Inda Silasē weather in May

In May, Inda Silasē sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 65 mm of rain across 9.6 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Inda Silasē's 9th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Inda Silasē's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
19°
11th coldest
Rainfall
65 mm
9.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
6:04 AM – 6:43 PM
Cloud cover
50%
9th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
6.78 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.4
out of 10

Inda Silasē is human settlement in Ethiopia.

Density
14,300/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 32°C through the month.

A typical May day in Inda Silasē reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 3°C warmer than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Inda Silasē

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 4 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
4
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Inda Silasē weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 3rd-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 14°20.311.37.6
Feb31° / 16°10.211.56.3
Mar32° / 17°81.811.95.2
Apr33° / 19°16412.34.5
May32° / 19°659.612.64.4
Jun28° / 17°21520.712.84.4
Jul24° / 16°43330.412.73.8
Aug24° / 16°5073112.53.6
Sep26° / 16°2532112.15.2
Oct28° / 16°294.411.77.6
Nov28° / 15°71.411.37.7
Dec28° / 14°10.311.28.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 36% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 30%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17327
27327
37228
47228
57228
67228
77228
87228
97228
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Inda Silasē gets around 65 mm of rain over 9.6 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 31% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
125
226
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427
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 70% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
182135
281136
380146
479147
578157
677158
776168
875169
975169
1074179
11731710
12731710
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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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:09 AM to 6:01 AM, and sunset from 6:39 PM to 6:47 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.56:096:39
212.56:096:39
312.56:086:39
412.56:086:40
512.56:076:40
612.66:076:40
712.66:076:40
812.66:066:41
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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 6.78 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.09 kWh/m² to a high of 7.22 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 6.78 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.1Intense
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37.0Intense
47.0Intense
57.0Intense
67.0Intense
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306.4Intense
316.4Intense
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Inda Silasē

In seasonPeak

None of Inda Silasē's seasonal hazards are active in May. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Inda Silasē's monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Inda Silasē sees seasonal dust haze (June–July), heaviest in June.

Monsoon
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Inda Silasē?

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

4.4
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
6.7
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Inda Silasē in May

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

In May, Inda Silasē sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Inda Silasē 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 Inda Silasē peaks around March 24 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 24UV 14Dec 12UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Inda Silasē 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 Inda Silasē is worst in June — around 24 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 2324 µg/m³Nov 1917 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan21Moderate
Feb21Moderate
Mar23Moderate
Apr20Moderate
May20Moderate
Jun24Moderate
Jul24Moderate
Aug21Moderate
Sep22Moderate
Oct20Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec18Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Inda Silasē?

Inda Silasē sits at 14.1°N, 38.3°E, 1,912 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Indabaguna, 20 km away.

Intich’oĀbīy ĀdīMendeferaDebark’

Topography around Inda Silasē

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Inda Silasē has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 324 m around an average of 1,913 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,293 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,940 m.

The land around Inda Silasē is covered by cropland (53%) within 3 km, cropland (46%), shrubs (30%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and grassland (55%) and shrubs (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
324 m
16 km
1,293 m
80 km
2,940 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Indabaguna 20 km · Aksum 48 km · Sheraro 50 km · Adwa 67 km · Intich’o 95 km · Ābīy Ādī 96 km · Mendefera 104 km · Debark’ 113 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 Inda Silasē (14.1031°, 38.2829°, elevation 1,912 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).