Ghinnir weather in May

In May, Ghinnir sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 74 mm of rain across 17.9 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 3rd-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 32% 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 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Ghinnir's 10th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ghinnir's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 16°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 74 mm; 17.9 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:04 AM – 6:23 PM
Cloud cover: 56%; 10th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.64 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.6; out of 10

Ghinnir is place in Oromia, Ethiopia.

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 Ghinnir reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 10°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 on par with 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)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

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

Ghinnir weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 14°	7	1.6	11.6	8.2
Feb	28° / 15°	7	1.1	11.8	7.6
Mar	28° / 15°	34	6.8	12	6.9
Apr	26° / 16°	96	18.7	12.2	5.3
May	26° / 16°	74	17.9	12.3	5.6
Jun	26° / 16°	22	5.7	12.4	7.4
Jul	25° / 15°	32	9	12.4	7.2
Aug	25° / 16°	28	7.2	12.2	7.3
Sep	26° / 16°	31	7.6	12	7.2
Oct	25° / 15°	110	20.1	11.8	5.5
Nov	24° / 13°	51	10.9	11.7	6.9
Dec	26° / 13°	14	3.2	11.6	8.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 26% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 42%. 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 (%)	38	39	40	41	43	44	45	48	50	52	53	55	57	58	59	61	62	63	63	65	66	67	67	68	68	70	70	70	71	71	71
Cloudier (%)	62	61	60	59	57	56	55	52	50	48	47	45	43	42	41	39	38	37	37	35	34	33	33	32	32	30	30	30	29	29	29

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	38	62
2	39	61
3	40	60
4	41	59
5	43	57
6	44	56
7	45	55
8	48	52
9	50	50
10	52	48
11	53	47
12	55	45
13	57	43
14	58	42
15	59	41
16	61	39
17	62	38
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	65	35
21	66	34
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	71	29

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Ghinnir gets around 74 mm of rain over 17.9 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 58% and peaks near 77% 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 (%)	77	77	77	76	76	75	74	73	72	71	69	67	65	63	61	59	57	55	52	50	48	46	44	43	41	40	39	37	36	35	33

	Rain chance (%)
1	77
2	77
3	77
4	76
5	76
6	75
7	74
8	73
9	72
10	71
11	69
12	67
13	65
14	63
15	61
16	59
17	57
18	55
19	52
20	50
21	48
22	46
23	44
24	43
25	41
26	40
27	39
28	37
29	36
30	35
31	33

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	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	8	9	10
Comfortable (%)	32	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	33	34	36	37	39	41	43	45	47	49	51	53	56	57	59	60	63	64	66	67	67	68	69
Humid (%)	65	66	66	67	67	67	66	66	65	64	62	61	59	57	55	53	51	48	46	44	41	39	37	35	32	30	28	26	25	23	21

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	3	32	65
2	3	31	66
3	3	31	66
4	2	31	67
5	2	31	67
6	2	31	67
7	2	32	66
8	2	32	66
9	2	33	65
10	2	34	64
11	2	36	62
12	2	37	61
13	2	39	59
14	2	41	57
15	2	43	55
16	2	45	53
17	2	47	51
18	2	49	48
19	3	51	46
20	3	53	44
21	3	56	41
22	4	57	39
23	4	59	37
24	5	60	35
25	5	63	32
26	6	64	30
27	6	66	28
28	7	67	26
29	8	67	25
30	9	68	23
31	10	69	21

Wind in May

Winds average 7 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
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10	6	calm
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12	6	calm
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14	6	calm
15	6	calm
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27	7	calm
28	8	calm
29	8	calm
30	8	calm
31	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

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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 6:07 AM to 6:03 AM, and sunset from 6:22 PM to 6:26 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	12.3	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	12.4	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:07	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03
Sunset (PM)	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:26

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	6:07	6:22
2	12.3	6:07	6:22
3	12.3	6:06	6:22
4	12.3	6:06	6:22
5	12.3	6:06	6:22
6	12.3	6:06	6:22
7	12.3	6:05	6:22
8	12.3	6:05	6:22
9	12.3	6:05	6:22
10	12.3	6:05	6:22
11	12.3	6:04	6:22
12	12.3	6:04	6:23
13	12.3	6:04	6:23
14	12.3	6:04	6:23
15	12.3	6:04	6:23
16	12.3	6:04	6:23
17	12.3	6:04	6:23
18	12.3	6:03	6:23
19	12.3	6:03	6:24
20	12.3	6:03	6:24
21	12.3	6:03	6:24
22	12.3	6:03	6:24
23	12.4	6:03	6:24
24	12.4	6:03	6:25
25	12.4	6:03	6:25
26	12.4	6:03	6:25
27	12.4	6:03	6:25
28	12.4	6:03	6:25
29	12.4	6:03	6:26
30	12.4	6:03	6:26
31	12.4	6:03	6:26

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.64 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.11 kWh/m² to a high of 6.6 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.64 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)	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	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
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	5.6	Bright
2	5.6	Bright
3	5.6	Bright
4	5.6	Bright
5	5.6	Bright
6	5.6	Bright
7	5.6	Bright
8	5.6	Bright
9	5.6	Bright
10	5.6	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.6	Bright
13	5.7	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.7	Bright
18	5.7	Bright
19	5.7	Bright
20	5.7	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.6	Bright
24	5.6	Bright
25	5.6	Bright
26	5.6	Bright
27	5.6	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.6	Bright
30	5.6	Bright
31	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Ghinnir?

