Mena weather in May

In May, Mena sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 964 mm of rain across 30.6 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 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% 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 Mena's 9th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mena's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 15°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 964 mm; 30.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:08 AM – 6:26 PM
Cloud cover: 79%; 9th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 4.33 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.6; out of 10

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

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month.

A typical May day in Mena reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°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)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Avg low (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15

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

Mena 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	25° / 12°	40	4.2	11.7	8.0
Feb	27° / 12°	35	4.3	11.8	7.6
Mar	26° / 14°	181	12.5	12	6.4
Apr	24° / 15°	621	25.8	12.1	4.3
May	23° / 15°	964	30.6	12.3	3.6
Jun	22° / 15°	465	27.7	12.4	3.8
Jul	22° / 15°	215	26.2	12.3	4.0
Aug	23° / 15°	193	25.3	12.2	4.3
Sep	23° / 15°	319	24.6	12	4.4
Oct	22° / 14°	851	30.4	11.9	3.6
Nov	23° / 13°	362	21.8	11.7	5.0
Dec	24° / 11°	82	8.7	11.6	7.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 89%.

	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 (%)	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	16
Cloudier (%)	91	91	91	92	92	92	92	91	91	91	91	91	90	90	90	90	90	89	89	89	88	88	87	87	86	86	86	86	85	85	84

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	9	91
2	9	91
3	9	91
4	8	92
5	8	92
6	8	92
7	8	92
8	9	91
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	9	91
13	10	90
14	10	90
15	10	90
16	10	90
17	10	90
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	12	88
22	12	88
23	13	87
24	13	87
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	14	86
28	14	86
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	16	84

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Mena gets around 964 mm of rain over 30.6 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 98% and peaks near 99% 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 (%)	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	97	97	97	96	96	96

	Rain chance (%)
1	98
2	98
3	98
4	98
5	99
6	99
7	99
8	99
9	99
10	99
11	99
12	99
13	99
14	99
15	99
16	99
17	99
18	99
19	99
20	99
21	99
22	99
23	98
24	98
25	98
26	97
27	97
28	97
29	96
30	96
31	96

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 71% 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 (%)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Comfortable (%)	24	24	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	24	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	34	35	36	38	39	41	42	44	45
Humid (%)	75	76	77	77	77	78	78	78	78	78	77	77	76	76	75	74	73	72	71	70	69	68	66	65	64	62	61	59	57	55	54

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	1	24	75
2	0	24	76
3	0	23	77
4	0	23	77
5	0	23	77
6	0	22	78
7	0	22	78
8	0	22	78
9	0	22	78
10	0	22	78
11	0	23	77
12	0	23	77
13	0	24	76
14	0	24	76
15	0	25	75
16	0	26	74
17	0	27	73
18	0	28	72
19	0	29	71
20	0	30	70
21	0	31	69
22	0	32	68
23	0	34	66
24	0	35	65
25	0	36	64
26	0	38	62
27	0	39	61
28	0	41	59
29	1	42	57
30	1	44	55
31	1	45	54

Wind in May

Winds average 4 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 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)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
5	4	calm
6	4	calm
7	4	calm
8	4	calm
9	4	calm
10	4	calm
11	4	calm
12	4	calm
13	4	calm
14	4	calm
15	4	calm
16	4	calm
17	4	calm
18	4	calm
19	4	calm
20	4	calm
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22	4	calm
23	4	calm
24	4	calm
25	4	calm
26	4	calm
27	4	calm
28	4	calm
29	4	calm
30	4	calm
31	4	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 6:11 AM to 6:08 AM, and sunset from 6:24 PM to 6:28 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	12.3	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	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08
Sunset (PM)	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	6:11	6:24
2	12.2	6:11	6:24
3	12.2	6:11	6:25
4	12.2	6:10	6:25
5	12.2	6:10	6:25
6	12.2	6:10	6:25
7	12.3	6:10	6:25
8	12.3	6:09	6:25
9	12.3	6:09	6:25
10	12.3	6:09	6:25
11	12.3	6:09	6:25
12	12.3	6:09	6:25
13	12.3	6:08	6:25
14	12.3	6:08	6:25
15	12.3	6:08	6:25
16	12.3	6:08	6:26
17	12.3	6:08	6:26
18	12.3	6:08	6:26
19	12.3	6:08	6:26
20	12.3	6:08	6:26
21	12.3	6:08	6:26
22	12.3	6:08	6:26
23	12.3	6:08	6:27
24	12.3	6:08	6:27
25	12.3	6:08	6:27
26	12.3	6:08	6:27
27	12.3	6:08	6:27
28	12.3	6:08	6:28
29	12.3	6:08	6:28
30	12.3	6:08	6:28
31	12.3	6:08	6:28

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.67 kWh/m² to a high of 6.44 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 4.33 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)	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2
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	4.5	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.5	Bright
4	4.5	Bright
5	4.5	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.4	Bright
8	4.4	Bright
9	4.4	Bright
10	4.4	Bright
11	4.4	Bright
12	4.3	Bright
13	4.3	Bright
14	4.3	Bright
15	4.3	Bright
16	4.3	Bright
17	4.3	Bright
18	4.3	Bright
19	4.3	Bright
20	4.3	Bright
21	4.3	Bright
22	4.3	Bright
23	4.3	Bright
24	4.3	Bright
25	4.2	Bright
26	4.2	Bright
27	4.2	Bright
28	4.2	Bright
29	4.2	Bright
30	4.2	Bright
31	4.2	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Mena

In seasonPeak

In May, Mena sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Mena's rainy season runs April–June, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Mena?

