Bako weather in May

In May, Bako sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 287 mm of rain across 23.9 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in May, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of May to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Bako's 11th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bako's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 287 mm; 23.9 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:22 AM – 6:38 PM
Cloud cover: 74%; 11th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 4.6 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.4; out of 10

Bako is place in Ethiopia.

Density: 3,831/km²; people per km²

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 26°C through the month.

A typical May day in Bako reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and on par with 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)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Avg low (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

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

Bako weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-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	29° / 17°	89	8.7	11.7	5.8
Feb	30° / 18°	56	8	11.8	5.1
Mar	30° / 18°	160	16.6	12	4.4
Apr	27° / 18°	330	24.8	12.1	4.0
May	26° / 18°	287	23.9	12.3	4.4
Jun	26° / 18°	141	17.8	12.3	5.4
Jul	26° / 18°	120	15.3	12.3	5.7
Aug	26° / 19°	118	15.2	12.2	5.6
Sep	27° / 19°	136	17.5	12	5.2
Oct	27° / 18°	279	25.3	11.9	4.2
Nov	27° / 17°	250	21.3	11.7	4.8
Dec	28° / 17°	147	13.7	11.7	6.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	13	15	15	17	18	20	21	22	25	26	27	30	32	34	35	36	37	38	38	40	40	40
Cloudier (%)	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	88	88	87	85	85	83	82	80	79	78	75	74	73	70	68	66	65	64	63	62	62	60	60	60

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	10	90
2	10	90
3	10	90
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	10	90
7	10	90
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	13	87
11	15	85
12	15	85
13	17	83
14	18	82
15	20	80
16	21	79
17	22	78
18	25	75
19	26	74
20	27	73
21	30	70
22	32	68
23	34	66
24	35	65
25	36	64
26	37	63
27	38	62
28	38	62
29	40	60
30	40	60
31	40	60

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Bako gets around 287 mm of rain over 23.9 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 77% and peaks near 91% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	91	91	91	91	91	91	90	89	88	87	86	84	82	80	78	77	75	74	72	71	69	68	66	65	64	64	63	63	63	63	63

	Rain chance (%)
1	91
2	91
3	91
4	91
5	91
6	91
7	90
8	89
9	88
10	87
11	86
12	84
13	82
14	80
15	78
16	77
17	75
18	74
19	72
20	71
21	69
22	68
23	66
24	65
25	64
26	64
27	63
28	63
29	63
30	63
31	63

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 66% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 31% of them.

	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
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	7	7	8	9	10
Humid (%)	54	54	54	53	54	54	54	55	56	57	58	58	60	62	63	65	66	69	71	72	74	75	76	77	79	79	79	80	80	80	80
Muggy (%)	46	46	46	47	46	46	46	45	44	43	42	41	39	37	36	34	32	29	27	25	23	21	20	18	16	15	14	13	12	11	10

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	54	46
2	0	54	46
3	0	54	46
4	0	53	47
5	0	54	46
6	0	54	46
7	0	54	46
8	0	55	45
9	0	56	44
10	0	57	43
11	0	58	42
12	1	58	41
13	1	60	39
14	1	62	37
15	1	63	36
16	1	65	34
17	2	66	32
18	2	69	29
19	2	71	27
20	3	72	25
21	3	74	23
22	4	75	21
23	4	76	20
24	5	77	18
25	5	79	16
26	6	79	15
27	7	79	14
28	7	80	13
29	8	80	12
30	9	80	11
31	10	80	10

Wind in May

Winds average 4 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 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)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 min at the start of May to 12 h 18 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 6:25 AM to 6:22 AM, and sunset from 6:37 PM to 6:40 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)	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	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
Sunrise (AM)	6:25	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22
Sunset (PM)	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	6:25	6:37
2	12.2	6:25	6:37
3	12.2	6:24	6:37
4	12.2	6:24	6:37
5	12.2	6:24	6:37
6	12.2	6:24	6:37
7	12.2	6:23	6:37
8	12.2	6:23	6:37
9	12.2	6:23	6:37
10	12.2	6:23	6:37
11	12.2	6:23	6:37
12	12.2	6:23	6:37
13	12.3	6:22	6:38
14	12.3	6:22	6:38
15	12.3	6:22	6:38
16	12.3	6:22	6:38
17	12.3	6:22	6:38
18	12.3	6:22	6:38
19	12.3	6:22	6:38
20	12.3	6:22	6:38
21	12.3	6:22	6:39
22	12.3	6:22	6:39
23	12.3	6:22	6:39
24	12.3	6:22	6:39
25	12.3	6:22	6:39
26	12.3	6:22	6:39
27	12.3	6:22	6:40
28	12.3	6:22	6:40
29	12.3	6:22	6:40
30	12.3	6:22	6:40
31	12.3	6:22	6:40

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.6 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.14 kWh/m² to a high of 5.56 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 4.6 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)	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6
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	4.5	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.5	Bright
4	4.5	Bright
5	4.5	Bright
6	4.5	Bright
7	4.5	Bright
8	4.5	Bright
9	4.5	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.6	Bright
14	4.6	Bright
15	4.6	Bright
16	4.6	Bright
17	4.6	Bright
18	4.6	Bright
19	4.6	Bright
20	4.6	Bright
21	4.7	Bright
22	4.7	Bright
23	4.7	Bright
24	4.7	Bright
25	4.7	Bright
26	4.7	Bright
27	4.7	Bright
28	4.7	Bright
29	4.6	Bright
30	4.6	Bright
31	4.6	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Bako?

