Climate averages 1991–2020
Tangier weather
in May.
A warm, fairly 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 Tangier: daytime highs average 22.6°C and nights cool to about 14.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 02 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fnidek (41 km away). In May its highs average 20.9°C, 1.7°C cooler than Tangier, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Tangier ranks joint 49th of 56 for the warmest May highs and joint 38th of 56 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 56 cities is 25.2°C; Tangier is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 29 mm to 5.8 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
Tangier climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.6°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 72 | 8.1 | 10.010 h |
| February | 16.2°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 63 | 7.8 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.0°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 62 | 8.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.5°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 50 | 7.8 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 22.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 29 | 6.0 | 14.014 h |
| June | 26.3°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 5.8 | 1.3 | 14.515 h |
| July | 29.4°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 14.314 h |
| August | 29.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 2.1 | 0.4 | 13.514 h |
| September | 26.8°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 26 | 3.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.3°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 65 | 7.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.9°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 81 | 8.2 | 10.310 h |
| December | 16.5°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 88 | 9.2 | 9.810 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
- Fnidek in MayMorocco · 41 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 15.6°C · 25 mm rain
- Tétouan in MayMorocco · 44 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 14.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Martil in MayMorocco · 50 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 39 mm rain
- Algeciras in MaySpain · 51 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 15.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Gibraltar in MayGibraltar · 58 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 15.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Larache in MayMorocco · 72 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Chiclana de la Frontera in MaySpain · 79 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 15.6°C · 32 mm rain
- Ksar El Kebir in MayMorocco · 86 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 13.6°C · 35 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 Tangier) is explained once on the Tangier year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.