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

3.6

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

2.7

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Mena.

What to pack for Mena in May

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

In May, Mena sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 15°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes. About 31 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothes

UV index in Mena 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 Mena peaks around March 17 at about 15 (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)	13	14	15	14	13	11	11	13	13	13	11	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Mena 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 Mena 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	17	14	15	20	18	14	14	15	13	10
Level	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	9	Good
Feb	10	Good
Mar	17	Moderate
Apr	14	Moderate
May	15	Moderate
Jun	20	Moderate
Jul	18	Moderate
Aug	14	Moderate
Sep	14	Moderate
Oct	15	Moderate
Nov	13	Moderate
Dec	10	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Mena?

Mena sits at 6.4°N, 39.9°E, 1,262 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Goba, 68 km away.

Topography around Mena

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mena has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 163 m around an average of 1,272 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 988 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,893 m.

The land around Mena is covered by cropland (56%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, trees (47%) and cropland (37%) within 16 km, and trees (40%) and shrubs (32%) within 80 km.

3 km

163 m

cropland 56%

16 km

988 m

trees 47%

80 km

3,893 m

trees 40%

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

May weather nearby: Goba 68 km · Bale Robe 80 km · Dodola 97 km · Āsasa 105 km · Kibre Mengist 113 km · Ghinnir 124 km · Negēlē 126 km · Shakiso 127 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 Mena (6.4167°, 39.85°, elevation 1,262 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	23	15
2	23	15
3	23	15
4	23	15
5	23	15
6	23	15
7	23	15
8	23	15
9	23	15
10	23	15
11	23	15
12	23	15
13	23	15
14	23	15
15	23	15
16	23	15
17	23	15
18	23	15
19	23	15
20	23	15
21	23	15
22	23	15
23	23	15
24	23	15
25	23	15
26	23	15
27	23	15
28	23	15
29	23	15
30	23	15
31	23	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	9	91
2	9	91
3	9	91
4	8	92
5	8	92
6	8	92
7	8	92
8	9	91
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	9	91
13	10	90
14	10	90
15	10	90
16	10	90
17	10	90
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	12	88
22	12	88
23	13	87
24	13	87
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	14	86
28	14	86
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	16	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	98
2	98
3	98
4	98
5	99
6	99
7	99
8	99
9	99
10	99
11	99
12	99
13	99
14	99
15	99
16	99
17	99
18	99
19	99
20	99
21	99
22	99
23	98
24	98
25	98
26	97
27	97
28	97
29	96
30	96
31	96

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	1	24	75
2	0	24	76
3	0	23	77
4	0	23	77
5	0	23	77
6	0	22	78
7	0	22	78
8	0	22	78
9	0	22	78
10	0	22	78
11	0	23	77
12	0	23	77
13	0	24	76
14	0	24	76
15	0	25	75
16	0	26	74
17	0	27	73
18	0	28	72
19	0	29	71
20	0	30	70
21	0	31	69
22	0	32	68
23	0	34	66
24	0	35	65
25	0	36	64
26	0	38	62
27	0	39	61
28	0	41	59
29	1	42	57
30	1	44	55
31	1	45	54

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	9	91
2	9	91
3	9	91
4	8	92
5	8	92
6	8	92
7	8	92
8	9	91
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	9	91
13	10	90
14	10	90
15	10	90
16	10	90
17	10	90
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	12	88
22	12	88
23	13	87
24	13	87
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	14	86
28	14	86
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	16	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	98
2	98
3	98
4	98
5	99
6	99
7	99
8	99
9	99
10	99
11	99
12	99
13	99
14	99
15	99
16	99
17	99
18	99
19	99
20	99
21	99
22	99
23	98
24	98
25	98
26	97
27	97
28	97
29	96
30	96
31	96

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	1	24	75
2	0	24	76
3	0	23	77
4	0	23	77
5	0	23	77
6	0	22	78
7	0	22	78
8	0	22	78
9	0	22	78
10	0	22	78
11	0	23	77
12	0	23	77
13	0	24	76
14	0	24	76
15	0	25	75
16	0	26	74
17	0	27	73
18	0	28	72
19	0	29	71
20	0	30	70
21	0	31	69
22	0	32	68
23	0	34	66
24	0	35	65
25	0	36	64
26	0	38	62
27	0	39	61
28	0	41	59
29	1	42	57
30	1	44	55
31	1	45	54

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	9	91
2	9	91
3	9	91
4	8	92
5	8	92
6	8	92
7	8	92
8	9	91
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	9	91
13	10	90
14	10	90
15	10	90
16	10	90
17	10	90
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	12	88
22	12	88
23	13	87
24	13	87
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	14	86
28	14	86
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	16	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	98
2	98
3	98
4	98
5	99
6	99
7	99
8	99
9	99
10	99
11	99
12	99
13	99
14	99
15	99
16	99
17	99
18	99
19	99
20	99
21	99
22	99
23	98
24	98
25	98
26	97
27	97
28	97
29	96
30	96
31	96

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	1	24	75
2	0	24	76
3	0	23	77
4	0	23	77
5	0	23	77
6	0	22	78
7	0	22	78
8	0	22	78
9	0	22	78
10	0	22	78
11	0	23	77
12	0	23	77
13	0	24	76
14	0	24	76
15	0	25	75
16	0	26	74
17	0	27	73
18	0	28	72
19	0	29	71
20	0	30	70
21	0	31	69
22	0	32	68
23	0	34	66
24	0	35	65
25	0	36	64
26	0	38	62
27	0	39	61
28	0	41	59
29	1	42	57
30	1	44	55
31	1	45	54