Climate averages 1991–2020
Algeciras weather
in May.
A mild, fairly 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 mild month in Algeciras: daytime highs average 21.2°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 04 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gibraltar (9 km away). In May its highs average 21.4°C, about as warm as Algeciras, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Algeciras ranks joint 59th of 93 for the warmest May highs and joint 22nd of 93 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 93 cities is 21.8°C; Algeciras is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 32 mm to 6.4 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
Algeciras climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.3°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 88 | 8.8 | 10.010 h |
| February | 15.6°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 77 | 8.2 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.1°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 82 | 8.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.6°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 62 | 7.1 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 21.2°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 32 | 5.3 | 14.114 h |
| June | 24.4°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 6.4 | 1.2 | 14.615 h |
| July | 27.3°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 1.3 | 0.2 | 14.414 h |
| August | 27.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 4.2 | 0.6 | 13.514 h |
| September | 25.1°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 36 | 4.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.8°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 86 | 8.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.2°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 98 | 8.7 | 10.310 h |
| December | 16.2°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 117 | 9.9 | 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
- Gibraltar in MayGibraltar · 9 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 15.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Fnidek in MayMorocco · 33 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 15.6°C · 25 mm rain
- Tangier in MayMorocco · 51 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 14.4°C · 29 mm rain
- Martil in MayMorocco · 60 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 39 mm rain
- Tétouan in MayMorocco · 62 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 14.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Marbella in MaySpain · 66 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 33 mm rain
- Chiclana de la Frontera in MaySpain · 70 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 15.6°C · 32 mm rain
- San Fernando, Spain in MaySpain · 77 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.2°C · 32 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 Algeciras) is explained once on the Algeciras year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.