Climate averages 1991–2020
Tan-Tan weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 6th 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 warm month in Tan-Tan: daytime highs average 25.1°C and nights cool to about 16.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.0 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 33 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guelmim (119 km away). In May its highs average 25.0°C, about as warm as Tan-Tan, with 3.2 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Tan-Tan ranks 30th of 56 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 56 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 56 cities is 25.2°C; Tan-Tan is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 2.0 mm to 1.1 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
Tan-Tan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.9°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 9.4 | 2.1 | 10.611 h |
| February | 22.0°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 14 | 2.3 | 11.211 h |
| March | 24.0°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 10 | 2.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.9°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 4.4 | 1.1 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 25.1°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 2.0 | 0.4 | 13.514 h |
| June | 26.4°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 13.914 h |
| July | 28.9°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 13.814 h |
| August | 29.8°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 1.7 | 0.3 | 13.213 h |
| September | 28.2°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 5.2 | 0.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.3°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 8.8 | 1.3 | 11.512 h |
| November | 24.6°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 9.5 | 1.9 | 10.811 h |
| December | 22.0°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 12 | 2.6 | 10.410 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
- Guelmim in MayMorocco · 119 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.2°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Tiznit in MayMorocco · 193 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.2°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Laayoune in MayWestern Sahara · 251 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.1°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Inezgane in MayMorocco · 262 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 16.4°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Ait Melloul in MayMorocco · 262 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.5°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Agadir in MayMorocco · 264 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Oulad Teïma in MayMorocco · 285 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 15.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Taroudant in MayMorocco · 312 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 15.8°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 Tan-Tan) is explained once on the Tan-Tan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.