Essaouira climate

Essaouira Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Essaouira, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 20°C on May 1 to 22°C on May 31, and lows from 16°C to 18°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 11 mm over about 2 wet days.

May day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Essaouira, in °C, with the record for each date.101520253035151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
21°C
Average low
17°C
Precipitation
11 mm
Reanalysis high
32°CMay 12, 2015
Reanalysis low
13°CMay 3, 1991
Daylight
13 h 25 min to 14 h 04 min
Cloud cover
32%
Humidity
78%
Dew point
15°C
Wind
23.8 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
May 120°C16°C29°C 199414°C 200110%
May 220°C16°C25°C 202014°C 20189%
May 320°C16°C24°C 202013°C 19919%
May 420°C16°C23°C 201413°C 199110%
May 520°C16°C23°C 201414°C 199110%
May 620°C16°C24°C 200914°C 200711%
May 720°C16°C25°C 200914°C 200110%
May 821°C17°C26°C 200514°C 200110%
May 921°C17°C25°C 200714°C 200110%
May 1021°C17°C25°C 201214°C 199110%
May 1121°C17°C27°C 201514°C 19919%
May 1221°C17°C32°C 201514°C 19949%
May 1321°C17°C30°C 201515°C 20188%
May 1421°C17°C26°C 201114°C 20188%
May 1521°C17°C28°C 199215°C 20188%
May 1621°C17°C30°C 201215°C 19917%
May 1721°C17°C25°C 200715°C 19917%
May 1821°C17°C25°C 199215°C 19917%
May 1921°C17°C30°C 199215°C 20136%
May 2021°C17°C27°C 200315°C 20186%
May 2121°C17°C26°C 200315°C 20134%
May 2221°C17°C27°C 199115°C 20134%
May 2321°C17°C26°C 199115°C 20073%
May 2421°C17°C26°C 201115°C 20063%
May 2521°C17°C26°C 202015°C 20142%
May 2621°C17°C24°C 200115°C 20142%
May 2721°C18°C27°C 200115°C 20142%
May 2822°C18°C27°C 200115°C 20132%
May 2922°C18°C26°C 199516°C 20022%
May 3022°C18°C26°C 199515°C 20132%
May 3122°C18°C26°C 201916°C 20132%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Essaouira, in percent.02.557.51012.51102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+1).

May 1
sunrise 6:54 AM, sunset 8:19 PM
May 31
sunrise 6:35 AM, sunset 8:39 PM

Every day of May: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-26. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.