Climate averages 1991–2020
Messaad weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the joint 7th 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 Messaad: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 14.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a very dry month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 55 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Djelfa (62 km away). In May its highs average 24.6°C, 3.2°C cooler than Messaad, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Messaad ranks joint 11th of 55 for the warmest May highs and 10th of 55 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 55 cities is 25.6°C; Messaad is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.5°C to 33.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 14 mm to 8.2 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
Messaad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.6°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 14 | 3.1 | 10.210 h |
| February | 14.5°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 12 | 2.7 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.6°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 14 | 3.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.5°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 18 | 3.6 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 27.7°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 14 | 2.6 | 13.914 h |
| June | 33.2°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 8.2 | 2.2 | 14.414 h |
| July | 37.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 3.5 | 0.9 | 14.214 h |
| August | 36.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 8.4 | 2.7 | 13.413 h |
| September | 30.2°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 25 | 4.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.1°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 18 | 3.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 17.3°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 13 | 2.7 | 10.410 h |
| December | 13.3°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 13 | 2.5 | 9.910 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
- Djelfa in MayAlgeria · 62 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 11.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Laghouat in MayAlgeria · 71 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 14.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Hassi Bahbah in MayAlgeria · 111 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 12.0°C · 25 mm rain
- Aflou in MayAlgeria · 129 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 10.7°C · 25 mm rain
- Bou Saâda in MayAlgeria · 132 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 13.6°C · 28 mm rain
- Aïn Oussera in MayAlgeria · 154 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 12.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Ghardaïa in MayAlgeria · 186 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 18.0°C · 3.2 mm rain
- M'Sila in MayAlgeria · 197 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 14.5°C · 21 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 Messaad) is explained once on the Messaad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.