Ouarzazate weather in May

In May, Ouarzazate sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.5 wet days and about 13.5 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 30°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 12 min at the start of May to 13 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Ouarzazate's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ouarzazate's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 3 mm; 0.5 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 36 min; 5:37 AM – 7:11 PM
Cloud cover: 30%; 10th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 7.76 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.8; out of 10

Ouarzazate is City in Morocco.

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

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 30°C by the end.

A typical May day in Ouarzazate reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 4°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	12
2	26	12
3	26	12
4	26	12
5	27	12
6	27	12
7	27	12
8	27	13
9	27	13
10	27	13
11	27	13
12	28	13
13	28	13
14	28	13
15	28	14
16	28	14
17	28	14
18	28	14
19	28	14
20	29	14
21	29	14
22	29	15
23	29	15
24	29	15
25	29	15
26	29	15
27	30	15
28	30	15
29	30	15
30	30	16
31	30	16

How May really feels in Ouarzazate

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Ouarzazate weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	16° / 2°	9	1.8	10.2	6.2
Feb	17° / 4°	13	2.1	10.9	7.1
Mar	20° / 7°	12	2.2	11.8	8.1
Apr	24° / 10°	4	0.7	12.7	8.9
May	28° / 14°	3	0.5	13.5	7.8
Jun	33° / 17°	3	0.6	14	5.0
Jul	36° / 20°	1	0.1	13.8	2.9
Aug	34° / 20°	2	0.4	13.1	3.6
Sep	30° / 16°	7	1.2	12.2	6.2
Oct	25° / 12°	16	1.8	11.2	8.5
Nov	20° / 7°	13	1.7	10.4	7.9
Dec	16° / 3°	9	1.9	10	6.6

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	86	86	86	86	85	85	84	84	83	83	82	82	81	81	82	82	82	82	81	81	82	82	82	84	84	84	84	84	84	85	85
Cloudier (%)	14	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	18	18	19	19	18	18	18	18	19	19	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	83	17
10	83	17
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	81	19
20	81	19
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	84	16
28	84	16
29	84	16
30	85	15
31	85	15

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Ouarzazate gets around 3 mm of rain over 0.5 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 2% and peaks near 2% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	2
9	2
10	2
11	2
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	2
18	2
19	2
20	2
21	2
22	2
23	2
24	2
25	2
26	2
27	2
28	2
29	2
30	2
31	2

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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May, the windiest month of the year.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	calm
10	12	calm
11	12	calm
12	12	calm
13	12	calm
14	12	calm
15	12	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 12 min at the start of May to 13 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:49 AM to 5:30 AM, and sunset from 7:00 PM to 7:20 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8
Sunrise (AM)	5:49	5:48	5:47	5:46	5:45	5:45	5:44	5:43	5:42	5:41	5:41	5:40	5:39	5:38	5:38	5:37	5:36	5:36	5:35	5:35	5:34	5:33	5:33	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:31	5:31	5:30	5:30	5:30
Sunset (PM)	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:11	7:12	7:13	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:17	7:18	7:18	7:19	7:20	7:20

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.2	5:49	7:00
2	13.2	5:48	7:01
3	13.2	5:47	7:02
4	13.3	5:46	7:02
5	13.3	5:45	7:03
6	13.3	5:45	7:04
7	13.3	5:44	7:05
8	13.4	5:43	7:05
9	13.4	5:42	7:06
10	13.4	5:41	7:07
11	13.4	5:41	7:07
12	13.5	5:40	7:08
13	13.5	5:39	7:09
14	13.5	5:38	7:09
15	13.5	5:38	7:10
16	13.6	5:37	7:11
17	13.6	5:36	7:11
18	13.6	5:36	7:12
19	13.6	5:35	7:13
20	13.6	5:35	7:13
21	13.7	5:34	7:14
22	13.7	5:33	7:15
23	13.7	5:33	7:15
24	13.7	5:32	7:16
25	13.7	5:32	7:17
26	13.8	5:32	7:17
27	13.8	5:31	7:18
28	13.8	5:31	7:18
29	13.8	5:30	7:19
30	13.8	5:30	7:20
31	13.8	5:30	7:20

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.59 kWh/m² to a high of 8.02 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.76 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.9
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	7.7	Intense
2	7.7	Intense
3	7.7	Intense
4	7.7	Intense
5	7.7	Intense
6	7.7	Intense
7	7.7	Intense
8	7.7	Intense
9	7.7	Intense
10	7.7	Intense
11	7.7	Intense
12	7.7	Intense
13	7.7	Intense
14	7.7	Intense
15	7.7	Intense
16	7.7	Intense
17	7.7	Intense
18	7.7	Intense
19	7.7	Intense
20	7.8	Intense
21	7.8	Intense
22	7.8	Intense
23	7.8	Intense
24	7.8	Intense
25	7.8	Intense
26	7.8	Intense
27	7.8	Intense
28	7.8	Intense
29	7.8	Intense
30	7.8	Intense
31	7.9	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Ouarzazate

In seasonPeak

None of Ouarzazate's seasonal hazards are active in May. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Ouarzazate sees seasonal dust haze (July–August), heaviest in July.

