Dimtu weather in May

In May, Dimtu sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 132 mm of rain across 21 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-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 11% of the time in May, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of May to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Dimtu's 10th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dimtu's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 25°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 15°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 132 mm; 21 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:14 AM – 6:33 PM
Cloud cover: 67%; 10th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.54 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.1; out of 10

Dimtu is City in Wolayita, Ethiopia.

Density: 3,903/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 25°C through the month.

A typical May day in Dimtu reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 10°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 2°C cooler than April and about 2°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)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15

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

Dimtu weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-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	28° / 14°	13	2.9	11.6	7.5
Feb	29° / 15°	14	3.2	11.8	6.4
Mar	29° / 15°	60	9.7	12	5.5
Apr	27° / 16°	125	17.7	12.1	5.1
May	25° / 15°	132	21	12.3	5.1
Jun	23° / 14°	54	15.7	12.4	5.8
Jul	22° / 14°	71	18.4	12.4	5.3
Aug	23° / 14°	84	19.1	12.2	5.2
Sep	24° / 14°	133	23.8	12	4.8
Oct	25° / 14°	96	15.4	11.8	6.0
Nov	26° / 13°	23	4.6	11.7	7.6
Dec	27° / 13°	7	1.8	11.6	8.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 27% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 62%. 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 (%)	28	29	29	29	30	30	31	32	33	33	34	35	35	35	36	37	38	39	39	41	41	43	43	44	45	46	47	47	48	49	50
Cloudier (%)	72	71	71	71	70	70	69	68	67	67	66	65	65	65	64	63	62	61	61	59	59	57	57	56	55	54	53	53	52	51	50

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	29	71
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	31	69
8	32	68
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	36	64
16	37	63
17	38	62
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	41	59
21	41	59
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	44	56
25	45	55
26	46	54
27	47	53
28	47	53
29	48	52
30	49	51
31	50	50

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Dimtu gets around 132 mm of rain over 21 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 67% and peaks near 72% 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 (%)	69	69	70	71	71	71	71	72	71	71	71	70	70	69	69	68	67	67	66	66	65	65	64	64	63	63	62	62	61	60	60

	Rain chance (%)
1	69
2	69
3	70
4	71
5	71
6	71
7	71
8	72
9	71
10	71
11	71
12	70
13	70
14	69
15	69
16	68
17	67
18	67
19	66
20	66
21	65
22	65
23	64
24	64
25	63
26	63
27	62
28	62
29	61
30	60
31	60

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 54% 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 (%)	8	7	7	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Comfortable (%)	49	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	49	49	50	50	51	52	53	54	56	57	58	60	60	61	62	64	65	66	66	67
Humid (%)	43	44	45	46	47	48	48	49	49	49	50	50	49	49	49	48	47	46	45	44	43	42	40	39	38	37	35	34	33	32	31

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	8	49	43
2	7	48	44
3	7	48	45
4	6	48	46
5	5	48	47
6	5	48	48
7	4	48	48
8	4	48	49
9	3	48	49
10	3	48	49
11	2	48	50
12	2	49	50
13	2	49	49
14	1	50	49
15	1	50	49
16	1	51	48
17	1	52	47
18	1	53	46
19	1	54	45
20	0	56	44
21	0	57	43
22	0	58	42
23	0	60	40
24	1	60	39
25	1	61	38
26	1	62	37
27	1	64	35
28	1	65	34
29	1	66	33
30	2	66	32
31	2	67	31

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	5	5	5	6	6	6
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	5	calm
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	5	calm
5	5	calm
6	5	calm
7	5	calm
8	5	calm
9	5	calm
10	5	calm
11	5	calm
12	5	calm
13	5	calm
14	5	calm
15	5	calm
16	5	calm
17	5	calm
18	5	calm
19	5	calm
20	5	calm
21	5	calm
22	5	calm
23	5	calm
24	5	calm
25	5	calm
26	5	calm
27	5	calm
28	5	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 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 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:17 AM to 6:14 AM, and sunset from 6:32 PM to 6:36 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	12.3	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	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14
Sunset (PM)	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:36

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	6:17	6:32
2	12.2	6:17	6:32
3	12.3	6:17	6:32
4	12.3	6:17	6:32
5	12.3	6:16	6:32
6	12.3	6:16	6:32
7	12.3	6:16	6:32
8	12.3	6:16	6:32
9	12.3	6:15	6:32
10	12.3	6:15	6:32
11	12.3	6:15	6:33
12	12.3	6:15	6:33
13	12.3	6:15	6:33
14	12.3	6:15	6:33
15	12.3	6:14	6:33
16	12.3	6:14	6:33
17	12.3	6:14	6:33
18	12.3	6:14	6:33
19	12.3	6:14	6:34
20	12.3	6:14	6:34
21	12.3	6:14	6:34
22	12.3	6:14	6:34
23	12.3	6:14	6:34
24	12.3	6:14	6:35
25	12.4	6:14	6:35
26	12.4	6:14	6:35
27	12.4	6:14	6:35
28	12.4	6:14	6:35
29	12.4	6:14	6:36
30	12.4	6:14	6:36
31	12.4	6:14	6:36

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.54 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.47 kWh/m² to a high of 6.53 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 5.54 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	5.5	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	5.2
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	5.5	Bright
18	5.5	Bright
19	5.5	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Dimtu?

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

5.1

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

4.7

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Dimtu for sightseeing.

