Balanbale weather in May

In May, Balanbale sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 45 mm of rain across 8.2 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% 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 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Balanbale's 9th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Balanbale's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
7th warmest
Overnight low
24°
12th coldest
Rainfall
45 mm
8.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
5:45 AM – 6:01 PM
Cloud cover
51%
9th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.76 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.5
out of 10

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month.

A typical May day in Balanbale reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 35°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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How May really feels in Balanbale

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.

Balanbale weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 20°00.111.74.8
Feb34° / 21°0011.84.1
Mar35° / 22°30.7123.2
Apr34° / 24°55912.12.9
May33° / 24°458.212.33.5
Jun33° / 23°20.212.33.9
Jul33° / 23°10.312.34.3
Aug33° / 22°0012.24.0
Sep34° / 23°30.7123.6
Oct32° / 23°598.811.94.0
Nov32° / 22°376.111.74.7
Dec32° / 21°50.911.74.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 38%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15446
25644
35644
45743
55842
65941
76040
86139
96238
106436
116436
126436
136535
146535
156535
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206535
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246436
256436
266337
276238
286139
296139
306040
315941

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Balanbale gets around 45 mm of rain over 8.2 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 27% and peaks near 52% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
152
251
349
448
546
644
742
840
938
1036
1134
1232
1330
1428
1526
1625
1723
1821
1920
2019
2117
2216
2315
2413
2512
2611
2710
289
298
306
315

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 43% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 76% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1183061
2183061
3073162
4073261
5073459
6073558
7083755
8083854
9094051
100104248
110104445
120114642
130124840
141144937
151155034
161175131
171185229
182205226
192225224
203245122
213265120
224285018
234304916
245324815
256344713
266374512
277394311
28842419
29844408
30947387
31949366

Wind in May

Winds average 15 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
411calm
512calm
612calm
712light breeze
813light 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 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 5:48 AM to 5:45 AM, and sunset from 6:00 PM to 6:04 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.25:486:00
212.25:486:00
312.25:486:00
412.25:476:00
512.25:476:00
612.25:476:00
712.25:476:00
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912.25:466:00
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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 5.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.01 kWh/m² to a high of 7.05 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 5.76 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.7Bright
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255.7Bright
265.7Bright
275.7Bright
285.7Bright
295.7Bright
305.6Bright
315.6Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Balanbale?

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

3.5
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
6.5
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Balanbale. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Balanbale in May

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

In May, Balanbale sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Balanbale 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 Balanbale peaks around March 17 at about 15 (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 17UV 15Nov 22UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Balanbale 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 Balanbale is worst in February — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (May, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateGoodModerateFeb 818 µg/m³May 129 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan18Moderate
Feb18Moderate
Mar14Moderate
Apr10Good
May8Good
Jun13Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep12Good
Oct10Good
Nov11Good
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Balanbale?

Balanbale sits at 5.8°N, 45.8°E, 330 m above sea level, in Somalia. The nearest listed city is Kahandhale, 13 km away.

Topography around Balanbale

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Balanbale has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 14 m around an average of 355 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 59 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 321 m.

The land around Balanbale is covered by shrubs (76%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, shrubs (82%) within 16 km, and shrubs (84%) within 80 km.

3 km
14 m
16 km
59 m
80 km
321 m
shrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Kahandhale 13 km · Lasoano 68 km · Fadhigaradle 68 km · El Bahay 72 km · Raqo 73 km · Cabudwaaq 74 km · Digih Habar Es 79 km · Golwayn 82 km

Somalia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / G
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 52% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$661
2025
Happiness
4.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Road deaths
27.4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 399
Religion
Muslim 100%ethnic religionist 0%

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 Balanbale (5.769°, 45.763°, elevation 330 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).