Climate averages 1991–2020
Ouarzazate weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Ouarzazate: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 13.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 42 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marrakesh (132 km away). In May its highs average 27.7°C, 1.1°C cooler than Ouarzazate, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Ouarzazate ranks 5th of 56 for the warmest May highs and 2nd of 56 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 56 cities is 25.2°C; Ouarzazate is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 33.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 3.1 mm to 2.6 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
Ouarzazate climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.6°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 8.6 | 1.9 | 10.410 h |
| February | 17.3°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 13 | 2.2 | 11.111 h |
| March | 21.0°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 12 | 2.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.0°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 3.9 | 0.7 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 28.8°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 3.1 | 0.5 | 13.714 h |
| June | 33.5°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 2.6 | 0.7 | 14.114 h |
| July | 36.9°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 0.8 | 0.1 | 13.914 h |
| August | 35.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 2.0 | 0.4 | 13.313 h |
| September | 31.2°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 7.3 | 1.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.4°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 15 | 1.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 19.7°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 13 | 1.7 | 10.611 h |
| December | 16.1°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 9.0 | 1.9 | 10.210 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
- Marrakesh in MayMorocco · 132 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 12.3°C · 16 mm rain
- El Kelaa des Srarhna in MayMorocco · 135 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 14.1°C · 19 mm rain
- Beni Mellal in MayMorocco · 166 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 13.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Al Fqih Ben Çalah in MayMorocco · 177 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 14.2°C · 22 mm rain
- Ben Guerir in MayMorocco · 178 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 13.4°C · 12 mm rain
- Taroudant in MayMorocco · 196 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 15.8°C · 16 mm rain
- Youssoufia in MayMorocco · 214 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 14.2°C · 10 mm rain
- Khouribga in MayMorocco · 218 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 12.6°C · 28 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 Ouarzazate) is explained once on the Ouarzazate year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.