Felege Neway weather in May

In May, Felege Neway sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 91 mm of rain across 15.9 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-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 5% 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 Felege Neway's 10th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Felege Neway's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 91 mm; 15.9 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:20 AM – 6:37 PM
Cloud cover: 73%; 10th clearest
Wind: 3 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 4.82 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.5; out of 10

Felege Neway is place in Ethiopia.

Density: 3,653/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 27°C through the month.

A typical May day in Felege Neway reaches about 27°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 25°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°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)	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
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	28	18
2	27	18
3	27	18
4	27	18
5	27	18
6	27	18
7	27	18
8	27	18
9	27	18
10	27	18
11	27	18
12	27	18
13	27	18
14	27	18
15	27	18
16	27	18
17	27	18
18	27	18
19	27	18
20	27	18
21	27	18
22	27	18
23	27	18
24	27	18
25	27	18
26	27	18
27	27	18
28	27	18
29	27	18
30	27	18
31	27	18

Felege Neway 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 17°	9	1.9	11.7	6.0
Feb	31° / 18°	10	1.9	11.8	5.4
Mar	31° / 18°	22	5.9	12	5.0
Apr	29° / 18°	65	12.3	12.1	5.0
May	27° / 18°	91	15.9	12.3	5.5
Jun	26° / 18°	37	8.7	12.4	6.6
Jul	26° / 18°	52	11.1	12.3	6.3
Aug	26° / 18°	52	11.8	12.2	6.1
Sep	27° / 18°	64	13.3	12	5.9
Oct	27° / 17°	91	15.2	11.9	5.6
Nov	29° / 17°	23	4.3	11.7	6.4
Dec	29° / 17°	4	0.8	11.6	6.6

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 74%.

	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 (%)	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	17	18	18	19	20	22	22	23	24	26	27	28	29	30	32	33	34	36	36	38	39	40	42	42
Cloudier (%)	84	84	84	84	85	84	84	83	82	82	81	80	78	78	77	76	74	73	72	71	70	68	67	66	64	64	62	61	60	58	58

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	16	84
2	16	84
3	16	84
4	16	84
5	15	85
6	16	84
7	16	84
8	17	83
9	18	82
10	18	82
11	19	81
12	20	80
13	22	78
14	22	78
15	23	77
16	24	76
17	26	74
18	27	73
19	28	72
20	29	71
21	30	70
22	32	68
23	33	67
24	34	66
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	38	62
28	39	61
29	40	60
30	42	58
31	42	58

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Felege Neway gets around 91 mm of rain over 15.9 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 50% and peaks near 60% 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 (%)	58	59	60	60	60	60	60	60	59	59	58	57	56	55	53	52	51	49	48	47	46	44	43	42	41	40	39	38	37	36	35

	Rain chance (%)
1	58
2	59
3	60
4	60
5	60
6	60
7	60
8	60
9	59
10	59
11	58
12	57
13	56
14	55
15	53
16	52
17	51
18	49
19	48
20	47
21	46
22	44
23	43
24	42
25	41
26	40
27	39
28	38
29	37
30	36
31	35

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 49% 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 (%)	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	6	6
Comfortable (%)	42	41	41	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	42	43	45	46	47	48	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	61	63
Humid (%)	55	56	57	58	58	58	59	59	59	58	58	57	56	54	53	52	51	49	48	47	46	44	43	42	40	39	37	36	34	33	31

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	3	42	55
2	3	41	56
3	2	41	57
4	2	40	58
5	2	40	58
6	2	40	58
7	1	40	59
8	1	40	59
9	1	40	59
10	1	41	58
11	1	41	58
12	1	42	57
13	1	43	56
14	1	45	54
15	1	46	53
16	1	47	52
17	1	48	51
18	1	50	49
19	1	51	48
20	1	52	47
21	1	53	46
22	2	54	44
23	2	55	43
24	2	56	42
25	3	57	40
26	3	58	39
27	4	59	37
28	4	60	36
29	5	61	34
30	6	61	33
31	6	63	31