What to pack for Dimtu in May

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

In May, Dimtu sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 15°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Dimtu 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 Dimtu peaks around March 15 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 22 at about 11 (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	14	13	11	11	14	13	13	11	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Dimtu 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 Dimtu is worst in December — around 73 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.9× the cleanest month (August, 39 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)	69	61	53	45	41	44	42	39	46	54	67	73
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	69	Unhealthy
Feb	61	Unhealthy
Mar	53	Poor
Apr	45	Poor
May	41	Poor
Jun	44	Poor
Jul	42	Poor
Aug	39	Poor
Sep	46	Poor
Oct	54	Poor
Nov	67	Unhealthy
Dec	73	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Dimtu?

Dimtu sits at 6.9°N, 38.1°E, 1,521 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Bedēsa, 12 km away.

Topography around Dimtu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dimtu has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 354 m around an average of 1,525 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 991 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,592 m.

The land around Dimtu is covered by cropland (59%) and grassland (32%) within 3 km, cropland (56%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and cropland (40%) and shrubs (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

354 m

cropland 59%

16 km

991 m

cropland 56%

80 km

2,592 m

cropland 40%

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

May weather nearby: Bedēsa 12 km · Badessa 22 km · Bodītī 29 km · Shonē 30 km · Shanto 31 km · Leku 36 km · Yirga ‘Alem 38 km · Wolaita Sodo 41 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 Dimtu (6.9297°, 38.1251°, elevation 1,521 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	15
2	26	15
3	26	15
4	26	15
5	26	15
6	26	15
7	26	15
8	26	15
9	25	15
10	25	15
11	25	15
12	25	15
13	25	15
14	25	15
15	25	15
16	25	15
17	25	15
18	25	15
19	25	15
20	25	15
21	25	15
22	25	15
23	25	15
24	25	15
25	25	15
26	25	15
27	25	15
28	25	15
29	24	15
30	24	15
31	24	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	29	71
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	31	69
8	32	68
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	36	64
16	37	63
17	38	62
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	41	59
21	41	59
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	44	56
25	45	55
26	46	54
27	47	53
28	47	53
29	48	52
30	49	51
31	50	50

	Rain chance (%)
1	69
2	69
3	70
4	71
5	71
6	71
7	71
8	72
9	71
10	71
11	71
12	70
13	70
14	69
15	69
16	68
17	67
18	67
19	66
20	66
21	65
22	65
23	64
24	64
25	63
26	63
27	62
28	62
29	61
30	60
31	60

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	8	49	43
2	7	48	44
3	7	48	45
4	6	48	46
5	5	48	47
6	5	48	48
7	4	48	48
8	4	48	49
9	3	48	49
10	3	48	49
11	2	48	50
12	2	49	50
13	2	49	49
14	1	50	49
15	1	50	49
16	1	51	48
17	1	52	47
18	1	53	46
19	1	54	45
20	0	56	44
21	0	57	43
22	0	58	42
23	0	60	40
24	1	60	39
25	1	61	38
26	1	62	37
27	1	64	35
28	1	65	34
29	1	66	33
30	2	66	32
31	2	67	31

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	29	71
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	31	69
8	32	68
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	36	64
16	37	63
17	38	62
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	41	59
21	41	59
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	44	56
25	45	55
26	46	54
27	47	53
28	47	53
29	48	52
30	49	51
31	50	50

	Rain chance (%)
1	69
2	69
3	70
4	71
5	71
6	71
7	71
8	72
9	71
10	71
11	71
12	70
13	70
14	69
15	69
16	68
17	67
18	67
19	66
20	66
21	65
22	65
23	64
24	64
25	63
26	63
27	62
28	62
29	61
30	60
31	60

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	8	49	43
2	7	48	44
3	7	48	45
4	6	48	46
5	5	48	47
6	5	48	48
7	4	48	48
8	4	48	49
9	3	48	49
10	3	48	49
11	2	48	50
12	2	49	50
13	2	49	49
14	1	50	49
15	1	50	49
16	1	51	48
17	1	52	47
18	1	53	46
19	1	54	45
20	0	56	44
21	0	57	43
22	0	58	42
23	0	60	40
24	1	60	39
25	1	61	38
26	1	62	37
27	1	64	35
28	1	65	34
29	1	66	33
30	2	66	32
31	2	67	31

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	29	71
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	31	69
8	32	68
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	36	64
16	37	63
17	38	62
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	41	59
21	41	59
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	44	56
25	45	55
26	46	54
27	47	53
28	47	53
29	48	52
30	49	51
31	50	50

	Rain chance (%)
1	69
2	69
3	70
4	71
5	71
6	71
7	71
8	72
9	71
10	71
11	71
12	70
13	70
14	69
15	69
16	68
17	67
18	67
19	66
20	66
21	65
22	65
23	64
24	64
25	63
26	63
27	62
28	62
29	61
30	60
31	60

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	8	49	43
2	7	48	44
3	7	48	45
4	6	48	46
5	5	48	47
6	5	48	48
7	4	48	48
8	4	48	49
9	3	48	49
10	3	48	49
11	2	48	50
12	2	49	50
13	2	49	49
14	1	50	49
15	1	50	49
16	1	51	48
17	1	52	47
18	1	53	46
19	1	54	45
20	0	56	44
21	0	57	43
22	0	58	42
23	0	60	40
24	1	60	39
25	1	61	38
26	1	62	37
27	1	64	35
28	1	65	34
29	1	66	33
30	2	66	32
31	2	67	31