Climate averages 1991–2020
M'Sila weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 6th 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 M'Sila: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 02 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is El Achir (40 km away). In May its highs average 23.4°C, 4.6°C cooler than M'Sila, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, M'Sila ranks 10th of 55 for the warmest May highs and joint 14th of 55 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 55 cities is 25.6°C; M'Sila is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 33.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 21 mm to 8.7 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
M'Sila climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.5°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 23 | 5.0 | 10.010 h |
| February | 14.4°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 19 | 4.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.8°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 25 | 5.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 28 | 5.0 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 27.9°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 21 | 4.0 | 14.014 h |
| June | 33.8°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 8.7 | 2.4 | 14.515 h |
| July | 37.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 4.9 | 1.7 | 14.314 h |
| August | 36.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 7.7 | 2.5 | 13.514 h |
| September | 30.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 23 | 4.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 23 | 4.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.3°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 24 | 4.5 | 10.310 h |
| December | 13.0°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 20 | 4.8 | 9.810 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
- El Achir in MayAlgeria · 40 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 10.1°C · 39 mm rain
- Bordj Bou Arreridj in MayAlgeria · 45 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 10.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Bou Saâda in MayAlgeria · 65 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 13.6°C · 28 mm rain
- Barika in MayAlgeria · 83 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 14.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Sétif in MayAlgeria · 95 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 9.8°C · 57 mm rain
- El Eulma in MayAlgeria · 115 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 10.5°C · 54 mm rain
- Tizi Ouzou in MayAlgeria · 120 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Béjaïa in MayAlgeria · 126 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 14.6°C · 53 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 M'Sila) is explained once on the M'Sila year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.