Assab Weather in May
Assab in May
The short of it: Assab in May averages a high of 37 °C (99 °F) and a low of 28 °C (82 °F), with 1.0 mm (0.04 in) of rain and about 12 h 43 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 37° · low 28° · rain 1.0 mm · daylight 12 h 43 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: January & February
Thirty years of records give Assab an average May high of 37°, a low of 28° and some 1.0 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 37° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Rain is scarce, about 1.0 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 43 min in mid-May, 19 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and February.
Against its neighbours, Assab runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Mocha, 65 km to the ENE, is 2° cooler by day.
May in Assab, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° warmer, 2.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 43 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MochaTa‘izz | 65 km ENE | 35° | 28° | 1.0 mm |
| Alaïli Ḏaḏḏa‘Obock | 67 km SSE | 36° | 26° | 4.0 mm |
| WaddiObock | 76 km SSE | 35° | 25° | 6.0 mm |
| Khôr AngarObock | 95 km SE | 37° | 28° | 1.0 mm |
| DorraTadjourah | 100 km SSW | 37° | 27° | 6.0 mm |
| EgahlouObock | 101 km SSE | 35° | 25° | 7.0 mm |
| AdailouTadjourah | 119 km S | 31° | 21° | 15 mm |
| MédéhoObock | 119 km SSE | 32° | 23° | 11 mm |