Algiers Weather in May
Algiers in May
The short of it: Algiers in May averages a high of 25 °C (77 °F) and a low of 14 °C (57 °F), with 42 mm (1.7 in) of rain and about 14 h 7 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 25° · low 14° · rain 42 mm · daylight 14 h 7 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & June
May in Algiers brings afternoons near 25° and nights around 14°, with about 42 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 25°, nights near 14°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 42 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 7 min in mid-May, 61 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Algiers runs warmer than most and about as wet in May. Birkhadem, 4 km to the WSW, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Algiers, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 14 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 7 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BirkhademAlgiers | 4 km WSW | 25° | 14° | 46 mm |
| SaoulaAlgiers | 6 km WSW | 25° | 13° | 47 mm |
| BarakiAlgiers | 7 km S | 25° | 14° | 42 mm |
| Bab EzzouarAlgiers | 9 km E | 25° | 14° | 41 mm |
| Bordj el KiffanAlgiers | 10 km E | 25° | 14° | 41 mm |
| Dar el BeïdaAlgiers | 11 km E | 25° | 13° | 41 mm |
| Rais HamidouAlgiers | 12 km NW | 24° | 13° | 48 mm |
| CheragaAlgiers | 12 km WNW | 24° | 13° | 51 mm |