Climate averages 1991–2020
Béchar weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Béchar: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 17.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 45 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Errachidia (212 km away). In May its highs average 29.2°C, 2.1°C cooler than Béchar, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Béchar ranks 6th of 55 for the warmest May highs and 6th of 55 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 55 cities is 25.6°C; Béchar is 5.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 36.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 3.1 mm to 1.9 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Béchar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.6°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 7.8 | 2.1 | 10.310 h |
| February | 18.0°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 7.0 | 1.7 | 11.011 h |
| March | 22.3°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 8.0 | 1.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.6°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 4.3 | 1.1 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 31.3°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 3.1 | 0.8 | 13.714 h |
| June | 36.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 1.9 | 0.5 | 14.214 h |
| July | 40.2°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 14.014 h |
| August | 39.0°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 13.313 h |
| September | 33.8°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 9.9 | 1.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.3°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 11 | 1.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 20.4°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 14 | 2.1 | 10.611 h |
| December | 16.2°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 6.9 | 1.3 | 10.110 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Errachidia in MayMorocco · 212 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 14.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Guercif in MayMorocco · 309 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 14.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Taourirt in MayMorocco · 317 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 13.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Taza in MayMorocco · 333 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 13.6°C · 31 mm rain
- Oujda in MayMorocco · 342 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 11.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Ifrane in MayMorocco · 344 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 8.5°C · 71 mm rain
- Sefrou in MayMorocco · 347 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 11.6°C · 71 mm rain
- Khenifra in MayMorocco · 355 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 11.2°C · 43 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Béchar) is explained once on the Béchar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.