Climate averages 1991–2020
Essaouira weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 6th 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 Essaouira: daytime highs average 23.7°C and nights cool to about 15.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 44 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Safi (101 km away). In May its highs average 24.1°C, about as warm as Essaouira, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Essaouira ranks 44th of 56 for the warmest May highs and joint 9th of 56 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 56 cities is 25.2°C; Essaouira is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 25.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 11 mm to under 1 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
Essaouira climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.7°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 39 | 4.4 | 10.310 h |
| February | 19.5°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 38 | 4.7 | 11.011 h |
| March | 21.1°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 38 | 5.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.9°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 21 | 3.5 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 23.7°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 11 | 1.6 | 13.714 h |
| June | 25.8°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 14.214 h |
| July | 28.1°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 28.4°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0.9 | 0.1 | 13.313 h |
| September | 26.7°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 5.1 | 1.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.9°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 26 | 3.5 | 11.411 h |
| November | 21.9°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 47 | 4.7 | 10.611 h |
| December | 19.7°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 50 | 4.9 | 10.110 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.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Safi in MayMorocco · 101 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 15.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Agadir in MayMorocco · 123 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Inezgane in MayMorocco · 131 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 16.4°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Ait Melloul in MayMorocco · 133 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.5°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Oulad Teïma in MayMorocco · 135 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 15.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Youssoufia in MayMorocco · 143 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 14.2°C · 10 mm rain
- Taroudant in MayMorocco · 144 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 15.8°C · 16 mm rain
- Marrakesh in MayMorocco · 168 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 12.3°C · 16 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 Essaouira) is explained once on the Essaouira year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.