Beled Hawo weather in May

In May, Beled Hawo sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 39 mm of rain across 7.3 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of May to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Beled Hawo's 7th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Beled Hawo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
7th warmest
Overnight low
25°
9th coldest
Rainfall
39 mm
7.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
6:03 AM – 6:14 PM
Cloud cover
47%
7th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.73 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month.

A typical May day in Beled Hawo reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°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 36°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with 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 Beled Hawo

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.

Beled Hawo weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan36° / 25°20.411.82.7
Feb37° / 26°10.311.92.1
Mar37° / 27°172.5121.9
Apr34° / 26°10013.412.12.7
May34° / 25°397.312.23.4
Jun34° / 25°10.212.23.7
Jul33° / 25°10.312.24.1
Aug34° / 24°10.112.13.7
Sep35° / 25°20.5123.1
Oct33° / 25°789.311.93.4
Nov32° / 24°7410.711.83.9
Dec34° / 24°11211.83.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% 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 32%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15743
25743
35941
46040
56238
66436
76535
86733
96931
107030
117228
127327
137426
147426
157525
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197426
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217327
227228
237228
247030
256931
266832
276733
286535
296535
306337
316139

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Beled Hawo gets around 39 mm of rain over 7.3 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 25% and peaks near 51% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
151
250
348
446
543
641
739
836
934
1032
1130
1228
1326
1425
1523
1622
1721
1819
1918
2017
2116
2214
2313
2412
2511
2610
2710
288
297
306
316

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the oppressive band about 41% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 82% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
10318754
20319744
30220753
40221743
50223723
60325693
70328672
80330652
90433612
100535591
110638551
120741511
130843481
140945451
1501147411
1601248381
1711450351
1811651320
1911851300
2011953270
2122152250
2222353220
2322652200
2432851180
2533051160
2643349150
2743548130
2843846110
2954045100
305434390
315464270

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 20 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
312calm
412calm
512light breeze
612light breeze
713light breeze
813light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of May to 12 h 12 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 6:06 AM to 6:04 AM, and sunset from 6:14 PM to 6:16 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.16:066:14
212.16:056:14
312.16:056:14
412.16:056:14
512.16:056:14
612.26:056:14
712.26:046:14
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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 5.73 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.74 kWh/m² to a high of 7.15 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.73 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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265.7Bright
275.7Bright
285.6Bright
295.6Bright
305.6Bright
315.5Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Beled Hawo?

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

3.4
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
6.5
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Beled Hawo in May

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

In May, Beled Hawo sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Beled Hawo 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 Beled Hawo peaks around March 19 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 11 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 19UV 14Jun 23UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Beled Hawo 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 Beled Hawo is worst in July — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (April, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1716 µg/m³Apr 228 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb12Good
Mar10Good
Apr8Good
May8Good
Jun14Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct9Good
Nov10Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Beled Hawo?

Beled Hawo sits at 3.9°N, 41.9°E, 218 m above sea level, in Somalia. The nearest listed city is Mandera, 3.0 km away.

DhamasLafeyEl WakBaardheereTakaba

Topography around Beled Hawo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Beled Hawo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 57 m around an average of 217 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 106 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 828 m.

The land around Beled Hawo is covered by grassland (41%) and shrubs (37%) within 3 km, shrubs (54%) and grassland (40%) within 16 km, and shrubs (65%) and grassland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
57 m
16 km
106 m
80 km
828 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Mandera 3.0 km · Ramu 73 km · Luuq 75 km · Dhamas 105 km · Lafey 116 km · El Wak 163 km · Baardheere 182 km · Takaba 195 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 Beled Hawo (3.9284°, 41.88°, elevation 218 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).