Climate averages 1991–2020
Taroudant weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Taroudant: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 40 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Oulad Teïma (33 km away). In May its highs average 29.0°C, 1.1°C cooler than Taroudant, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Taroudant ranks 1st of 56 for the warmest May highs and joint 19th of 56 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 56 cities is 25.2°C; Taroudant is 4.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 33.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 16 mm to 7.3 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
Taroudant climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.5°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 27 | 4.3 | 10.410 h |
| February | 22.2°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 32 | 4.4 | 11.111 h |
| March | 24.9°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 32 | 5.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.0°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 20 | 5.3 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 30.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 16 | 4.8 | 13.714 h |
| June | 33.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 7.3 | 2.5 | 14.114 h |
| July | 38.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 13.914 h |
| August | 38.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 13.213 h |
| September | 33.5°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 10 | 2.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.2°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 26 | 4.8 | 11.511 h |
| November | 24.3°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 40 | 5.2 | 10.611 h |
| December | 21.0°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 38 | 5.2 | 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
- Oulad Teïma in MayMorocco · 33 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 15.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Ait Melloul in MayMorocco · 62 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.5°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Inezgane in MayMorocco · 65 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 16.4°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Agadir in MayMorocco · 69 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Tiznit in MayMorocco · 119 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.2°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Essaouira in MayMorocco · 144 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Marrakesh in MayMorocco · 154 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 12.3°C · 16 mm rain
- Ouarzazate in MayMorocco · 196 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 13.1°C · 3.1 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 Taroudant) is explained once on the Taroudant year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.