Babīlē weather in May

In May, Babīlē sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 126 mm of rain across 21.2 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in May, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of May to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Babīlē's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Babīlē's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
8th warmest
Overnight low
16°
10th coldest
Rainfall
126 mm
21.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:54 AM – 6:20 PM
Cloud cover
62%
12th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.49 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.2
out of 10

Babīlē is human settlement.

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

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month.

A typical May day in Babīlē reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and on par with June.

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Babīlē weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan26° / 14°91.311.58.6
Feb27° / 15°91.611.78.1
Mar27° / 16°356.211.97.3
Apr26° / 16°8915.812.25.8
May25° / 16°12621.212.45.2
Jun24° / 15°4611.412.56.7
Jul23° / 15°5613.912.56.3
Aug23° / 15°621512.36.1
Sep24° / 15°631412.16.5
Oct25° / 15°7111.511.86.8
Nov25° / 14°203.611.68.2
Dec25° / 13°81.311.58.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in May, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 27% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14258
24159
34159
44159
54060
64060
74060
84060
94159
104159
114258
124357
134456
144555
154555
164753
174852
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Babīlē gets around 126 mm of rain over 21.2 wet days in May, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 68% and peaks near 74% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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773
873
972
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1171
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1469
1569
1668
1767
1867
1967
2066
2166
2265
2365
2464
2563
2663
2762
2861
2960
3059
3157

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the humid band about 51% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
1113653
2103555
393556
483458
583458
673459
773459
863460
963460
1053461
1153560
1253659
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1934651
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2134948
2235047
2335146
2445244
2545343
2645442
2755540
2855639
2965737
3065836
3166034

Wind in May

Winds average 6 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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 18 min at the start of May to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:58 AM to 5:53 AM, and sunset from 6:18 PM to 6:23 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.35:586:18
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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 5.49 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.86 kWh/m² to a high of 6.43 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.49 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Babīlē

In seasonPeak

In May, Babīlē sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Babīlē's rainy season runs April–May, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is May a good time to visit Babīlē?

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

5.2
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Babīlē for sightseeing.

What to pack for Babīlē in May

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

In May, Babīlē sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 16°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Babīlē in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Babīlē peaks around March 18 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 23 at about 11 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 18UV 16Nov 23UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Babīlē 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 Babīlē is worst in October — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateOct 2219 µg/m³Aug 2014 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan17Moderate
Feb18Moderate
Mar18Moderate
Apr17Moderate
May16Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct19Moderate
Nov18Moderate
Dec17Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Babīlē?

Babīlē sits at 9.2°N, 42.3°E, 1,673 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Funyan Bīra, 20 km away.

Topography around Babīlē

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Babīlē has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 321 m around an average of 1,598 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 877 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,546 m.

The land around Babīlē is covered by cropland (53%) and shrubs (40%) within 3 km, cropland (50%) and shrubs (47%) within 16 km, and shrubs (62%) and cropland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
321 m
16 km
877 m
80 km
2,546 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Funyan Bīra 20 km · Harar 25 km · Felana 31 km · ‘Alemaya 40 km · Chinahsen 44 km · Jijiga 53 km · Dire Dawa 65 km · Ārabī 84 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 Babīlē (9.2256°, 42.3322°, elevation 1,673 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).