Wenago weather in May

In May, Wenago sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 456 mm of rain across 28.4 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in May, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of May to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Wenago's 11th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Wenago's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 456 mm; 28.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:15 AM – 6:32 PM
Cloud cover: 78%; 11th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.11 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.8; out of 10

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month.

A typical May day in Wenago reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 1°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)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	14
2	23	14
3	23	14
4	23	14
5	23	14
6	23	14
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21	22	14
22	22	14
23	22	14
24	22	14
25	22	14
26	22	14
27	22	14
28	22	14
29	22	14
30	22	14
31	22	14

Wenago weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 12°	63	7	11.7	7.6
Feb	26° / 13°	67	6.6	11.8	7.2
Mar	26° / 14°	204	13.4	12	6.2
Apr	24° / 14°	449	23.7	12.1	4.5
May	22° / 14°	456	28.4	12.3	3.8
Jun	21° / 13°	203	23.8	12.4	4.2
Jul	20° / 13°	128	22	12.3	4.4
Aug	21° / 13°	137	22	12.2	4.5
Sep	22° / 13°	264	23.8	12	4.4
Oct	22° / 13°	535	28.3	11.9	3.9
Nov	23° / 12°	339	18	11.7	5.5
Dec	24° / 11°	103	8.9	11.6	7.3

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 13% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 84%.

	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 (%)	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	14	15	15	16	17	18	18	19	19	20	20	21	21	22	22	22	24	24	24
Cloudier (%)	89	89	90	90	90	89	89	88	88	88	87	87	86	85	85	84	83	82	82	81	81	80	80	79	79	78	78	78	76	76	76

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	10	90
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	11	89
7	11	89
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	12	88
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	14	86
14	15	85
15	15	85
16	16	84
17	17	83
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	19	81
21	19	81
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	21	79
25	21	79
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	24	76
30	24	76
31	24	76

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Wenago gets around 456 mm of rain over 28.4 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 91% and peaks near 93% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	91	92	92	92	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	92	92	92	92	91	91	91	91	90	90	90	90	89	89	89	89	88	88

	Rain chance (%)
1	91
2	92
3	92
4	92
5	93
6	93
7	93
8	93
9	93
10	93
11	93
12	93
13	93
14	92
15	92
16	92
17	92
18	91
19	91
20	91
21	91
22	90
23	90
24	90
25	90
26	89
27	89
28	89
29	89
30	88
31	88

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the comfortable band about 80% 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 (%)	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	6	6
Comfortable (%)	76	76	76	76	76	76	75	75	75	75	76	76	76	77	78	78	79	80	81	81	82	83	84	85	85	86	86	87	87	87	87
Humid (%)	20	21	21	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	21	20	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	8	7	7

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	4	76	20
2	3	76	21
3	3	76	21
4	2	76	22
5	2	76	22
6	2	76	22
7	2	75	23
8	2	75	23
9	2	75	23
10	2	75	23
11	2	76	22
12	2	76	22
13	2	76	22
14	2	77	21
15	2	78	20
16	2	78	20
17	2	79	19
18	2	80	18
19	2	81	17
20	3	81	16
21	3	82	15
22	3	83	14
23	3	84	13
24	3	85	12
25	4	85	11
26	4	86	10
27	5	86	9
28	5	87	8
29	5	87	8
30	6	87	7
31	6	87	7

Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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)	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
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Sunrise & sunset in May

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Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 min at the start of May to 12 h 18 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 6:18 AM to 6:14 AM, and sunset from 6:31 PM to 6:34 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)	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14
Sunset (PM)	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	6:18	6:31
2	12.2	6:17	6:31
3	12.2	6:17	6:31
4	12.2	6:17	6:31
5	12.2	6:17	6:31
6	12.2	6:16	6:31
7	12.2	6:16	6:31
8	12.3	6:16	6:31
9	12.3	6:16	6:31
10	12.3	6:15	6:31
11	12.3	6:15	6:31
12	12.3	6:15	6:31
13	12.3	6:15	6:31
14	12.3	6:15	6:32
15	12.3	6:15	6:32
16	12.3	6:15	6:32
17	12.3	6:14	6:32
18	12.3	6:14	6:32
19	12.3	6:14	6:32
20	12.3	6:14	6:32
21	12.3	6:14	6:33
22	12.3	6:14	6:33
23	12.3	6:14	6:33
24	12.3	6:14	6:33
25	12.3	6:14	6:33
26	12.3	6:14	6:33
27	12.3	6:14	6:34
28	12.3	6:14	6:34
29	12.3	6:14	6:34
30	12.3	6:14	6:34
31	12.3	6:14	6:34

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.11 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.1 kWh/m² to a high of 6.35 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.11 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)	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.2	Bright
6	5.2	Bright
7	5.2	Bright
8	5.2	Bright
9	5.2	Bright
10	5.2	Bright
11	5.2	Bright
12	5.2	Bright
13	5.1	Bright
14	5.1	Bright
15	5.1	Bright
16	5.1	Bright
17	5.1	Bright
18	5.1	Bright
19	5.1	Bright
20	5.1	Bright
21	5.1	Bright
22	5.0	Bright
23	5.0	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	4.9	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	4.9	Bright
31	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Wenago?

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

3.8

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

2.8

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Wenago.

What to pack for Wenago in May

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

In May, Wenago sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 14°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 28 days see rain.

