Burao Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 32°C on May 1 to 33°C on May 31, and lows from 20°C to 21°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 47 mm over about 9 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: 33°C
Average low: 20°C
Precipitation: 47 mm
Reanalysis high: 38°CMay 16, 2004
Reanalysis low: 16°CMay 1, 1995
Daylight: 12 h 28 min to 12 h 39 min
Cloud cover: 49%
Humidity: 60%
Dew point: 16°C
Wind: 14.0 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	32°C	20°C	36°C 2019	16°C 1995	43%
May 2	32°C	20°C	36°C 2019	17°C 2012	43%
May 3	32°C	20°C	37°C 2019	18°C 1997	42%
May 4	32°C	20°C	36°C 2019	17°C 1995	41%
May 5	32°C	20°C	37°C 2019	18°C 1996	39%
May 6	32°C	20°C	37°C 2004	18°C 2004	39%
May 7	32°C	20°C	37°C 2004	18°C 1995	37%
May 8	32°C	20°C	37°C 2004	16°C 1995	36%
May 9	32°C	20°C	37°C 2004	17°C 1995	36%
May 10	32°C	20°C	38°C 2004	19°C 1995	36%
May 11	32°C	20°C	37°C 2004	17°C 1995	36%
May 12	32°C	20°C	37°C 2004	17°C 1994	35%
May 13	32°C	20°C	37°C 2004	18°C 1994	34%
May 14	32°C	21°C	37°C 2004	18°C 1994	32%
May 15	32°C	21°C	37°C 2004	17°C 1994	31%
May 16	33°C	21°C	38°C 2004	17°C 1993	30%
May 17	33°C	21°C	37°C 2004	17°C 1993	29%
May 18	33°C	21°C	36°C 2004	17°C 2012	29%
May 19	33°C	21°C	37°C 2004	18°C 2013	28%
May 20	33°C	21°C	37°C 2004	19°C 1993	27%
May 21	33°C	21°C	38°C 2001	18°C 1998	27%
May 22	33°C	21°C	37°C 2001	18°C 1994	28%
May 23	33°C	21°C	37°C 2009	18°C 1995	28%
May 24	33°C	21°C	37°C 2000	18°C 1993	28%
May 25	33°C	21°C	37°C 2009	18°C 2005	27%
May 26	33°C	21°C	38°C 2006	19°C 2016	26%
May 27	33°C	21°C	38°C 2006	18°C 2016	24%
May 28	33°C	21°C	36°C 2000	18°C 1992	23%
May 29	33°C	21°C	36°C 1998	19°C 1995	22%
May 30	33°C	21°C	37°C 2018	19°C 1995	22%
May 31	33°C	21°C	37°C 2009	19°C 1995	21%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

May 1: sunrise 5:41 AM, sunset 6:09 PM
May 31: sunrise 5:36 AM, sunset 6:15 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.