Climate averages 1991–2020
Béjaïa weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Béjaïa: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 14.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 07 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jijel (61 km away). In May its highs average 22.2°C, about as warm as Béjaïa, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Béjaïa ranks 54th of 55 for the warmest May highs and joint 45th of 55 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 55 cities is 25.6°C; Béjaïa is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 53 mm to 16 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
Béjaïa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.7°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 87 | 11.7 | 10.010 h |
| February | 14.9°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 74 | 10.7 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.1°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 76 | 10.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.9°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 73 | 10.1 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 22.0°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 53 | 7.1 | 14.114 h |
| June | 25.7°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 16 | 3.2 | 14.615 h |
| July | 28.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 4.0 | 0.9 | 14.414 h |
| August | 29.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 15 | 2.8 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 62 | 8.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.6°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 71 | 9.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.8°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 78 | 11.2 | 10.210 h |
| December | 15.7°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 85 | 10.1 | 9.710 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
- Jijel in MayAlgeria · 61 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 14.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Sétif in MayAlgeria · 69 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 9.8°C · 57 mm rain
- Bordj Bou Arreridj in MayAlgeria · 81 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 10.6°C · 39 mm rain
- El Eulma in MayAlgeria · 86 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 10.5°C · 54 mm rain
- El Achir in MayAlgeria · 87 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 10.1°C · 39 mm rain
- Tizi Ouzou in MayAlgeria · 93 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 57 mm rain
- M'Sila in MayAlgeria · 126 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 14.5°C · 21 mm rain
- Constantine in MayAlgeria · 143 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 11.0°C · 48 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 Béjaïa) is explained once on the Béjaïa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.