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

5.3

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Ghinnir for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ghinnir in May

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

In May, Ghinnir sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 16°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Ghinnir 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 Ghinnir peaks around March 17 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 21 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)	14	15	16	15	13	12	11	14	13	13	11	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Ghinnir 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 Ghinnir is worst in June — around 20 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.3× the cleanest month (January, 9 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)	9	10	11	12	14	20	19	14	14	14	13	10
Level	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	9	Good
Feb	10	Good
Mar	11	Good
Apr	12	Moderate
May	14	Moderate
Jun	20	Moderate
Jul	19	Moderate
Aug	14	Moderate
Sep	14	Moderate
Oct	14	Moderate
Nov	13	Moderate
Dec	10	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Ghinnir?

Ghinnir sits at 7.1°N, 40.7°E, 1,945 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Bale Robe, 78 km away.

Topography around Ghinnir

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ghinnir has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 228 m around an average of 1,909 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 898 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,511 m.

The land around Ghinnir is covered by cropland (59%) within 3 km, cropland (44%) and shrubs (36%) within 16 km, and shrubs (65%) and cropland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

228 m

cropland 59%

16 km

898 m

cropland 44%

80 km

2,511 m

shrubs 65%

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

May weather nearby: Bale Robe 78 km · Goba 81 km · Mena 124 km · Ara Ali 135 km · Gobēsa 144 km · Āsasa 167 km · Bek’ojī 167 km · Dodola 169 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 Ghinnir (7.1395°, 40.7108°, elevation 1,945 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	25	16
2	25	16
3	25	16
4	25	16
5	25	16
6	25	16
7	25	16
8	25	16
9	25	16
10	25	16
11	25	16
12	26	16
13	26	16
14	26	16
15	26	16
16	26	16
17	26	16
18	26	16
19	26	16
20	26	16
21	26	16
22	26	16
23	26	16
24	26	16
25	26	16
26	26	16
27	26	16
28	26	16
29	26	16
30	26	16
31	26	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	38	62
2	39	61
3	40	60
4	41	59
5	43	57
6	44	56
7	45	55
8	48	52
9	50	50
10	52	48
11	53	47
12	55	45
13	57	43
14	58	42
15	59	41
16	61	39
17	62	38
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	65	35
21	66	34
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	71	29

	Rain chance (%)
1	77
2	77
3	77
4	76
5	76
6	75
7	74
8	73
9	72
10	71
11	69
12	67
13	65
14	63
15	61
16	59
17	57
18	55
19	52
20	50
21	48
22	46
23	44
24	43
25	41
26	40
27	39
28	37
29	36
30	35
31	33

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	3	32	65
2	3	31	66
3	3	31	66
4	2	31	67
5	2	31	67
6	2	31	67
7	2	32	66
8	2	32	66
9	2	33	65
10	2	34	64
11	2	36	62
12	2	37	61
13	2	39	59
14	2	41	57
15	2	43	55
16	2	45	53
17	2	47	51
18	2	49	48
19	3	51	46
20	3	53	44
21	3	56	41
22	4	57	39
23	4	59	37
24	5	60	35
25	5	63	32
26	6	64	30
27	6	66	28
28	7	67	26
29	8	67	25
30	9	68	23
31	10	69	21

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	38	62
2	39	61
3	40	60
4	41	59
5	43	57
6	44	56
7	45	55
8	48	52
9	50	50
10	52	48
11	53	47
12	55	45
13	57	43
14	58	42
15	59	41
16	61	39
17	62	38
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	65	35
21	66	34
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	71	29

	Rain chance (%)
1	77
2	77
3	77
4	76
5	76
6	75
7	74
8	73
9	72
10	71
11	69
12	67
13	65
14	63
15	61
16	59
17	57
18	55
19	52
20	50
21	48
22	46
23	44
24	43
25	41
26	40
27	39
28	37
29	36
30	35
31	33

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	3	32	65
2	3	31	66
3	3	31	66
4	2	31	67
5	2	31	67
6	2	31	67
7	2	32	66
8	2	32	66
9	2	33	65
10	2	34	64
11	2	36	62
12	2	37	61
13	2	39	59
14	2	41	57
15	2	43	55
16	2	45	53
17	2	47	51
18	2	49	48
19	3	51	46
20	3	53	44
21	3	56	41
22	4	57	39
23	4	59	37
24	5	60	35
25	5	63	32
26	6	64	30
27	6	66	28
28	7	67	26
29	8	67	25
30	9	68	23
31	10	69	21

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	38	62
2	39	61
3	40	60
4	41	59
5	43	57
6	44	56
7	45	55
8	48	52
9	50	50
10	52	48
11	53	47
12	55	45
13	57	43
14	58	42
15	59	41
16	61	39
17	62	38
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	65	35
21	66	34
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	71	29

	Rain chance (%)
1	77
2	77
3	77
4	76
5	76
6	75
7	74
8	73
9	72
10	71
11	69
12	67
13	65
14	63
15	61
16	59
17	57
18	55
19	52
20	50
21	48
22	46
23	44
24	43
25	41
26	40
27	39
28	37
29	36
30	35
31	33

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	3	32	65
2	3	31	66
3	3	31	66
4	2	31	67
5	2	31	67
6	2	31	67
7	2	32	66
8	2	32	66
9	2	33	65
10	2	34	64
11	2	36	62
12	2	37	61
13	2	39	59
14	2	41	57
15	2	43	55
16	2	45	53
17	2	47	51
18	2	49	48
19	3	51	46
20	3	53	44
21	3	56	41
22	4	57	39
23	4	59	37
24	5	60	35
25	5	63	32
26	6	64	30
27	6	66	28
28	7	67	26
29	8	67	25
30	9	68	23
31	10	69	21