Dembī Dolo weather in May

In May, Dembī Dolo sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 297 mm of rain across 30 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% 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 Dembī Dolo's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dembī Dolo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
7th warmest
Overnight low
19°
9th coldest
Rainfall
297 mm
30 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:25 AM – 6:49 PM
Cloud cover
76%
12th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.07 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

Dembī Dolo is place in Oromia, Ethiopia.

Density
3,631/km²
people per km²

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 27°C through the month.

A typical May day in Dembī Dolo reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C cooler than April and about 2°C warmer than June.

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Dembī Dolo weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 18°174.511.65.9
Feb31° / 19°225.211.74.8
Mar31° / 20°8215.511.94.0
Apr29° / 20°25525.712.23.5
May27° / 19°2973012.43.6
Jun25° / 18°21126.612.54.1
Jul24° / 18°19926.312.44.3
Aug24° / 18°18325.812.34.4
Sep26° / 18°16025.112.14.3
Oct27° / 18°21727.911.83.9
Nov27° / 17°17622.311.64.7
Dec28° / 17°5110.311.56.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in May, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 79%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11684
21684
31684
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Dembī Dolo gets around 297 mm of rain over 30 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 96% and peaks near 97% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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3194

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 77% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 23% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
117425
217326
317227
417227
517128
617128
707129
807129
907030
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1307129
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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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
14calm
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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 6:29 AM to 6:24 AM, and sunset from 6:47 PM to 6:52 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.36:296:47
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712.36:276:47
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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 5.07 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.44 kWh/m² to a high of 6.1 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 5.07 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 Dembī Dolo

In seasonPeak

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

Dembī Dolo's rainy season runs April–November, 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 Dembī Dolo?

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

3.6
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
3.6
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Dembī Dolo.

What to pack for Dembī Dolo in May

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

In May, Dembī Dolo sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 19°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 30 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Dembī Dolo 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 Dembī Dolo peaks around March 19 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 19UV 14Dec 13UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Dembī Dolo 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 Dembī Dolo is worst in January — around 98 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.2× the cleanest month (May, 14 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModerateUnhealthyJan 1596 µg/m³May 1714 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan98Unhealthy
Feb78Unhealthy
Mar42Poor
Apr21Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul22Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct16Moderate
Nov36Poor
Dec84Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Dembī Dolo?

Dembī Dolo sits at 8.5°N, 34.8°E, 1,847 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Gambēla, 40 km away.

NejoGimbiBambesiMendīTēpīBedelē

Topography around Dembī Dolo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dembī Dolo has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 307 m around an average of 1,775 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,145 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,833 m.

The land around Dembī Dolo is covered by trees (63%) within 3 km, trees (43%), cropland (28%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and trees (55%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
307 m
16 km
1,145 m
80 km
2,833 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Gambēla 40 km · Metu 90 km · Nejo 132 km · Gimbi 134 km · Bambesi 135 km · Mendī 145 km · Tēpī 165 km · Bedelē 171 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 Dembī Dolo (8.5333°, 34.8°, elevation 1,847 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).