Wind in May

Winds average 3 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 3 km/h on the calmest days to 3 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)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
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	3	calm
2	3	calm
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10	3	calm
11	3	calm
12	3	calm
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28	3	calm
29	3	calm
30	3	calm
31	3	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 6:23 AM to 6:20 AM, and sunset from 6:36 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	12.3	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	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20
Sunset (PM)	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	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	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:40

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	6:23	6:36
2	12.2	6:23	6:36
3	12.2	6:23	6:36
4	12.2	6:22	6:36
5	12.2	6:22	6:36
6	12.2	6:22	6:36
7	12.2	6:22	6:36
8	12.3	6:21	6:36
9	12.3	6:21	6:37
10	12.3	6:21	6:37
11	12.3	6:21	6:37
12	12.3	6:21	6:37
13	12.3	6:21	6:37
14	12.3	6:20	6:37
15	12.3	6:20	6:37
16	12.3	6:20	6:37
17	12.3	6:20	6:37
18	12.3	6:20	6:38
19	12.3	6:20	6:38
20	12.3	6:20	6:38
21	12.3	6:20	6:38
22	12.3	6:20	6:38
23	12.3	6:20	6:38
24	12.3	6:20	6:39
25	12.3	6:20	6:39
26	12.3	6:20	6:39
27	12.3	6:20	6:39
28	12.3	6:20	6:39
29	12.3	6:20	6:40
30	12.3	6:20	6:40
31	12.3	6:20	6:40

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.82 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.17 kWh/m² to a high of 5.8 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 4.82 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)	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8
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	4.8	Bright
2	4.8	Bright
3	4.8	Bright
4	4.8	Bright
5	4.8	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.8	Bright
8	4.8	Bright
9	4.8	Bright
10	4.8	Bright
11	4.8	Bright
12	4.8	Bright
13	4.8	Bright
14	4.8	Bright
15	4.8	Bright
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17	4.8	Bright
18	4.8	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.8	Bright
21	4.8	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.8	Bright
24	4.8	Bright
25	4.8	Bright
26	4.8	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.8	Bright
29	4.8	Bright
30	4.8	Bright
31	4.8	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Felege Neway?

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

5.5

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

5.6

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Felege Neway for sightseeing.

What to pack for Felege Neway in May

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

In May, Felege Neway sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Felege Neway 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 Felege Neway peaks around March 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 23 at about 10 (very high).

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	12	11	11	13	13	13	10	10
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	14	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	10	Extreme

Air quality in Felege Neway 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 Felege Neway 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 Felege Neway?

Felege Neway sits at 6.3°N, 36.9°E, 1,361 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Bako, 67 km away.

Topography around Felege Neway

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Felege Neway has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 930 m around an average of 1,422 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,887 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,045 m.

The land around Felege Neway is covered by shrubs (38%) and trees (33%) within 3 km, shrubs (42%), cropland (21%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and shrubs (41%) and trees (37%) within 80 km.

3 km

930 m

shrubs 38%

16 km

1,887 m

shrubs 42%

80 km

3,045 m

shrubs 41%

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

May weather nearby: Bako 67 km · Ch’ench’a 76 km · Jinka 77 km · Arba Minch 79 km · Gasuba 89 km · Gīdolē 90 km · Waka 91 km · Bale Hawassa 99 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 Felege Neway (6.3°, 36.8833°, elevation 1,361 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	28	18
2	27	18
3	27	18
4	27	18
5	27	18
6	27	18
7	27	18
8	27	18
9	27	18
10	27	18
11	27	18
12	27	18
13	27	18
14	27	18
15	27	18
16	27	18
17	27	18
18	27	18
19	27	18
20	27	18
21	27	18
22	27	18
23	27	18
24	27	18
25	27	18
26	27	18
27	27	18
28	27	18
29	27	18
30	27	18
31	27	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	16	84
2	16	84
3	16	84
4	16	84
5	15	85
6	16	84
7	16	84
8	17	83
9	18	82
10	18	82
11	19	81
12	20	80
13	22	78
14	22	78
15	23	77
16	24	76
17	26	74
18	27	73
19	28	72
20	29	71
21	30	70
22	32	68
23	33	67
24	34	66
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	38	62
28	39	61
29	40	60
30	42	58
31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)
1	58
2	59
3	60
4	60
5	60
6	60
7	60
8	60
9	59
10	59
11	58
12	57
13	56
14	55
15	53
16	52
17	51
18	49
19	48
20	47
21	46
22	44
23	43
24	42
25	41
26	40
27	39
28	38
29	37
30	36
31	35

