Garoowe weather in May

In May, Garoowe sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 43 mm of rain across 8.5 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 1st-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 45% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of May to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Garoowe's 10th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Garoowe's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
5th warmest
Overnight low
24°
11th coldest
Rainfall
43 mm
8.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:31 AM – 5:54 PM
Cloud cover
50%
10th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.8 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.7
out of 10

Garoowe is capital city of the Puntland, Somalia.

Density
3,183/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 33°C through the month.

A typical May day in Garoowe 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 30°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

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How May really feels in Garoowe

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.

Garoowe weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 17°10.211.66.5
Feb31° / 17°0011.75.8
Mar33° / 19°10.411.94.7
Apr33° / 22°284.712.24.0
May33° / 24°438.512.43.7
Jun33° / 24°20.312.54.0
Jul33° / 24°00.112.44.4
Aug33° / 23°0012.34.1
Sep34° / 23°41123.8
Oct32° / 22°326.511.84.8
Nov31° / 20°112.311.65.6
Dec31° / 18°50.911.56.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% 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 35%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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26535
36436
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Garoowe gets around 43 mm of rain over 8.5 wet days in May, the wettest month. 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 35% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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235
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319

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 35% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 63% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
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2617403013
2719412911
2820422710
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302444257
312645236

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 24 km/h at its breeziest. Calmer and breezier days trade off through the month.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
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412calm
512calm
612light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of May to 12 h 24 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 5:35 AM to 5:30 AM, and sunset from 5:52 PM to 5:57 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.35:355:52
212.35:345:52
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412.35:345:52
512.35:335:52
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712.35:335:53
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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 5.8 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.98 kWh/m² to a high of 7.31 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 5.8 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.1Intense
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36.0Intense
46.0Intense
56.0Bright
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265.6Bright
275.5Bright
285.5Bright
295.5Bright
305.5Bright
315.4Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Garoowe

In seasonPeak

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

Garoowe sees seasonal dust haze (June–August), heaviest in July.

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

Is May a good time to visit Garoowe?

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

3.7
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
6.6
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Garoowe in May

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

In May, Garoowe sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Garoowe 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 Garoowe peaks around April 10 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 23 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeApr 10UV 15Nov 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Garoowe 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 Garoowe is worst in July — around 46 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.6× the cleanest month (April, 13 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateJul 1845 µg/m³Apr 1813 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan27Moderate
Feb24Moderate
Mar18Moderate
Apr13Moderate
May16Moderate
Jun36Poor
Jul46Poor
Aug38Poor
Sep29Moderate
Oct15Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec22Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Garoowe?

Garoowe sits at 8.4°N, 48.5°E, 465 m above sea level, in Somalia. The nearest listed city is Laascaanood, 124 km away.

LaascaanoodEylGaalkacyoSaaxoCeerigaaboWaalQorofDhabad

Topography around Garoowe

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Garoowe has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m around an average of 468 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 209 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 605 m.

The land around Garoowe is covered by bare terrain (80%) within 3 km, bare terrain (73%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (47%), shrubs (33%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
44 m
16 km
209 m
80 km
605 m
shrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Laascaanood 124 km · Eyl 154 km · Gaalkacyo 215 km · Saaxo 260 km · Ceerigaabo 275 km · Waal 301 km · Qorof 303 km · Dhabad 312 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 Garoowe (8.4021°, 48.4828°, elevation 465 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).