Dust

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Is May a good time to visit Ouarzazate?

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

7.8

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

8.7

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Ouarzazate in May

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

In May, Ouarzazate sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 14°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Ouarzazate in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ouarzazate peaks around June 23 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 4 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	5	4	9	10	9	11	11	11	9	8	5	4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	5	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	10	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	5	Moderate
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Ouarzazate 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 Ouarzazate is worst in August — around 34 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.9× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	10	17	14	22	25	22	33	34	24	18	10	7
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	10	Good
Feb	17	Moderate
Mar	14	Moderate
Apr	22	Moderate
May	25	Moderate
Jun	22	Moderate
Jul	33	Moderate
Aug	34	Moderate
Sep	24	Moderate
Oct	18	Moderate
Nov	10	Good
Dec	7	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Ouarzazate?

Ouarzazate sits at 30.9°N, 6.9°W, 1,113 m above sea level, in Morocco. The nearest listed city is Tabount, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Ouarzazate

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ouarzazate has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 132 m around an average of 1,123 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 513 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,322 m.

The land around Ouarzazate is covered by bare terrain (38%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, bare terrain (91%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (72%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

132 m

bare terrain 38%

16 km

513 m

bare terrain 91%

80 km

3,322 m

bare terrain 72%

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← April Ouarzazate year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Tabount 3.0 km · Kelaat Mgouna 81 km · Setti Fatma 82 km · Demnate 91 km · Ait Ourir 102 km · Laâttaouia 109 km · Asni 110 km · Tamallalt 116 km

Morocco travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / E; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 42% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $4,672; 2025
Happiness: 4.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 80%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 17; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 492
Religion

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 Ouarzazate (30.9189°, -6.8934°, elevation 1,113 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	12
2	26	12
3	26	12
4	26	12
5	27	12
6	27	12
7	27	12
8	27	13
9	27	13
10	27	13
11	27	13
12	28	13
13	28	13
14	28	13
15	28	14
16	28	14
17	28	14
18	28	14
19	28	14
20	29	14
21	29	14
22	29	15
23	29	15
24	29	15
25	29	15
26	29	15
27	30	15
28	30	15
29	30	15
30	30	16
31	30	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	83	17
10	83	17
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	81	19
20	81	19
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	84	16
28	84	16
29	84	16
30	85	15
31	85	15

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	2
9	2
10	2
11	2
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	2
18	2
19	2
20	2
21	2
22	2
23	2
24	2
25	2
26	2
27	2
28	2
29	2
30	2
31	2

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	12
2	26	12
3	26	12
4	26	12
5	27	12
6	27	12
7	27	12
8	27	13
9	27	13
10	27	13
11	27	13
12	28	13
13	28	13
14	28	13
15	28	14
16	28	14
17	28	14
18	28	14
19	28	14
20	29	14
21	29	14
22	29	15
23	29	15
24	29	15
25	29	15
26	29	15
27	30	15
28	30	15
29	30	15
30	30	16
31	30	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	83	17
10	83	17
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	81	19
20	81	19
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	84	16
28	84	16
29	84	16
30	85	15
31	85	15

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	2
9	2
10	2
11	2
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	2
18	2
19	2
20	2
21	2
22	2
23	2
24	2
25	2
26	2
27	2
28	2
29	2
30	2
31	2

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	12
2	26	12
3	26	12
4	26	12
5	27	12
6	27	12
7	27	12
8	27	13
9	27	13
10	27	13
11	27	13
12	28	13
13	28	13
14	28	13
15	28	14
16	28	14
17	28	14
18	28	14
19	28	14
20	29	14
21	29	14
22	29	15
23	29	15
24	29	15
25	29	15
26	29	15
27	30	15
28	30	15
29	30	15
30	30	16
31	30	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	83	17
10	83	17
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	81	19
20	81	19
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	84	16
28	84	16
29	84	16
30	85	15
31	85	15

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	2
9	2
10	2
11	2
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	2
18	2
19	2
20	2
21	2
22	2
23	2
24	2
25	2
26	2
27	2
28	2
29	2
30	2
31	2

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100