Wik’ro weather in May

In May, Wik’ro sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 62 mm of rain across 8 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Wik’ro's 8th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Wik’ro's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
1st warmest
Overnight low
13°
11th coldest
Rainfall
62 mm
8 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
5:59 AM – 6:37 PM
Cloud cover
41%
8th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
6.81 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.5
out of 10

Wik’ro is human settlement.

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 25°C through the month.

A typical May day in Wik’ro reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C warmer than April and on par with June.

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Wik’ro weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 1st-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan21° / 215.611.37.7
Feb23° / 10°225.711.57.9
Mar24° / 11°5210.911.97.2
Apr24° / 13°7512.912.36.9
May25° / 13°62812.67.5
Jun24° / 13°14413.112.86.4
Jul21° / 13°48729.712.73.7
Aug21° / 13°48030.312.53.6
Sep22° / 12°9511.612.16.7
Oct22° / 11°163.111.78.2
Nov21° / 10°183.711.48.1
Dec21° / 113.111.28.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% 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 25%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Wik’ro gets around 62 mm of rain over 8 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 26% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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339
438
537
636
735
834
933
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1131
1230
1329
1428
1527
1626
1725
1823
1922
2021
2120
2220
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2716
2816
2916
3016
3117

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 93% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
18911
29010
39010
49010
59010
6919
7919
8919
9919
10928
11928
12928
13937
14937
15937
16946
17946
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20955
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Wind in May

Winds average 7 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 42 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 6:04 AM to 5:57 AM, and sunset from 6:33 PM to 6:41 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.56:046:33
212.56:046:34
312.56:036:34
412.56:036:34
512.56:026:34
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712.56:026:35
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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 6.81 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.12 kWh/m² to a high of 7.01 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 6.81 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Wik’ro

In seasonPeak

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

Wik’ro's monsoon runs July–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

Wik’ro sees seasonal dust haze (June–August), heaviest in July.

Monsoon
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Wik’ro?

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

7.5
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
6.7
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Wik’ro for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Wik’ro in May

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

In May, Wik’ro sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 13°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes and rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothesrain gear

UV index in Wik’ro 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 Wik’ro peaks around March 20 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 20UV 15Dec 12UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Wik’ro 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 Wik’ro is worst in June — around 31 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 1731 µg/m³Nov 1422 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan26Moderate
Feb26Moderate
Mar28Moderate
Apr23Moderate
May25Moderate
Jun31Moderate
Jul27Moderate
Aug28Moderate
Sep28Moderate
Oct23Moderate
Nov21Moderate
Dec23Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Wik’ro?

Wik’ro sits at 13.8°N, 39.6°E, 2,002 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Dolo, 33 km away.

Aksum

Topography around Wik’ro

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Wik’ro has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 399 m around an average of 2,038 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,004 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,408 m.

The land around Wik’ro is covered by cropland (47%) within 3 km, cropland (49%) and shrubs (31%) within 16 km, and cropland (28%), grassland (25%) and shrubs (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
399 m
16 km
1,004 m
80 km
3,408 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Dolo 33 km · Mekele 36 km · Idaga Hamus 44 km · Ādīgrat 56 km · Intich’o 73 km · Ābīy Ādī 73 km · Adwa 86 km · Aksum 102 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 Wik’ro (13.7952°, 39.603°, elevation 2,002 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).