Waliso weather in May

In May, Waliso sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 176 mm of rain across 19.9 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 25°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% 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 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Waliso's 8th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Waliso's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 176 mm; 19.9 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 24 min; 6:13 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover: 62%; 8th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.45 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.3; out of 10

Waliso is town in Oromia, Ethiopia.

Density: 6,079/km²; people per km²

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

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 25°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical May day in Waliso reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C cooler than April and about 3°C warmer than 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)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	25	13
2	25	13
3	25	13
4	25	13
5	25	13
6	25	13
7	25	13
8	25	13
9	25	13
10	25	13
11	25	13
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22	24	13
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24	24	13
25	24	13
26	24	13
27	24	13
28	23	13
29	23	13
30	23	13
31	23	13

Waliso weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 6th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 11°	11	2.7	11.6	8.3
Feb	26° / 12°	15	3.4	11.7	7.9
Mar	26° / 13°	56	8.6	11.9	6.9
Apr	26° / 14°	97	13.6	12.2	6.1
May	24° / 13°	176	19.9	12.4	5.3
Jun	21° / 13°	186	28.2	12.5	3.8
Jul	19° / 12°	235	30.3	12.4	3.3
Aug	19° / 12°	243	30.4	12.3	3.3
Sep	21° / 11°	286	28	12.1	3.8
Oct	23° / 11°	73	8.8	11.8	7.3
Nov	24° / 11°	16	2.8	11.6	8.6
Dec	24° / 11°	5	1.1	11.5	8.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	35	35	35	36	36	36	37	37	40	40	40	40	41	41	42	43	43	43	44	44	46	46	47	47	49	48	48	49	49	50	48
Cloudier (%)	65	65	65	64	64	64	63	63	60	60	60	60	59	59	58	57	57	57	56	56	54	54	53	53	51	52	52	51	51	50	52

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	36	64
7	37	63
8	37	63
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	42	58
16	43	57
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	44	56
20	44	56
21	46	54
22	46	54
23	47	53
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26	48	52
27	48	52
28	49	51
29	49	51
30	50	50
31	48	52

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Waliso gets around 176 mm of rain over 19.9 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 66% and peaks near 79% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	57	57	58	58	58	58	58	58	59	59	60	61	62	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	57
2	57
3	58
4	58
5	58
6	58
7	58
8	58
9	59
10	59
11	60
12	61
13	62
14	62
15	63
16	64
17	65
18	66
19	67
20	68
21	69
22	70
23	71
24	72
25	73
26	74
27	75
28	76
29	77
30	78
31	79

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 68% 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 (%)	76	75	74	73	73	73	72	72	72	71	71	71	71	70	70	70	69	69	68	68	67	66	66	65	64	63	62	60	59	58	57
Comfortable (%)	24	25	26	27	27	27	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	31	31	32	32	33	34	34	35	36	37	38	40	41	42	43

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	76	24
2	75	25
3	74	26
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	67	33
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	65	35
25	64	36
26	63	37
27	62	38
28	60	40
29	59	41
30	58	42
31	57	43

Wind in May

Winds average 6 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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)	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	7	calm
2	6	calm
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31	5	calm

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 6:16 AM to 6:12 AM, and sunset from 6:34 PM to 6:39 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)	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12
Sunset (PM)	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	6:16	6:34
2	12.3	6:16	6:34
3	12.3	6:16	6:34
4	12.3	6:15	6:34
5	12.3	6:15	6:35
6	12.3	6:15	6:35
7	12.3	6:15	6:35
8	12.3	6:14	6:35
9	12.3	6:14	6:35
10	12.4	6:14	6:35
11	12.4	6:14	6:35
12	12.4	6:13	6:35
13	12.4	6:13	6:36
14	12.4	6:13	6:36
15	12.4	6:13	6:36
16	12.4	6:13	6:36
17	12.4	6:13	6:36
18	12.4	6:12	6:36
19	12.4	6:12	6:37
20	12.4	6:12	6:37
21	12.4	6:12	6:37
22	12.4	6:12	6:37
23	12.4	6:12	6:37
24	12.4	6:12	6:38
25	12.4	6:12	6:38
26	12.4	6:12	6:38
27	12.4	6:12	6:38
28	12.4	6:12	6:39
29	12.4	6:12	6:39
30	12.5	6:12	6:39
31	12.5	6:12	6:39

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.21 kWh/m² to a high of 6.1 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 5.45 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)	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.6	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
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15	5.5	Bright
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17	5.5	Bright
18	5.4	Bright
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20	5.4	Bright
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22	5.4	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.2	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.1	Bright
31	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Waliso

In seasonPeak

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

Waliso's monsoon runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

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Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Waliso?

