Degeh Bur weather in May

In May, Degeh Bur sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 68 mm of rain across 15.8 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Degeh Bur's 9th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Degeh Bur's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
9th warmest
Overnight low
19°
10th coldest
Rainfall
68 mm
15.8 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:51 AM – 6:13 PM
Cloud cover
58%
9th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.33 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.6
out of 10

Degeh Bur is city in Somali, Ethiopia.

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 28°C through the month.

A typical May day in Degeh Bur reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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Degeh Bur 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 16°10.111.66.6
Feb31° / 17°20.511.75.8
Mar31° / 19°193.111.95.2
Apr30° / 20°8013.712.24.8
May28° / 19°6815.812.45.6
Jun27° / 19°71.312.57.5
Jul26° / 19°61.212.47.6
Aug27° / 19°61.412.37.6
Sep28° / 20°92.3126.9
Oct28° / 18°6612.111.85.9
Nov29° / 17°273.911.66.8
Dec29° / 16°40.611.57.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 31% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 46%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14852
24951
35050
45050
55050
65149
75248
85446
95446
105545
115644
125743
135743
145743
155842
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245644
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265446
275446
285347
295149
305149
314951

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Degeh Bur gets around 68 mm of rain over 15.8 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 50% and peaks near 70% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
169
269
370
470
570
669
769
868
966
1065
1163
1261
1359
1457
1555
1652
1750
1848
1945
2043
2140
2238
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2434
2532
2630
2728
2827
2925
3023
3121

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the muggy band about 45% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 45% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1372862
2262864
3262864
4152866
5152866
6152965
7142966
8143065
9043165
10043264
11043462
12053659
13053857
14064054
15064252
16074449
17084646
18094743
190114940
201125037
211135135
221155232
231165429
242185327
252195425
262215423
273235321
283255319
294275217
304295215
315315113

Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
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2012light breeze
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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 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 5:54 AM to 5:50 AM, and sunset from 6:12 PM to 6:16 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.35:546:12
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412.35:536:12
512.35:536:12
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712.35:536:12
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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 5.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.68 kWh/m² to a high of 6.95 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.33 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.6Bright
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35.6Bright
45.6Bright
55.5Bright
65.5Bright
75.5Bright
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95.5Bright
105.5Bright
115.5Bright
125.5Bright
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145.4Bright
155.4Bright
165.4Bright
175.3Bright
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205.2Bright
215.2Bright
225.2Bright
235.1Bright
245.1Bright
255.0Bright
265.0Bright
275.0Bright
284.9Bright
294.8Bright
304.8Bright
314.7Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Degeh Bur?

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

5.6
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
6.0
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Degeh Bur for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Degeh Bur in May

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

In May, Degeh Bur sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Degeh Bur 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 Degeh Bur peaks around March 21 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 10 at about 11 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 21UV 15Dec 10UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Degeh Bur 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 Degeh Bur is worst in July — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.6× the cleanest month (November, 8 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodGoodModerateGoodJul 1621 µg/m³Nov 128 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb13Moderate
Mar10Good
Apr9Good
May8Good
Jun18Moderate
Jul21Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct9Good
Nov8Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Degeh Bur?

Degeh Bur sits at 8.2°N, 43.6°E, 1,059 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Hartīshēk, 107 km away.

HartīshēkJijigaTog WajaaleGedebHargeysaGebileyBabīlēChinahsen

Topography around Degeh Bur

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Degeh Bur has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 67 m around an average of 1,065 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 370 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 838 m.

The land around Degeh Bur is covered by grassland (68%) within 3 km, grassland (62%) and shrubs (35%) within 16 km, and shrubs (58%) and grassland (41%) within 80 km.

3 km
67 m
16 km
370 m
80 km
838 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Hartīshēk 107 km · Jijiga 151 km · Tog Wajaale 155 km · Gedeb 156 km · Hargeysa 159 km · Gebiley 165 km · Babīlē 175 km · Chinahsen 177 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 Degeh Bur (8.2206°, 43.5572°, elevation 1,059 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).