Climate averages 1991–2020
Laayoune 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 Laayoune: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 16.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical May (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 28 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Telde (239 km away). In May its highs average 21.3°C, 4.4°C cooler than Laayoune, with 6.5 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Western Sahara, Laayoune ranks 1st of 2 for the warmest May highs and 2nd of 2 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 2 cities is 25.0°C; Laayoune is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 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
Laayoune climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.6°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 6.7 | 1.2 | 10.611 h |
| February | 22.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 6.3 | 1.5 | 11.211 h |
| March | 24.2°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 5.1 | 1.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 25.6°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 13.513 h |
| June | 27.3°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.814 h |
| July | 29.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.714 h |
| August | 30.6°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.113 h |
| September | 29.4°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 3.3 | 0.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 7.8 | 0.9 | 11.512 h |
| November | 25.1°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 4.8 | 0.9 | 10.811 h |
| December | 22.5°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 8.3 | 1.4 | 10.510 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
- Telde in MaySpain · 239 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in MaySpain · 244 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 16.1°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Santa Lucía in MaySpain · 247 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 14.5°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Tan-Tan in MayMorocco · 251 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.4°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife in MaySpain · 336 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Arona in MaySpain · 360 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 10 mm rain
- Guelmim in MayMorocco · 369 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.2°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Tiznit in MayMorocco · 442 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.2°C · 7.6 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 Laayoune) is explained once on the Laayoune year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.