Dhabad weather in May

In May, Dhabad sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 42 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 41% 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 Dhabad's 9th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dhabad's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
7th warmest
Overnight low
24°
12th coldest
Rainfall
42 mm
8.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
5:42 AM – 5:59 PM
Cloud cover
52%
9th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.74 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 Dhabad 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 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 Dhabad

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.

Dhabad 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°0011.75.0
Feb33° / 20°0011.84.4
Mar35° / 22°40.7123.5
Apr34° / 24°498.112.13.2
May33° / 24°428.212.33.5
Jun33° / 24°20.212.43.9
Jul33° / 23°00.112.34.3
Aug33° / 23°00.112.24.0
Sep34° / 23°50.8123.6
Oct32° / 23°459.211.94.1
Nov32° / 22°27511.74.8
Dec32° / 21°50.911.65.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 39%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15743
25644
35644
45743
55842
65941
76040
86040
96139
106139
116238
126238
136238
146238
156238
166238
176238
186238
196238
206238
216337
226337
236337
246238
256238
266139
276139
286139
296040
306040
315842

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Dhabad gets around 42 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 47% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

0%20%40%60%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
147
247
346
445
544
642
741
839
938
1036
1134
1233
1331
1429
1528
1626
1724
1823
1921
2020
2119
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2513
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298
307
316

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 40% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 74% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1193060
2083161
3083260
4073360
5073459
6073558
7073756
8083854
9084052
10094149
110104347
121114444
131134541
141144638
151164735
162184833
172194830
183214828
193234825
204254723
214284721
225304619
236324417
247344316
258374114
268394013
279413812
2810443610
291146349
301248328
311251307

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
211calm
311calm
411calm
512calm
612light breeze
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 5:45 AM to 5:41 AM, and sunset from 5:58 PM to 6:02 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.25:455:58
212.25:445:58
312.25:445:58
412.25:445:58
512.25:445:58
612.25:435:58
712.35:435:58
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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 5.74 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5 kWh/m² to a high of 7.06 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 5.74 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Dhabad

In seasonPeak

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

Dhabad sees seasonal dust haze (July), heaviest in July.

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

Is May a good time to visit Dhabad?

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 Dhabad. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Dhabad in May

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

In May, Dhabad 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 Dhabad 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 Dhabad peaks around March 19 at about 14 (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 19UV 14Nov 22UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Dhabad 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 Dhabad is worst in July — around 25 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.3× the cleanest month (May, 11 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateModerateJul 1724 µg/m³May 1111 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan20Moderate
Feb21Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr12Moderate
May11Good
Jun20Moderate
Jul25Moderate
Aug21Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct11Good
Nov13Moderate
Dec15Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Dhabad?

Dhabad sits at 6.4°N, 46.5°E, 358 m above sea level, in Somalia. The nearest listed city is Qorof, 17 km away.

Topography around Dhabad

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dhabad has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 13 m around an average of 366 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 54 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 312 m.

The land around Dhabad is covered by shrubs (82%) within 3 km, shrubs (69%) and grassland (28%) within 16 km, and shrubs (73%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
13 m
16 km
54 m
80 km
312 m
shrubsgrasslandbare terrain
May weather nearby: Qorof 17 km · Cabudwaaq 33 km · Digih Habar Es 53 km · Saaxo 53 km · Waal 57 km · Yamarugley 59 km · Raqo 67 km · Golwayn 70 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 Dhabad (6.4317°, 46.4619°, elevation 358 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).