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

5.3

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

4.5

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Waliso for sightseeing.

What to pack for Waliso in May

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

In May, Waliso sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 13°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Waliso 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 Waliso peaks around March 18 at about 16 (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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	13	14	16	15	13	12	12	14	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	16	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Waliso 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 Waliso is worst in October — around 46 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	42	41	39	37	38	41	35	33	41	46	40	43
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	42	Poor
Feb	41	Poor
Mar	39	Poor
Apr	37	Poor
May	38	Poor
Jun	41	Poor
Jul	35	Moderate
Aug	33	Moderate
Sep	41	Poor
Oct	46	Poor
Nov	40	Poor
Dec	43	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Waliso?

Waliso sits at 8.5°N, 38.0°E, 2,026 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Tulu Bolo, 31 km away.

Topography around Waliso

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Waliso has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 123 m around an average of 2,024 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,083 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,623 m.

The land around Waliso is covered by cropland (43%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, cropland (66%) within 16 km, and cropland (68%) within 80 km.

3 km

123 m

cropland 43%

16 km

1,083 m

cropland 66%

80 km

2,623 m

cropland 68%

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

May weather nearby: Tulu Bolo 31 km · Welk’īt’ē 34 km · Hāgere Hiywet 52 km · Guder 53 km · Gīnch’ī 59 km · Butajīra 64 km · Ādīs ‘Alem 73 km · Insēno 76 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 Waliso (8.5342°, 37.9652°, elevation 2,026 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	25	13
2	25	13
3	25	13
4	25	13
5	25	13
6	25	13
7	25	13
8	25	13
9	25	13
10	25	13
11	25	13
12	25	13
13	25	13
14	24	13
15	24	13
16	24	13
17	24	13
18	24	13
19	24	13
20	24	13
21	24	13
22	24	13
23	24	13
24	24	13
25	24	13
26	24	13
27	24	13
28	23	13
29	23	13
30	23	13
31	23	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	36	64
7	37	63
8	37	63
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	42	58
16	43	57
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	44	56
20	44	56
21	46	54
22	46	54
23	47	53
24	47	53
25	49	51
26	48	52
27	48	52
28	49	51
29	49	51
30	50	50
31	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	57
2	57
3	58
4	58
5	58
6	58
7	58
8	58
9	59
10	59
11	60
12	61
13	62
14	62
15	63
16	64
17	65
18	66
19	67
20	68
21	69
22	70
23	71
24	72
25	73
26	74
27	75
28	76
29	77
30	78
31	79

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	76	24
2	75	25
3	74	26
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	67	33
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	65	35
25	64	36
26	63	37
27	62	38
28	60	40
29	59	41
30	58	42
31	57	43

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	36	64
7	37	63
8	37	63
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	42	58
16	43	57
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	44	56
20	44	56
21	46	54
22	46	54
23	47	53
24	47	53
25	49	51
26	48	52
27	48	52
28	49	51
29	49	51
30	50	50
31	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	57
2	57
3	58
4	58
5	58
6	58
7	58
8	58
9	59
10	59
11	60
12	61
13	62
14	62
15	63
16	64
17	65
18	66
19	67
20	68
21	69
22	70
23	71
24	72
25	73
26	74
27	75
28	76
29	77
30	78
31	79

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	76	24
2	75	25
3	74	26
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	67	33
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	65	35
25	64	36
26	63	37
27	62	38
28	60	40
29	59	41
30	58	42
31	57	43

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	36	64
7	37	63
8	37	63
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	42	58
16	43	57
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	44	56
20	44	56
21	46	54
22	46	54
23	47	53
24	47	53
25	49	51
26	48	52
27	48	52
28	49	51
29	49	51
30	50	50
31	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	57
2	57
3	58
4	58
5	58
6	58
7	58
8	58
9	59
10	59
11	60
12	61
13	62
14	62
15	63
16	64
17	65
18	66
19	67
20	68
21	69
22	70
23	71
24	72
25	73
26	74
27	75
28	76
29	77
30	78
31	79

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	76	24
2	75	25
3	74	26
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	67	33
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	65	35
25	64	36
26	63	37
27	62	38
28	60	40
29	59	41
30	58	42
31	57	43