Nek’emtē weather in May

In May, Nek’emtē sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 507 mm of rain across 27.5 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in May, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of May to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Nek’emtē's 8th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nek’emtē's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
6th warmest
Overnight low
16°
9th coldest
Rainfall
507 mm
27.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:18 AM – 6:42 PM
Cloud cover
76%
8th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.5 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Nek’emtē is market town in western Ethiopia.

Density
5,288/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

Highs ease over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical May day in Nek’emtē reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C cooler than April and about 2°C warmer than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Nek’emtē weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 6th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 15°426.311.57.2
Feb28° / 16°516.811.76.2
Mar28° / 17°12014.711.95.1
Apr27° / 17°22319.512.24.9
May25° / 16°50727.512.44.0
Jun23° / 15°6083012.53.6
Jul22° / 14°5853112.53.4
Aug22° / 15°6843112.33.4
Sep23° / 14°107429.712.13.6
Oct24° / 14°56022.411.85.0
Nov25° / 14°1371211.66.6
Dec26° / 14°497.211.57.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 82%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12476
22476
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52278
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Nek’emtē gets around 507 mm of rain over 27.5 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 89% and peaks near 97% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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2896
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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 50% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
1195032
2184834
3174736
4164539
5154441
6144343
7134245
8124147
9114049
10104050
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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 5 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 18 min at the start of May to 12 h 30 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 6:22 AM to 6:17 AM, and sunset from 6:40 PM to 6:46 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.36:226:40
212.36:216:41
312.36:216:41
412.36:216:41
512.36:206:41
612.46:206:41
712.46:206:41
812.46:196:41
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1212.46:186:42
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1712.46:176:43
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2012.46:176:43
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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 5.5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.43 kWh/m² to a high of 6.42 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 5.5 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Nek’emtē

In seasonPeak

In May, Nek’emtē sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Nek’emtē's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is May a good time to visit Nek’emtē?

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

4.0
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
3.7
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Nek’emtē for sightseeing.

What to pack for Nek’emtē in May

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

In May, Nek’emtē sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 16°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 28 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Nek’emtē in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Nek’emtē peaks around March 20 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 23 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 20UV 15Nov 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Nek’emtē 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 Nek’emtē is worst in February — around 44 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.4× the cleanest month (May, 18 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateFeb 1143 µg/m³May 1718 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan39Poor
Feb44Poor
Mar31Moderate
Apr23Moderate
May18Moderate
Jun23Moderate
Jul23Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct25Moderate
Nov29Moderate
Dec30Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Nek’emtē?

Nek’emtē sits at 9.1°N, 36.5°E, 2,107 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Gutin, 54 km away.

GēdoSuntuNejo

Topography around Nek’emtē

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nek’emtē has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 208 m around an average of 2,075 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,277 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,344 m.

The land around Nek’emtē is covered by trees (43%) and artificial surfaces (28%) within 3 km, trees (38%) and cropland (35%) within 16 km, and cropland (53%) and trees (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
208 m
16 km
1,277 m
80 km
2,344 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswetland
May weather nearby: Gutin 54 km · Bedelē 73 km · Gimbi 79 km · Shambu 81 km · Āyana 89 km · Gēdo 99 km · Suntu 118 km · Nejo 124 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 Nek’emtē (9.0833°, 36.55°, elevation 2,107 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).