May Cadera weather in August

In August, May Cadera sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 249 mm of rain across 27.2 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is May Cadera's 12th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see May Cadera's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 249 mm; 27.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 30 min; 6:24 AM – 6:52 PM
Cloud cover: 70%; 12th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.14 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.9; out of 10

May Cadera is town in northeastern Ethiopia, near the Sudanese border.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical August day in May Cadera reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C cooler than July and about 2°C cooler than September.

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Avg high (°C)	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	22
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3	31	22
4	30	22
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27	30	22
28	30	22
29	31	22
30	31	22
31	31	22

How August really feels in May Cadera

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

May Cadera weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 12th-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	36° / 20°	0	0	11.3	2.9
Feb	38° / 21°	0	0	11.5	1.6
Mar	40° / 24°	1	0.1	11.9	0.2
Apr	41° / 26°	5	1.8	12.3	0.0
May	40° / 27°	34	8.3	12.6	0.2
Jun	37° / 25°	77	16.2	12.8	1.4
Jul	33° / 23°	187	24.3	12.7	2.5
Aug	30° / 22°	249	27.2	12.5	2.9
Sep	32° / 22°	103	17.2	12.1	3.3
Oct	35° / 23°	26	6.2	11.7	2.8
Nov	37° / 22°	2	0.6	11.3	2.2
Dec	36° / 21°	0	0	11.2	2.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 27% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 66%.

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Clearer (%)	31	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	31	31	32	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	45	46
Cloudier (%)	69	70	70	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	70	69	69	68	68	67	66	65	64	63	62	61	60	59	58	57	55	54

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	29	71
5	29	71
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	29	71
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12	29	71
13	29	71
14	30	70
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	33	67
20	34	66
21	35	65
22	36	64
23	37	63
24	38	62
25	39	61
26	40	60
27	41	59
28	42	58
29	43	57
30	45	55
31	46	54

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

May Cadera gets around 249 mm of rain over 27.2 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 88% and peaks near 89% 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 (%)	85	86	86	86	86	87	87	87	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	88	88	87	87	87	86	86	86	85

	Rain chance (%)
1	85
2	86
3	86
4	86
5	86
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the muggy band about 57% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	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
Muggy (%)	78	77	75	74	72	70	68	66	65	63	61	59	57	56	54	53	52	51	50	49	48	48	48	48	47	47	47	47	46	46	46
Oppressive (%)	22	23	25	26	28	30	32	34	35	37	39	41	43	44	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	52	52	52	53	53	53	53	54	54	54

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	78	22
2	77	23
3	75	25
4	74	26
5	72	28
6	70	30
7	68	32
8	66	34
9	65	35
10	63	37
11	61	39
12	59	41
13	57	43
14	56	44
15	54	46
16	53	47
17	52	48
18	51	49
19	50	50
20	49	51
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25	47	53
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29	46	54
30	46	54
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Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

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Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:21 AM to 6:25 AM, and sunset from 6:59 PM to 6:42 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)	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:21	6:21	6:21	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	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25
Sunset (PM)	6:59	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:57	6:57	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:42

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.6	6:21	6:59
2	12.6	6:21	6:58
3	12.6	6:21	6:58
4	12.6	6:22	6:58
5	12.6	6:22	6:57
6	12.6	6:22	6:57
7	12.6	6:22	6:56
8	12.6	6:22	6:56
9	12.6	6:23	6:56
10	12.5	6:23	6:55
11	12.5	6:23	6:55
12	12.5	6:23	6:54
13	12.5	6:23	6:54
14	12.5	6:23	6:53
15	12.5	6:23	6:53
16	12.5	6:24	6:52
17	12.5	6:24	6:51
18	12.4	6:24	6:51
19	12.4	6:24	6:50
20	12.4	6:24	6:50
21	12.4	6:24	6:49
22	12.4	6:24	6:48
23	12.4	6:24	6:48
24	12.4	6:25	6:47
25	12.4	6:25	6:47
26	12.4	6:25	6:46
27	12.3	6:25	6:45
28	12.3	6:25	6:45
29	12.3	6:25	6:44
30	12.3	6:25	6:43
31	12.3	6:25	6:42

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.14 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.14 kWh/m² to a high of 7.15 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.14 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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)	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.0	Bright
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30	5.4	Bright
31	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for May Cadera

In seasonPeak

In August, May Cadera sits inside its monsoon and dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

May Cadera's monsoon runs July–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

May Cadera sees seasonal dust haze (June–August), heaviest in July.

Monsoon

Dust

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Apr

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Jun

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Is August a good time to visit May Cadera?

