Harar Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Harar, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 29°C on May 1 to 29°C on May 31, and lows from 17°C to 17°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 84 mm over about 16 wet days.

May day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal low
Normal high
Reanalysis extreme high
Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high: 29°C
Average low: 17°C
Precipitation: 84 mm
Reanalysis high: 34°CMay 16, 2004
Reanalysis low: 13°CMay 24, 1994
Daylight: 12 h 27 min to 12 h 38 min
Cloud cover: 58%
Humidity: 61%
Dew point: 13°C
Wind: 12.2 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

Date	Normal high	Normal low	Reanalysis high	Reanalysis low	Chance wet
May 1	29°C	17°C	33°C 2001	14°C 2003	59%
May 2	29°C	17°C	33°C 2019	14°C 1996	59%
May 3	29°C	17°C	34°C 2019	14°C 2003	59%
May 4	29°C	17°C	34°C 2019	13°C 1999	57%
May 5	29°C	17°C	34°C 2019	14°C 1996	57%
May 6	29°C	17°C	34°C 2019	14°C 1996	55%
May 7	29°C	17°C	34°C 2019	16°C 2020	55%
May 8	29°C	17°C	33°C 2004	15°C 1995	54%
May 9	29°C	17°C	33°C 2019	15°C 1995	54%
May 10	29°C	17°C	34°C 2004	15°C 2005	53%
May 11	29°C	17°C	34°C 2002	15°C 2009	52%
May 12	29°C	17°C	34°C 2002	15°C 2000	50%
May 13	29°C	17°C	33°C 2002	15°C 2018	49%
May 14	29°C	17°C	33°C 2011	15°C 2008	50%
May 15	29°C	17°C	33°C 2011	15°C 1993	50%
May 16	29°C	17°C	34°C 2004	16°C 1993	51%
May 17	29°C	17°C	34°C 2004	15°C 2001	50%
May 18	29°C	17°C	34°C 2004	14°C 2015	51%
May 19	29°C	17°C	34°C 2004	16°C 2009	52%
May 20	29°C	17°C	33°C 2004	15°C 2018	50%
May 21	29°C	17°C	33°C 2001	15°C 2008	51%
May 22	29°C	17°C	34°C 2001	14°C 1994	52%
May 23	29°C	17°C	32°C 2003	13°C 1994	52%
May 24	29°C	17°C	33°C 1998	13°C 1994	52%
May 25	29°C	17°C	33°C 2001	14°C 1993	52%
May 26	29°C	17°C	33°C 1998	14°C 1993	52%
May 27	29°C	17°C	33°C 2012	15°C 2016	52%
May 28	29°C	17°C	33°C 2009	14°C 1991	52%
May 29	29°C	17°C	33°C 1998	14°C 1994	51%
May 30	29°C	17°C	33°C 2009	15°C 2016	49%
May 31	29°C	17°C	34°C 2009	16°C 2016	48%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+3).

May 1: sunrise 5:55 AM, sunset 6:22 PM
May 31: sunrise 5:50 AM, sunset 6:28 PM

Every day of May: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.