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UV index in Wenago 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 Wenago peaks around March 16 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)	14	15	16	15	13	12	12	14	13	14	11	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Wenago 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 Wenago is worst in December — around 36 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.6× the cleanest month (August, 22 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	33	32	27	25	23	28	27	22	24	27	33	36
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	33	Moderate
Feb	32	Moderate
Mar	27	Moderate
Apr	25	Moderate
May	23	Moderate
Jun	28	Moderate
Jul	27	Moderate
Aug	22	Moderate
Sep	24	Moderate
Oct	27	Moderate
Nov	33	Moderate
Dec	36	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Wenago?

Wenago sits at 6.3°N, 38.3°E, 1,722 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Dīla, 12 km away.

Topography around Wenago

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Wenago has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 415 m around an average of 1,716 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,816 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,192 m.

The land around Wenago is covered by trees (85%) within 3 km, trees (61%) within 16 km, and trees (40%) and shrubs (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

415 m

trees 85%

16 km

1,816 m

trees 61%

80 km

2,192 m

trees 40%

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

May weather nearby: Dīla 12 km · Yirga Ch’efē 18 km · Ch’iko 31 km · Wendo 36 km · Kele 37 km · Yirga ‘Alem 51 km · Bedēsa 61 km · Kercha 62 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 Wenago (6.3167°, 38.2667°, elevation 1,722 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	23	14
2	23	14
3	23	14
4	23	14
5	23	14
6	23	14
7	23	14
8	23	14
9	23	14
10	23	14
11	23	14
12	23	14
13	22	14
14	22	14
15	22	14
16	22	14
17	22	14
18	22	14
19	22	14
20	22	14
21	22	14
22	22	14
23	22	14
24	22	14
25	22	14
26	22	14
27	22	14
28	22	14
29	22	14
30	22	14
31	22	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	10	90
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	11	89
7	11	89
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	12	88
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	14	86
14	15	85
15	15	85
16	16	84
17	17	83
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	19	81
21	19	81
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	21	79
25	21	79
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	24	76
30	24	76
31	24	76

	Rain chance (%)
1	91
2	92
3	92
4	92
5	93
6	93
7	93
8	93
9	93
10	93
11	93
12	93
13	93
14	92
15	92
16	92
17	92
18	91
19	91
20	91
21	91
22	90
23	90
24	90
25	90
26	89
27	89
28	89
29	89
30	88
31	88

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	4	76	20
2	3	76	21
3	3	76	21
4	2	76	22
5	2	76	22
6	2	76	22
7	2	75	23
8	2	75	23
9	2	75	23
10	2	75	23
11	2	76	22
12	2	76	22
13	2	76	22
14	2	77	21
15	2	78	20
16	2	78	20
17	2	79	19
18	2	80	18
19	2	81	17
20	3	81	16
21	3	82	15
22	3	83	14
23	3	84	13
24	3	85	12
25	4	85	11
26	4	86	10
27	5	86	9
28	5	87	8
29	5	87	8
30	6	87	7
31	6	87	7

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	10	90
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	11	89
7	11	89
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	12	88
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	14	86
14	15	85
15	15	85
16	16	84
17	17	83
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	19	81
21	19	81
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	21	79
25	21	79
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	24	76
30	24	76
31	24	76

	Rain chance (%)
1	91
2	92
3	92
4	92
5	93
6	93
7	93
8	93
9	93
10	93
11	93
12	93
13	93
14	92
15	92
16	92
17	92
18	91
19	91
20	91
21	91
22	90
23	90
24	90
25	90
26	89
27	89
28	89
29	89
30	88
31	88

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	4	76	20
2	3	76	21
3	3	76	21
4	2	76	22
5	2	76	22
6	2	76	22
7	2	75	23
8	2	75	23
9	2	75	23
10	2	75	23
11	2	76	22
12	2	76	22
13	2	76	22
14	2	77	21
15	2	78	20
16	2	78	20
17	2	79	19
18	2	80	18
19	2	81	17
20	3	81	16
21	3	82	15
22	3	83	14
23	3	84	13
24	3	85	12
25	4	85	11
26	4	86	10
27	5	86	9
28	5	87	8
29	5	87	8
30	6	87	7
31	6	87	7

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	10	90
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	11	89
7	11	89
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	12	88
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	14	86
14	15	85
15	15	85
16	16	84
17	17	83
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	19	81
21	19	81
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	21	79
25	21	79
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	24	76
30	24	76
31	24	76

	Rain chance (%)
1	91
2	92
3	92
4	92
5	93
6	93
7	93
8	93
9	93
10	93
11	93
12	93
13	93
14	92
15	92
16	92
17	92
18	91
19	91
20	91
21	91
22	90
23	90
24	90
25	90
26	89
27	89
28	89
29	89
30	88
31	88

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	4	76	20
2	3	76	21
3	3	76	21
4	2	76	22
5	2	76	22
6	2	76	22
7	2	75	23
8	2	75	23
9	2	75	23
10	2	75	23
11	2	76	22
12	2	76	22
13	2	76	22
14	2	77	21
15	2	78	20
16	2	78	20
17	2	79	19
18	2	80	18
19	2	81	17
20	3	81	16
21	3	82	15
22	3	83	14
23	3	84	13
24	3	85	12
25	4	85	11
26	4	86	10
27	5	86	9
28	5	87	8
29	5	87	8
30	6	87	7
31	6	87	7