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

4.4

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

4.3

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Bako for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bako in May

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

In May, Bako sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 18°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Bako 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 Bako peaks around March 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 21 at about 10 (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)	13	14	15	13	12	10	11	13	13	13	10	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Bako 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 Bako is worst in February — around 46 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.1× the cleanest month (April, 22 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	45	46	29	22	22	30	28	23	24	22	28	36
Level	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	45	Poor
Feb	46	Poor
Mar	29	Moderate
Apr	22	Moderate
May	22	Moderate
Jun	30	Moderate
Jul	28	Moderate
Aug	23	Moderate
Sep	24	Moderate
Oct	22	Moderate
Nov	28	Moderate
Dec	36	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Bako?

Bako sits at 5.8°N, 36.6°E, 1,401 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Jinka, 17 km away.

Topography around Bako

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bako has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 433 m around an average of 1,439 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,969 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,025 m.

The land around Bako is covered by trees (44%) and shrubs (35%) within 3 km, trees (43%) and shrubs (39%) within 16 km, and shrubs (44%), trees (33%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

433 m

trees 44%

16 km

1,969 m

trees 43%

80 km

3,025 m

shrubs 44%

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

May weather nearby: Jinka 17 km · Felege Neway 67 km · Gīdolē 90 km · Arba Minch 112 km · Konso 118 km · Ch’ench’a 122 km · Gasuba 152 km · Waka 157 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 Bako (5.7833°, 36.5667°, elevation 1,401 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	26	18
2	26	18
3	26	18
4	26	18
5	26	18
6	26	18
7	26	18
8	26	18
9	26	18
10	26	18
11	26	18
12	26	18
13	26	18
14	26	18
15	26	18
16	26	18
17	26	18
18	26	18
19	26	18
20	26	18
21	26	18
22	26	18
23	26	18
24	26	18
25	26	18
26	26	18
27	26	18
28	26	18
29	26	18
30	26	18
31	26	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	10	90
2	10	90
3	10	90
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	10	90
7	10	90
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	13	87
11	15	85
12	15	85
13	17	83
14	18	82
15	20	80
16	21	79
17	22	78
18	25	75
19	26	74
20	27	73
21	30	70
22	32	68
23	34	66
24	35	65
25	36	64
26	37	63
27	38	62
28	38	62
29	40	60
30	40	60
31	40	60

	Rain chance (%)
1	91
2	91
3	91
4	91
5	91
6	91
7	90
8	89
9	88
10	87
11	86
12	84
13	82
14	80
15	78
16	77
17	75
18	74
19	72
20	71
21	69
22	68
23	66
24	65
25	64
26	64
27	63
28	63
29	63
30	63
31	63

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	54	46
2	0	54	46
3	0	54	46
4	0	53	47
5	0	54	46
6	0	54	46
7	0	54	46
8	0	55	45
9	0	56	44
10	0	57	43
11	0	58	42
12	1	58	41
13	1	60	39
14	1	62	37
15	1	63	36
16	1	65	34
17	2	66	32
18	2	69	29
19	2	71	27
20	3	72	25
21	3	74	23
22	4	75	21
23	4	76	20
24	5	77	18
25	5	79	16
26	6	79	15
27	7	79	14
28	7	80	13
29	8	80	12
30	9	80	11
31	10	80	10

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	10	90
2	10	90
3	10	90
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	10	90
7	10	90
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	13	87
11	15	85
12	15	85
13	17	83
14	18	82
15	20	80
16	21	79
17	22	78
18	25	75
19	26	74
20	27	73
21	30	70
22	32	68
23	34	66
24	35	65
25	36	64
26	37	63
27	38	62
28	38	62
29	40	60
30	40	60
31	40	60

	Rain chance (%)
1	91
2	91
3	91
4	91
5	91
6	91
7	90
8	89
9	88
10	87
11	86
12	84
13	82
14	80
15	78
16	77
17	75
18	74
19	72
20	71
21	69
22	68
23	66
24	65
25	64
26	64
27	63
28	63
29	63
30	63
31	63

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	54	46
2	0	54	46
3	0	54	46
4	0	53	47
5	0	54	46
6	0	54	46
7	0	54	46
8	0	55	45
9	0	56	44
10	0	57	43
11	0	58	42
12	1	58	41
13	1	60	39
14	1	62	37
15	1	63	36
16	1	65	34
17	2	66	32
18	2	69	29
19	2	71	27
20	3	72	25
21	3	74	23
22	4	75	21
23	4	76	20
24	5	77	18
25	5	79	16
26	6	79	15
27	7	79	14
28	7	80	13
29	8	80	12
30	9	80	11
31	10	80	10

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	10	90
2	10	90
3	10	90
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	10	90
7	10	90
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	13	87
11	15	85
12	15	85
13	17	83
14	18	82
15	20	80
16	21	79
17	22	78
18	25	75
19	26	74
20	27	73
21	30	70
22	32	68
23	34	66
24	35	65
25	36	64
26	37	63
27	38	62
28	38	62
29	40	60
30	40	60
31	40	60

	Rain chance (%)
1	91
2	91
3	91
4	91
5	91
6	91
7	90
8	89
9	88
10	87
11	86
12	84
13	82
14	80
15	78
16	77
17	75
18	74
19	72
20	71
21	69
22	68
23	66
24	65
25	64
26	64
27	63
28	63
29	63
30	63
31	63

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	54	46
2	0	54	46
3	0	54	46
4	0	53	47
5	0	54	46
6	0	54	46
7	0	54	46
8	0	55	45
9	0	56	44
10	0	57	43
11	0	58	42
12	1	58	41
13	1	60	39
14	1	62	37
15	1	63	36
16	1	65	34
17	2	66	32
18	2	69	29
19	2	71	27
20	3	72	25
21	3	74	23
22	4	75	21
23	4	76	20
24	5	77	18
25	5	79	16
26	6	79	15
27	7	79	14
28	7	80	13
29	8	80	12
30	9	80	11
31	10	80	10