Climate averages 1991–2020
Melilla weather
in May.
A warm, 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 warm month in Melilla: daytime highs average 23.4°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 00 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nador (14 km away). In May its highs average 24.4°C, 1.0°C warmer than Melilla, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Melilla ranks joint 21st of 93 for the warmest May highs and 13th of 93 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 93 cities is 21.8°C; Melilla is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 21 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
Melilla climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.5°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 37 | 7.0 | 10.110 h |
| February | 17.0°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 35 | 6.3 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.7°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 42 | 6.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.4°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 33 | 5.5 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 23.4°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 21 | 4.0 | 14.014 h |
| June | 26.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 7.3 | 1.1 | 14.514 h |
| July | 29.8°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 14.314 h |
| August | 30.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 6.5 | 1.0 | 13.513 h |
| September | 27.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 25 | 3.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.2°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 41 | 5.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.9°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 43 | 6.3 | 10.310 h |
| December | 17.5°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 32 | 6.0 | 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
- Nador in MayMorocco · 14 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.2°C · 21 mm rain
- Berkane in MayMorocco · 70 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 14.0°C · 30 mm rain
- Al Hoceïma in MayMorocco · 91 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 15.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Taourirt in MayMorocco · 99 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 13.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Oujda in MayMorocco · 116 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 11.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Maghnia in MayAlgeria · 121 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.4°C · 37 mm rain
- Guercif in MayMorocco · 125 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 14.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Tlemcen in MayAlgeria · 155 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 10.6°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 Melilla) is explained once on the Melilla year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Nador lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.