · Awasa 39 km · Leku 59 km · Ziway 65 km · Āsasa 65 km · K’olīto 65 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

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 Arsi Negele (7.3547°, 38.6746°, elevation 1,916 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	13
2	22	13
3	22	13
4	22	13
5	22	13
6	22	13
7	22	13
8	22	13
9	22	13
10	22	13
11	22	13
12	22	13
13	22	13
14	22	13
15	22	13
16	22	13
17	22	13
18	22	13
19	22	13
20	22	13
21	22	13
22	22	13
23	22	13
24	22	13
25	22	12
26	22	12
27	22	12
28	22	12
29	22	12
30	22	12
31	22	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	26	74
10	26	74
11	28	72
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	32	68
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	34	66
22	35	65
23	36	64
24	37	63
25	38	62
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	41	59
29	42	58
30	42	58
31	43	57

	Rain chance (%)
1	87
2	88
3	88
4	88
5	89
6	89
7	89
8	89
9	90
10	90
11	90
12	91
13	91
14	91
15	91
16	91
17	91
18	91
19	91
20	91
21	91
22	92
23	92
24	92
25	92
26	92
27	92
28	92
29	92
30	92
31	92

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	42	58
2	41	59
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	41	59
23	41	59
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	43	57
27	43	57
28	44	56
29	45	55
30	45	55
31	45	55

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	13
2	22	13
3	22	13
4	22	13
5	22	13
6	22	13
7	22	13
8	22	13
9	22	13
10	22	13
11	22	13
12	22	13
13	22	13
14	22	13
15	22	13
16	22	13
17	22	13
18	22	13
19	22	13
20	22	13
21	22	13
22	22	13
23	22	13
24	22	13
25	22	12
26	22	12
27	22	12
28	22	12
29	22	12
30	22	12
31	22	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	26	74
10	26	74
11	28	72
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	32	68
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	34	66
22	35	65
23	36	64
24	37	63
25	38	62
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	41	59
29	42	58
30	42	58
31	43	57

	Rain chance (%)
1	87
2	88
3	88
4	88
5	89
6	89
7	89
8	89
9	90
10	90
11	90
12	91
13	91
14	91
15	91
16	91
17	91
18	91
19	91
20	91
21	91
22	92
23	92
24	92
25	92
26	92
27	92
28	92
29	92
30	92
31	92

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	42	58
2	41	59
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	41	59
23	41	59
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	43	57
27	43	57
28	44	56
29	45	55
30	45	55
31	45	55

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	13
2	22	13
3	22	13
4	22	13
5	22	13
6	22	13
7	22	13
8	22	13
9	22	13
10	22	13
11	22	13
12	22	13
13	22	13
14	22	13
15	22	13
16	22	13
17	22	13
18	22	13
19	22	13
20	22	13
21	22	13
22	22	13
23	22	13
24	22	13
25	22	12
26	22	12
27	22	12
28	22	12
29	22	12
30	22	12
31	22	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	26	74
10	26	74
11	28	72
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	32	68
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	34	66
22	35	65
23	36	64
24	37	63
25	38	62
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	41	59
29	42	58
30	42	58
31	43	57

	Rain chance (%)
1	87
2	88
3	88
4	88
5	89
6	89
7	89
8	89
9	90
10	90
11	90
12	91
13	91
14	91
15	91
16	91
17	91
18	91
19	91
20	91
21	91
22	92
23	92
24	92
25	92
26	92
27	92
28	92
29	92
30	92
31	92

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	42	58
2	41	59
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	41	59
23	41	59
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	43	57
27	43	57
28	44	56
29	45	55
30	45	55
31	45	55