Oulad Barhil weather in May

In May, Oulad Barhil sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 7 mm of rain across 1.4 wet days and about 13.5 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 28°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 71% 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 Oulad Barhil's 5th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Oulad Barhil's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
5th warmest
Overnight low
13°
8th coldest
Rainfall
7 mm
1.4 wet days
Daylight
13 h 30 min
5:44 AM – 7:16 PM
Cloud cover
28%
5th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
7.4 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.6
out of 10

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 28°C by the end.

A typical May day in Oulad Barhil reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 4°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Oulad Barhil

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.

Oulad Barhil weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan16° / 212.810.26.3
Feb17° / 333.510.96.8
Mar19° / 273.911.87.5
Apr22° / 10°12212.78.6
May26° / 13°71.413.58.6
Jun30° / 17°30.513.96.7
Jul34° / 20°10.213.84.2
Aug33° / 20°30.613.14.6
Sep29° / 17°71.312.27.3
Oct24° / 13°172.711.28.4
Nov19° / 343.110.57.6
Dec17° / 303.710.16.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 71% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 16%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Oulad Barhil gets around 7 mm of rain over 1.4 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 4% and peaks near 6% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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.

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Wind in May

Winds average 7 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
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47calm
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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 5:56 AM to 5:37 AM, and sunset from 7:06 PM to 7:26 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.25:567:06
213.25:557:07
313.25:547:08
413.35:537:08
513.35:527:09
613.35:517:10
713.35:507:10
813.45:507:11
913.45:497:12
1013.45:487:12
1113.45:477:13
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1313.55:467:14
1413.55:457:15
1513.55:447:16
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1713.65:437:17
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1913.65:427:18
2013.65:417:19
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2213.75:407:20
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.35 kWh/m² to a high of 7.82 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.4 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.2Intense
27.2Intense
37.2Intense
47.2Intense
57.2Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Oulad Barhil

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust
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Is May a good time to visit Oulad Barhil?

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

8.6
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
8.2
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Oulad Barhil in May

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

In May, Oulad Barhil sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 13°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Oulad Barhil in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Oulad Barhil peaks around July 20 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highExtremeExtremeVery highModerateJul 20UV 11Dec 16UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan5Moderate
Feb5High
Mar9Very high
Apr11Extreme
May10Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov4Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Oulad Barhil 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 Oulad Barhil is worst in August — around 29 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.6× the cleanest month (December, 11 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodAug 1228 µg/m³Dec 1811 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Moderate
Feb18Moderate
Mar16Moderate
Apr17Moderate
May18Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul27Moderate
Aug29Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Oulad Barhil?

Oulad Barhil sits at 30.6°N, 8.5°W, 505 m above sea level, in Morocco. The nearest listed city is Aoulouz, 28 km away.

Oadar Temsia

Topography around Oulad Barhil

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Oulad Barhil has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 80 m around an average of 502 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 927 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,029 m.

The land around Oulad Barhil is covered by cropland (48%) within 3 km, grassland (45%) and cropland (28%) within 16 km, and grassland (60%) and bare terrain (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
80 m
16 km
927 m
80 km
4,029 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Aoulouz 28 km · Ait Yazza 35 km · Taroudant 43 km · Amizmiz 68 km · Imi-n-Tanout 69 km · Oulad Teïma 76 km · Asni 82 km · Oadar Temsia 95 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
Muslim 99%other 1%

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 Oulad Barhil (30.6404°, -8.4688°, elevation 505 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).