Tarifa Weather in May
Tarifa in May
The short of it: Tarifa in May averages a high of 23 °C (73 °F) and a low of 15 °C (59 °F), with 24 mm (0.94 in) of rain and about 14 h 4 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 23° · low 15° · rain 24 mm · daylight 14 h 4 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & June
Thirty years of records give Tarifa an average May high of 23°, a low of 15° and some 24 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 23°, nights near 15°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 24 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 4 min in mid-May, 60 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, Tarifa runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Algeciras, 19 km to the NE, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Tarifa, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 39 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 4 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AlgecirasAndalusia | 19 km NE | 23° | 15° | 25 mm |
| Los BarriosAndalusia | 22 km NNE | 23° | 15° | 25 mm |
| BenzúCeuta | 24 km ESE | 22° | 15° | 24 mm |
| Zahara de los AtunesAndalusia | 25 km WNW | 23° | 15° | 27 mm |
| South DistrictGibraltar | 26 km ENE | 21° | 15° | 24 mm |
| Town AreaOther | 26 km ENE | 21° | 15° | 24 mm |
| SandpitsOther | 27 km ENE | 22° | 15° | 25 mm |
| Upper TownOther | 27 km ENE | 22° | 15° | 25 mm |