Chefchaouen Weather in May
Chefchaouen in May
The short of it: Chefchaouen in May averages a high of 24 °C (75 °F) and a low of 12 °C (53 °F), with 34 mm (1.3 in) of rain and about 14 h 0 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 12° · rain 34 mm · daylight 14 h 0 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & September
Thirty years of records give Chefchaouen an average May high of 24°, a low of 12° and some 34 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 24°, nights near 12°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 34 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 0 min in mid-May, 58 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, Chefchaouen runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Bab Taza, 13 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
May in Chefchaouen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 30 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 0 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bab TazaTanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima | 13 km SSE | 24° | 11° | 42 mm |
| MahrounTanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima | 14 km S | 24° | 12° | 40 mm |
| MokrissetTanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima | 28 km SSW | 26° | 13° | 39 mm |
| Oued LaouTanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima | 35 km NNE | 25° | 15° | 21 mm |
| BrikchaTanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima | 36 km SW | 27° | 15° | 28 mm |
| BoureïtTanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima | 39 km ESE | 24° | 12° | 39 mm |
| Ben QarrichTanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima | 41 km NNW | 24° | 15° | 27 mm |
| ZoumiTanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima | 41 km S | 26° | 13° | 38 mm |