Kofelē weather in May

In May, Kofelē sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 230 mm of rain across 22.9 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 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

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 Kofelē's 7th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kofelē's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 230 mm; 22.9 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:11 AM – 6:31 PM
Cloud cover: 70%; 7th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 5.19 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.5; out of 10

Kofelē is place in 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 21°C through the month.

A typical May day in Kofelē reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°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)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

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

Kofelē 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	22° / 9°	26	5.5	11.6	7.6
Feb	24° / 10°	43	5.8	11.8	7.5
Mar	23° / 11°	112	12.6	12	6.5
Apr	22° / 12°	237	20.3	12.2	4.9
May	21° / 11°	230	22.9	12.3	4.5
Jun	19° / 11°	179	26.8	12.4	3.7
Jul	18° / 11°	181	28.8	12.4	3.3
Aug	18° / 11°	219	29	12.2	3.3
Sep	19° / 11°	279	27.2	12	3.7
Oct	20° / 10°	169	18.3	11.8	5.1
Nov	21° / 9°	46	6.9	11.7	7.0
Dec	22° / 9°	18	3.7	11.6	7.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%. 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 (%)	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	26	27	27	27	29	29	29	31	31	32	33	34	35	35	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	38
Cloudier (%)	76	76	76	76	75	75	75	75	74	73	73	73	71	71	71	69	69	68	67	66	65	65	63	63	63	62	62	62	62	62	62

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	26	74
10	27	73
11	27	73
12	27	73
13	29	71
14	29	71
15	29	71
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	32	68
19	33	67
20	34	66
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	37	63
24	37	63
25	37	63
26	38	62
27	38	62
28	38	62
29	38	62
30	38	62
31	38	62

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Kofelē gets around 230 mm of rain over 22.9 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 75% and peaks near 78% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	76	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	76	76	75	75	74	74	73	73	73	72	72	72	72	72	72	73	74	74	75	76	77	78

	Rain chance (%)
1	76
2	77
3	77
4	77
5	77
6	77
7	77
8	77
9	77
10	76
11	76
12	75
13	75
14	74
15	74
16	73
17	73
18	73
19	72
20	72
21	72
22	72
23	72
24	72
25	73
26	74
27	74
28	75
29	76
30	77
31	78

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 81% 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 (%)	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	80	80	80	80	81	81	81	81	81	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	83	83
Comfortable (%)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	79	21
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	80	20
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	81	19
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	83	17
31	83	17

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 5 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	5	5	5
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
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29	5	calm
30	5	calm
31	5	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 6:15 AM to 6:11 AM, and sunset from 6:29 PM to 6:34 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)	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11
Sunset (PM)	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:34

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

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.19 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.15 kWh/m² to a high of 6.37 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.19 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)	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9
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	5.4	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.2	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.2	Bright
21	5.1	Bright
22	5.1	Bright
23	5.1	Bright
24	5.1	Bright
25	5.1	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.0	Bright
31	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Kofelē?

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

4.5

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

2.7

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Kofelē for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kofelē in May

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

In May, Kofelē sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 11°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Kofelē in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kofelē peaks around March 16 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 23 at about 12 (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	14	12	12	14	14	14	12	12
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	14	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Kofelē 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 Kofelē is worst in December — around 42 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	40	36	36	33	30	33	30	27	33	37	41	42
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	40	Poor
Feb	36	Poor
Mar	36	Poor
Apr	33	Moderate
May	30	Moderate
Jun	33	Moderate
Jul	30	Moderate
Aug	27	Moderate
Sep	33	Moderate
Oct	37	Poor
Nov	41	Poor
Dec	42	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Kofelē?

Kofelē sits at 7.1°N, 38.8°E, 2,666 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Shashamane, 25 km away.

Topography around Kofelē

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kofelē has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 105 m around an average of 2,650 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,070 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,813 m.

The land around Kofelē is covered by cropland (30%), shrubs (28%) and grassland (26%) within 3 km, cropland (38%), grassland (29%) and shrubs (26%) within 16 km, and cropland (45%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

105 m

cropland 30%

16 km

1,070 m

cropland 38%

80 km

2,813 m

cropland 45%

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

May weather nearby: Shashamane 25 km · Kuyera 30 km · Awasa 34 km · Arsi Negele 34 km · Leku 43 km · Dodola 45 km · Āsasa 46 km · Yirga ‘Alem 54 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 Kofelē (7.0667°, 38.7833°, elevation 2,666 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	21	12
2	21	12
3	21	12
4	21	12
5	21	12
6	21	12
7	21	12
8	21	12
9	21	12
10	21	12
11	21	12
12	21	12
13	21	12
14	21	12
15	21	12
16	21	12
17	21	11
18	21	11
19	21	11
20	21	11
21	21	11
22	21	11
23	21	11
24	21	11
25	21	11
26	21	11
27	21	11
28	21	11
29	21	11
30	21	11
31	20	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	26	74
10	27	73
11	27	73
12	27	73
13	29	71
14	29	71
15	29	71
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	32	68
19	33	67
20	34	66
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	37	63
24	37	63
25	37	63
26	38	62
27	38	62
28	38	62
29	38	62
30	38	62
31	38	62

	Rain chance (%)
1	76
2	77
3	77
4	77
5	77
6	77
7	77
8	77
9	77
10	76
11	76
12	75
13	75
14	74
15	74
16	73
17	73
18	73
19	72
20	72
21	72
22	72
23	72
24	72
25	73
26	74
27	74
28	75
29	76
30	77
31	78

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	79	21
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	80	20
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	81	19
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	83	17
31	83	17

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	26	74
10	27	73
11	27	73
12	27	73
13	29	71
14	29	71
15	29	71
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	32	68
19	33	67
20	34	66
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	37	63
24	37	63
25	37	63
26	38	62
27	38	62
28	38	62
29	38	62
30	38	62
31	38	62

	Rain chance (%)
1	76
2	77
3	77
4	77
5	77
6	77
7	77
8	77
9	77
10	76
11	76
12	75
13	75
14	74
15	74
16	73
17	73
18	73
19	72
20	72
21	72
22	72
23	72
24	72
25	73
26	74
27	74
28	75
29	76
30	77
31	78

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	79	21
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	80	20
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	81	19
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	83	17
31	83	17

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	26	74
10	27	73
11	27	73
12	27	73
13	29	71
14	29	71
15	29	71
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	32	68
19	33	67
20	34	66
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	37	63
24	37	63
25	37	63
26	38	62
27	38	62
28	38	62
29	38	62
30	38	62
31	38	62

	Rain chance (%)
1	76
2	77
3	77
4	77
5	77
6	77
7	77
8	77
9	77
10	76
11	76
12	75
13	75
14	74
15	74
16	73
17	73
18	73
19	72
20	72
21	72
22	72
23	72
24	72
25	73
26	74
27	74
28	75
29	76
30	77
31	78

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	79	21
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	80	20
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	81	19
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	83	17
31	83	17