Beledweyne weather in May

In May, Beledweyne sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 45 mm of rain across 7.9 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-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 39% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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

Daytime high
34°
8th warmest
Overnight low
24°
11th coldest
Rainfall
45 mm
7.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
5:49 AM – 6:02 PM
Cloud cover
52%
9th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.76 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Beledweyne is city.

Density
2,309/km²
people per km²

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 34°C through the month.

A typical May day in Beledweyne reaches about 34°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 36°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and on par with June.

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How May really feels in Beledweyne

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.

Beledweyne weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 22°10.211.83.9
Feb35° / 22°00.111.83.1
Mar36° / 24°51.1122.4
Apr35° / 25°669.212.12.7
May34° / 24°457.912.23.4
Jun34° / 24°20.312.33.7
Jul33° / 23°10.312.24.1
Aug34° / 23°10.112.23.8
Sep35° / 23°30.8123.3
Oct33° / 23°579.511.93.7
Nov32° / 23°456.811.84.2
Dec34° / 22°71.411.74.1

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 23% 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
25545
35545
45644
55743
65842
75941
86040
96139
106238
116337
126436
136436
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156535
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186634
196535
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216634
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256337
266337
276238
286139
296139
305941
315941

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Beledweyne gets around 45 mm of rain over 7.9 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 48% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
148
247
346
444
543
641
739
837
935
1034
1132
1230
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1427
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1625
1723
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2020
2118
2217
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2514
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2711
2810
299
308
317

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 46% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 87% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
10420742
20320752
30320752
40321742
50322732
60323722
70325711
80326701
90428671
100431641
110433621
120536581
130638551
140641521
150743491
160845460
170947430
1801049400
1901251370
2011352340
2111453320
2211654290
2311854270
2412055240
2512255220
2612455200
2712655180
2812855160
2913154140
3023353120
3123652100

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
212calm
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412calm
512light 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 5:51 AM to 5:49 AM, and sunset from 6:01 PM to 6:04 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.25:516:01
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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 4.98 kWh/m² to a high of 7.18 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.76 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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285.7Bright
295.6Bright
305.6Bright
315.6Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Beledweyne?

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

3.4
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
6.4
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Beledweyne in May

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

In May, Beledweyne sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Beledweyne 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 Beledweyne peaks around March 18 at about 15 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 18UV 15Nov 22UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Beledweyne 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 Beledweyne is worst in January — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (May, 9 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateGoodJan 2317 µg/m³May 119 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan17Moderate
Feb17Moderate
Mar13Moderate
Apr9Good
May9Good
Jun14Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct9Good
Nov11Good
Dec12Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Beledweyne?

Beledweyne sits at 4.7°N, 45.2°E, 182 m above sea level, in Somalia. The nearest listed city is Buulobarde, 106 km away.

BuulobardeKahandhaleBalanbaleFadhigaradleLasoanoEl BahayRaqoCabudwaaq

Topography around Beledweyne

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Beledweyne has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 15 m around an average of 183 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 185 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 381 m.

The land around Beledweyne is covered by artificial surfaces (31%) and cropland (23%) within 3 km, shrubs (61%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and shrubs (84%) within 80 km.

3 km
15 m
16 km
185 m
80 km
381 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Buulobarde 106 km · Kahandhale 123 km · Balanbale 131 km · Fadhigaradle 160 km · Lasoano 170 km · El Bahay 182 km · Raqo 200 km · Cabudwaaq 202 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 Beledweyne (4.7358°, 45.2036°, elevation 182 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).