Messaad weather in May

In May, Messaad sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 15 mm of rain across 2.6 wet days and about 13.8 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 25°C in the first days to 30°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 18 min at the start of May to 14 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Messaad's 6th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Messaad's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
5th warmest
Overnight low
15°
8th coldest
Rainfall
15 mm
2.6 wet days
Daylight
13 h 48 min
5:49 AM – 7:35 PM
Cloud cover
37%
6th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
7.44 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.5
out of 10

Messaad is human settlement.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 25°C in the first days to 30°C by the end.

A typical May day in Messaad reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 6°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Messaad

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Messaad weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan13° / 143.1104.3
Feb14° / 122.710.75.3
Mar18° / 143.311.77.2
Apr22° / 10°183.612.88.0
May28° / 15°152.613.87.5
Jun33° / 21°82.214.24.3
Jul37° / 24°40.9142.0
Aug36° / 23°82.713.32.6
Sep30° / 19°254.512.25.8
Oct24° / 13°183.311.18.2
Nov17° / 132.710.26.8
Dec14° / 132.59.84.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 24%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17921
27921
37921
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77921
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Messaad gets around 15 mm of rain over 2.6 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 8% and peaks near 12% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
112
211
311
410
510
610
79
89
99
108
118
128
137
147
157
167
177
188
198
208
218
228
238
248
258
268
278
288
298
308
318

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
11000
21000
31000
41000
51000
61000
71000
81000
91000
101000
111000
12991
13991
14991
15991
16991
17991
18991
19991
20991
21991
22991
23991
24991
25982
26982
27982
28982
29982
30982
31982

Wind in May

Winds average 15 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
216light breeze
316light breeze
415light breeze
515light breeze
615light breeze
715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
1015light breeze
1115light breeze
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3114light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 18 min at the start of May to 14 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:03 AM to 5:41 AM, and sunset from 7:24 PM to 7:46 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.36:037:24
213.46:027:24
313.46:017:25
413.46:007:26
513.55:597:27
613.55:587:28
713.55:577:28
813.65:567:29
913.65:557:30
1013.65:547:31
1113.65:537:32
1213.75:527:32
1313.75:517:33
1413.75:517:34
1513.75:507:35
1613.85:497:35
1713.85:487:36
1813.85:487:37
1913.85:477:38
2013.95:467:38
2113.95:467:39
2213.95:457:40
2313.95:447:41
2414.05:447:41
2514.05:437:42
2614.05:437:43
2714.05:427:43
2814.05:427:44
2914.15:417:45
3014.15:417:45
3114.15:417:46

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.44 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.95 kWh/m² to a high of 7.77 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.44 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.2Intense
27.3Intense
37.3Intense
47.3Intense
57.3Intense
67.3Intense
77.4Intense
87.4Intense
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107.4Intense
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287.5Intense
297.6Intense
307.6Intense
317.6Intense
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Messaad

In seasonPeak

In May, Messaad sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Messaad sees seasonal dust haze (April–September), heaviest in June.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Messaad?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

7.5
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
8.1
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Messaad for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Messaad in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Messaad sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 15°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Messaad in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Messaad peaks around June 21 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighHighVery highHighModerateJun 21UV 10Dec 19UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5High
Mar7Very high
Apr7High
May8Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Messaad in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Messaad is worst in June — around 40 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.5× the cleanest month (December, 11 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateJun 1739 µg/m³Dec 2012 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb17Moderate
Mar27Moderate
Apr33Moderate
May34Moderate
Jun40Poor
Jul35Moderate
Aug33Moderate
Sep35Moderate
Oct23Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Messaad?

Messaad sits at 34.2°N, 3.5°E, 777 m above sea level, in Algeria. The nearest listed city is ’Aïn el Bell, 33 km away.

Topography around Messaad

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Messaad.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Messaad has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 232 m around an average of 789 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 390 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,208 m.

The land around Messaad is covered by bare terrain (60%) within 3 km, bare terrain (86%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (78%) within 80 km.

3 km
232 m
16 km
390 m
80 km
1,208 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: ’Aïn el Bell 33 km · Feidh el Botma 45 km · Djelfa 62 km · Laghouat 71 km · Dar Chioukh 83 km · Charef 83 km · El Idrissia 95 km · ’Aïn el Melh 97 km

Algeria travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 33% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$6,051
2025
Happiness
5.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
69%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.2
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
20.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 468
Religion
Muslim 99%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Messaad (34.1543°, 3.5031°, elevation 777 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).