Climate averages 1991–2020
Mascara weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th 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 Mascara: daytime highs average 24.7°C and nights cool to about 11.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 00 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Relizane (53 km away). In May its highs average 27.4°C, 2.8°C warmer than Mascara, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Mascara ranks joint 26th of 55 for the warmest May highs and 25th of 55 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 55 cities is 25.6°C; Mascara is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 32 mm to 8.4 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
Mascara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.8°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 48 | 8.6 | 10.110 h |
| February | 14.9°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 46 | 8.4 | 10.911 h |
| March | 17.9°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 52 | 8.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.6°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 47 | 7.6 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 24.7°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 32 | 5.0 | 14.014 h |
| June | 29.8°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 8.4 | 2.0 | 14.515 h |
| July | 34.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 2.6 | 0.7 | 14.314 h |
| August | 34.1°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 7.5 | 1.6 | 13.513 h |
| September | 29.1°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 23 | 4.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.5°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 34 | 5.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.0°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 54 | 8.2 | 10.310 h |
| December | 14.7°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 42 | 7.5 | 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
- Relizane in MayAlgeria · 53 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 13.8°C · 28 mm rain
- Mostaganem in MayAlgeria · 60 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 15.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Saïda in MayAlgeria · 63 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.3°C · 38 mm rain
- Sidi Bel Abbes in MayAlgeria · 74 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Oran in MayAlgeria · 78 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 19 mm rain
- Tiaret in MayAlgeria · 107 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 10.2°C · 40 mm rain
- Aïn Temouchent in MayAlgeria · 117 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.1°C · 26 mm rain
- Sougueur in MayAlgeria · 125 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 10.7°C · 40 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 Mascara) is explained once on the Mascara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.