Sagurē weather in May

In May, Sagurē sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 452 mm of rain across 24.5 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of May to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Sagurē's 7th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sagurē's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
5th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Rainfall
452 mm
24.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:09 AM – 6:30 PM
Cloud cover
70%
7th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
6.06 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Sagurē is town in south-central Ethiopia.

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 19°C through the month.

A typical May day in Sagurē reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Sagurē weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan19° / 439.111.66.5
Feb20° / 628.411.76.5
Mar20° / 20816.211.95.5
Apr19° / 39222.912.24.2
May19° / 45224.512.34.0
Jun18° / 49428.412.43.3
Jul17° / 69130.912.42.7
Aug17° / 102130.912.32.7
Sep17° / 79228.8123.1
Oct18° / 24720.111.84.4
Nov18° / 488.311.66.3
Dec19° / 20511.67.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 67%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12377
22377
32476
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72575
82674
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112872
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304456
314456

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Sagurē gets around 452 mm of rain over 24.5 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 80% and peaks near 82% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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3081
3182

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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)
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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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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 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 6 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:13 AM to 6:08 AM, and sunset from 6:29 PM to 6:33 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.36:136:29
212.36:126:29
312.36:126:29
412.36:126:29
512.36:116:29
612.36:116:29
712.36:116:29
812.36:116:29
912.36:106:29
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2812.46:086:33
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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 6.06 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.06 kWh/m² to a high of 6.61 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 6.06 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.1Intense
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246.0Bright
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275.9Bright
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Sagurē

In seasonPeak

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

Sagurē's monsoon runs June–September, 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 Sagurē?

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
1.6
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Sagurē for sightseeing.

What to pack for Sagurē in May

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

In May, Sagurē sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 8°C. Pack rain gear and sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer. About 25 days see rain.

rain gearsun protectiona warm layer

UV index in Sagurē 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 Sagurē peaks around March 16 at about 17 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 16UV 17Nov 23UV 12
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar17Extreme
Apr16Extreme
May14Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug15Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Sagurē 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 Sagurē is worst in June — around 33 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 1732 µg/m³Jan 1726 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan26Moderate
Feb27Moderate
Mar28Moderate
Apr26Moderate
May28Moderate
Jun33Moderate
Jul29Moderate
Aug26Moderate
Sep31Moderate
Oct31Moderate
Nov28Moderate
Dec28Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Sagurē?

Sagurē sits at 7.8°N, 39.1°E, 2,512 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Āsela, 22 km away.

Topography around Sagurē

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sagurē has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 124 m around an average of 2,504 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,113 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,925 m.

The land around Sagurē is covered by cropland (91%) within 3 km, cropland (90%) within 16 km, and cropland (70%) within 80 km.

3 km
124 m
16 km
1,113 m
80 km
2,925 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Āsela 22 km · Bek’ojī 26 km · Gobēsa 41 km · Īteya 44 km · Huruta 50 km · Ziway 52 km · Mek’ī 58 km · ‘Alem T’ēna 65 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 Sagurē (7.75°, 39.15°, elevation 2,512 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).