Tebela weather in May

In May, Tebela sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 210 mm of rain across 25 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% 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 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Tebela's 10th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tebela's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
7th warmest
Overnight low
17°
9th coldest
Rainfall
210 mm
25 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
6:16 AM – 6:34 PM
Cloud cover
71%
10th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.67 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.3
out of 10

Tebela is City in Wolayita, Ethiopia.

Density
5,115/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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month.

A typical May day in Tebela reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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Tebela weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 16°183.711.76.7
Feb30° / 17°214.311.85.9
Mar30° / 18°7011.6125.1
Apr28° / 18°16020.812.14.5
May26° / 17°2102512.34.3
Jun25° / 16°1982512.44.4
Jul23° / 16°2382712.44.2
Aug24° / 16°25326.412.24.3
Sep25° / 16°22724.8124.5
Oct26° / 16°12818.211.95.4
Nov27° / 16°416.111.77.2
Dec28° / 15°152.811.67.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 73%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12179
22080
32080
42080
52080
62080
72080
82179
92080
102080
112179
122278
132278
142476
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203070
213169
223367
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253565
263664
273664
283763
293763
303763
313961

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Tebela gets around 210 mm of rain over 25 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 81% and peaks near 83% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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2180
2280
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2480
2579
2679
2779
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2980
3080
3180

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 89% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1210862
229872
328882
427892
517902
616912
716912
815922
915922
1015922
1115922
1216912
1316912
1406922
1507912
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1707912
1808902
1908902
2009892
2109892
2209892
23010882
24010882
25011872
26011872
27012862
28012862
29012862
30013852
31013852

Wind in May

Winds average 4 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 3 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
14calm
24calm
34calm
44calm
54calm
64calm
74calm
84calm
94calm
104calm
114calm
124calm
134calm
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273calm
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293calm
303calm
313calm

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 6:19 AM to 6:16 AM, and sunset from 6:33 PM to 6:37 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:196:33
212.26:196:33
312.26:196:33
412.26:186:33
512.36:186:33
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712.36:186:33
812.36:176:33
912.36:176:34
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1312.36:166:34
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1812.36:166:35
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2012.36:166:35
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2312.36:156:35
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2812.36:156:36
2912.46:156:37
3012.46:166:37
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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 5.67 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.68 kWh/m² to a high of 6.53 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 5.67 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 Tebela

In seasonPeak

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

Tebela's rainy season runs April–October, 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 Tebela?

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

4.3
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Tebela for sightseeing.

What to pack for Tebela in May

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

In May, Tebela sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 17°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Tebela 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 Tebela peaks around March 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 22 at about 11 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 16UV 15Nov 22UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Tebela 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 Tebela is worst in January — around 69 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.8× the cleanest month (May, 38 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyJan 1468 µg/m³May 938 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan69Unhealthy
Feb61Unhealthy
Mar49Poor
Apr38Poor
May38Poor
Jun45Poor
Jul44Poor
Aug39Poor
Sep40Poor
Oct45Poor
Nov56Unhealthy
Dec65Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Tebela?

Tebela sits at 6.7°N, 37.8°E, 1,704 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Wolaita Sodo, 17 km away.

Topography around Tebela

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tebela has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 428 m around an average of 1,637 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,105 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,914 m.

The land around Tebela is covered by cropland (46%) and shrubs (27%) within 3 km, cropland (49%) and shrubs (28%) within 16 km, and shrubs (35%) and cropland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
428 m
16 km
1,105 m
80 km
2,914 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Wolaita Sodo 17 km · Gasuba 22 km · Badessa 26 km · Gununo 28 km · Bodītī 31 km · Bale Hawassa 36 km · Shanto 37 km · Bedēsa 37 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 Tebela (6.7061°, 37.7697°, elevation 1,704 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).