Climate averages 1991–2020

Al Fqih Ben Çalah weather
in May.

A hot, 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.

Average high 28.9°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 14.2°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 22 mm 4 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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May is a hot month in Al Fqih Ben Çalah: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 14.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 48 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Beni Mellal (37 km away). In May its highs average 27.3°C, 1.7°C cooler than Al Fqih Ben Çalah, with 49 mm of rain.

Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Al Fqih Ben Çalah ranks 4th of 56 for the warmest May highs and 29th of 56 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 56 cities is 25.2°C; Al Fqih Ben Çalah is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.

From May to June, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 33.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 22 mm to 5.4 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 051015202530354045 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Al Fqih Ben Çalah climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Al Fqih Ben Çalah, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 17.4°C4.0°C4.0°C495.810.310 h
February 19.1°C5.3°C5.3°C445.611.011 h
March 22.0°C8.0°C8.0°C506.212.012 h
April 24.6°C10.7°C10.7°C355.313.013 h
May, selected 28.9°C14.2°C14.2°C224.013.814 h
June 33.9°C18.0°C18.0°C5.41.714.214 h
July 38.3°C21.2°C21.2°C3.61.314.114 h
August 38.0°C21.6°C21.6°C5.72.113.313 h
September 32.6°C18.5°C18.5°C122.612.412 h
October 28.0°C14.4°C14.4°C283.811.411 h
November 21.9°C9.0°C9.0°C545.810.511 h
December 18.6°C5.5°C5.5°C465.410.110 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.

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May in nearby cities

Distance from Al Fqih Ben Çalah

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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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Al Fqih Ben Çalah) is explained once on the Al Fqih Ben Çalah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.