Warder weather in May

In May, Warder sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 42 mm of rain across 8.7 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Warder's 9th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Warder's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
6th warmest
Overnight low
23°
11th coldest
Rainfall
42 mm
8.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
5:45 AM – 6:04 PM
Cloud cover
53%
9th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.43 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.4
out of 10

Warder is human settlement in 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 32°C through the month.

A typical May day in Warder reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and on par with June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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23123
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How May really feels in Warder

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Warder weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 6th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 19°00.111.65.3
Feb33° / 19°00.111.84.5
Mar34° / 21°71.6123.8
Apr33° / 23°589.712.13.7
May32° / 23°428.712.34.4
Jun31° / 23°10.212.45.2
Jul31° / 22°10.412.45.5
Aug31° / 22°10.212.25.2
Sep32° / 23°41124.7
Oct31° / 22°5610.611.84.6
Nov31° / 20°346.511.75.3
Dec32° / 19°61.211.65.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 39%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15446
25446
35545
45644
55743
65842
76040
86040
96238
106337
116337
126436
136436
146436
156436
166436
176436
186337
196337
206238
216238
226238
236139
246139
256139
266040
276040
286040
295941
305941
315842

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Warder gets around 42 mm of rain over 8.7 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 28% and peaks near 52% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

0%20%40%60%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
152
251
351
449
548
647
745
843
941
1039
1137
1235
1333
1431
1529
1627
1725
1823
1921
2020
2118
2217
2315
2414
2513
2611
2710
289
298
307
316

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the muggy band about 54% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 65% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
112116422
212116422
312116422
401116622
501116721
601116721
701116820
801126819
902126818
1002136817
1102156716
1202166715
1303186514
1403206413
1504226212
1604246210
170527599
180629578
190731557
200834526
210836515
2201039475
2301141444
2401243423
2511345393
2611546362
2711648332
2811849302
2911951281
3012152251
3112352231

Wind in May

Winds average 16 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 21 km/h at its breeziest. Calmer and breezier days trade off through the month.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
211calm
311calm
412calm
512calm
612light breeze
713light breeze
813light breeze
913light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light breeze
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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 5:49 AM to 5:45 AM, and sunset from 6:03 PM to 6:07 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.25:496:03
212.25:486:03
312.35:486:03
412.35:486:03
512.35:476:03
612.35:476:03
712.35:476:03
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912.35:476:04
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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 5.43 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.64 kWh/m² to a high of 7.07 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 5.43 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.5Bright
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35.5Bright
45.5Bright
55.5Bright
65.5Bright
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205.4Bright
215.4Bright
225.4Bright
235.4Bright
245.3Bright
255.3Bright
265.3Bright
275.3Bright
285.2Bright
295.2Bright
305.2Bright
315.1Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Warder?

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

4.4
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
6.8
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Warder for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Warder in May

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

In May, Warder sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Warder 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 Warder peaks around March 18 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 22 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 18UV 14Nov 22UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Warder 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 Warder is worst in July — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.8× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodJul 1619 µg/m³Dec 137 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb13Moderate
Mar11Good
Apr9Good
May9Good
Jun16Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct9Good
Nov8Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Warder?

Warder sits at 7.0°N, 45.3°E, 556 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Neefkuceliye, 47 km away.

Digih Habar Es

Topography around Warder

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Warder has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m around an average of 556 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 109 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 515 m.

The land around Warder is covered by shrubs (77%) within 3 km, shrubs (98%) within 16 km, and shrubs (95%) within 80 km.

3 km
44 m
16 km
109 m
80 km
515 m
shrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Neefkuceliye 47 km · El Bahay 71 km · Golwayn 75 km · Lasoano 80 km · Raqo 84 km · Yamarugley 84 km · Fadhigaradle 89 km · Digih Habar Es 92 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 Warder (6.9744°, 45.3408°, elevation 556 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).