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

2.9

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

4.1

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in May Cadera.

What to pack for May Cadera in August

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

In August, May Cadera sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

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UV index in May Cadera in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in May Cadera peaks around March 23 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 at about 8 (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)	10	12	13	13	11	11	8	11	11	11	9	8
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in May Cadera in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in May Cadera is worst in April — around 25 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (December, 14 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)	17	20	24	25	18	21	22	20	19	16	14	14
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	17	Moderate
Feb	20	Moderate
Mar	24	Moderate
Apr	25	Moderate
May	18	Moderate
Jun	21	Moderate
Jul	22	Moderate
Aug	20	Moderate
Sep	19	Moderate
Oct	16	Moderate
Nov	14	Moderate
Dec	14	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is May Cadera?

May Cadera sits at 14.1°N, 36.6°E, 626 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Adebaye, 25 km away.

Topography around May Cadera

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around May Cadera has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 32 m around an average of 621 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 368 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,490 m.

The land around May Cadera is covered by cropland (81%) within 3 km, cropland (58%) and grassland (36%) within 16 km, and grassland (41%) and cropland (40%) within 80 km.

3 km

32 m

cropland 81%

16 km

368 m

cropland 58%

80 km

1,490 m

grassland 41%

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← July May Cadera year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Adebaye 25 km · Himora 26 km · Ābderafī 40 km · Abala 50 km · Al-Fashaqah 84 km · Doka 106 km · Khashm al Qirbah 122 km · Al Qadarif 128 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 May Cadera (14.0729°, 36.5683°, elevation 626 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	31	22
2	31	22
3	31	22
4	30	22
5	30	22
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21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	31	22
30	31	22
31	31	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	29	71
5	29	71
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	30	70
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	33	67
20	34	66
21	35	65
22	36	64
23	37	63
24	38	62
25	39	61
26	40	60
27	41	59
28	42	58
29	43	57
30	45	55
31	46	54

	Rain chance (%)
1	85
2	86
3	86
4	86
5	86
6	87
7	87
8	87
9	88
10	88
11	88
12	89
13	89
14	89
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21	89
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23	88
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27	87
28	86
29	86
30	86
31	85

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	78	22
2	77	23
3	75	25
4	74	26
5	72	28
6	70	30
7	68	32
8	66	34
9	65	35
10	63	37
11	61	39
12	59	41
13	57	43
14	56	44
15	54	46
16	53	47
17	52	48
18	51	49
19	50	50
20	49	51
21	48	52
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	48	52
25	47	53
26	47	53
27	47	53
28	47	53
29	46	54
30	46	54
31	46	54

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	29	71
5	29	71
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	30	70
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	33	67
20	34	66
21	35	65
22	36	64
23	37	63
24	38	62
25	39	61
26	40	60
27	41	59
28	42	58
29	43	57
30	45	55
31	46	54

	Rain chance (%)
1	85
2	86
3	86
4	86
5	86
6	87
7	87
8	87
9	88
10	88
11	88
12	89
13	89
14	89
15	89
16	89
17	89
18	89
19	89
20	89
21	89
22	89
23	88
24	88
25	87
26	87
27	87
28	86
29	86
30	86
31	85

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	78	22
2	77	23
3	75	25
4	74	26
5	72	28
6	70	30
7	68	32
8	66	34
9	65	35
10	63	37
11	61	39
12	59	41
13	57	43
14	56	44
15	54	46
16	53	47
17	52	48
18	51	49
19	50	50
20	49	51
21	48	52
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	48	52
25	47	53
26	47	53
27	47	53
28	47	53
29	46	54
30	46	54
31	46	54

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	29	71
5	29	71
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	30	70
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	33	67
20	34	66
21	35	65
22	36	64
23	37	63
24	38	62
25	39	61
26	40	60
27	41	59
28	42	58
29	43	57
30	45	55
31	46	54

	Rain chance (%)
1	85
2	86
3	86
4	86
5	86
6	87
7	87
8	87
9	88
10	88
11	88
12	89
13	89
14	89
15	89
16	89
17	89
18	89
19	89
20	89
21	89
22	89
23	88
24	88
25	87
26	87
27	87
28	86
29	86
30	86
31	85

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	78	22
2	77	23
3	75	25
4	74	26
5	72	28
6	70	30
7	68	32
8	66	34
9	65	35
10	63	37
11	61	39
12	59	41
13	57	43
14	56	44
15	54	46
16	53	47
17	52	48
18	51	49
19	50	50
20	49	51
21	48	52
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	48	52
25	47	53
26	47	53
27	47	53
28	47	53
29	46	54
30	46	54
31	46	54