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	3	42	55
2	3	41	56
3	2	41	57
4	2	40	58
5	2	40	58
6	2	40	58
7	1	40	59
8	1	40	59
9	1	40	59
10	1	41	58
11	1	41	58
12	1	42	57
13	1	43	56
14	1	45	54
15	1	46	53
16	1	47	52
17	1	48	51
18	1	50	49
19	1	51	48
20	1	52	47
21	1	53	46
22	2	54	44
23	2	55	43
24	2	56	42
25	3	57	40
26	3	58	39
27	4	59	37
28	4	60	36
29	5	61	34
30	6	61	33
31	6	63	31

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	16	84
2	16	84
3	16	84
4	16	84
5	15	85
6	16	84
7	16	84
8	17	83
9	18	82
10	18	82
11	19	81
12	20	80
13	22	78
14	22	78
15	23	77
16	24	76
17	26	74
18	27	73
19	28	72
20	29	71
21	30	70
22	32	68
23	33	67
24	34	66
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	38	62
28	39	61
29	40	60
30	42	58
31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)
1	58
2	59
3	60
4	60
5	60
6	60
7	60
8	60
9	59
10	59
11	58
12	57
13	56
14	55
15	53
16	52
17	51
18	49
19	48
20	47
21	46
22	44
23	43
24	42
25	41
26	40
27	39
28	38
29	37
30	36
31	35

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	3	42	55
2	3	41	56
3	2	41	57
4	2	40	58
5	2	40	58
6	2	40	58
7	1	40	59
8	1	40	59
9	1	40	59
10	1	41	58
11	1	41	58
12	1	42	57
13	1	43	56
14	1	45	54
15	1	46	53
16	1	47	52
17	1	48	51
18	1	50	49
19	1	51	48
20	1	52	47
21	1	53	46
22	2	54	44
23	2	55	43
24	2	56	42
25	3	57	40
26	3	58	39
27	4	59	37
28	4	60	36
29	5	61	34
30	6	61	33
31	6	63	31

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	16	84
2	16	84
3	16	84
4	16	84
5	15	85
6	16	84
7	16	84
8	17	83
9	18	82
10	18	82
11	19	81
12	20	80
13	22	78
14	22	78
15	23	77
16	24	76
17	26	74
18	27	73
19	28	72
20	29	71
21	30	70
22	32	68
23	33	67
24	34	66
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	38	62
28	39	61
29	40	60
30	42	58
31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)
1	58
2	59
3	60
4	60
5	60
6	60
7	60
8	60
9	59
10	59
11	58
12	57
13	56
14	55
15	53
16	52
17	51
18	49
19	48
20	47
21	46
22	44
23	43
24	42
25	41
26	40
27	39
28	38
29	37
30	36
31	35

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	3	42	55
2	3	41	56
3	2	41	57
4	2	40	58
5	2	40	58
6	2	40	58
7	1	40	59
8	1	40	59
9	1	40	59
10	1	41	58
11	1	41	58
12	1	42	57
13	1	43	56
14	1	45	54
15	1	46	53
16	1	47	52
17	1	48	51
18	1	50	49
19	1	51	48
20	1	52	47
21	1	53	46
22	2	54	44
23	2	55	43
24	2	56	42
25	3	57	40
26	3	58	39
27	4	59	37
28	4	60	36
29	5	61	34
30	6	61	33
31	6	63	31