Climate averages 1991–2020
Fes weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet 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 Fes: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 13.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 5th 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 Sefrou (27 km away). In May its highs average 23.8°C, 2.2°C cooler than Fes, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Fes ranks joint 18th of 56 for the warmest May highs and 53rd of 56 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 56 cities is 25.2°C; Fes is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 47 mm to 16 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
Fes climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.6°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 55 | 8.0 | 10.210 h |
| February | 17.1°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 55 | 8.1 | 10.911 h |
| March | 19.8°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 62 | 9.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.8°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 62 | 8.9 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 26.0°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 47 | 7.5 | 13.914 h |
| June | 30.9°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 16 | 3.3 | 14.414 h |
| July | 35.0°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 4.1 | 1.1 | 14.214 h |
| August | 35.1°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 7.3 | 2.1 | 13.413 h |
| September | 30.2°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 29 | 5.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.7°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 58 | 7.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 19.8°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 65 | 8.1 | 10.410 h |
| December | 16.7°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 54 | 7.9 | 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
- Sefrou in MayMorocco · 27 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 11.6°C · 71 mm rain
- Meknes in MayMorocco · 53 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 12.3°C · 39 mm rain
- Ifrane in MayMorocco · 57 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 8.5°C · 71 mm rain
- Sidi Kacem in MayMorocco · 68 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 15.0°C · 29 mm rain
- Sidi Slimane in MayMorocco · 89 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 14.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Taza in MayMorocco · 93 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 13.6°C · 31 mm rain
- Khemisset in MayMorocco · 101 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 12.1°C · 35 mm rain
- Souk El Arbaa in MayMorocco · 117 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 14.0°C · 34 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 Fes) is explained once on the Fes year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.