Weather in Agadir in May

A good month. May is a solid month to be in Agadir. Highs average 31.3 °C, lows 18 °C, and rain falls on 2 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

May ranks 8 of 12 in Agadir: past the worst of the year but short of January, which is the month to book if the dates are open.

Rain falls on only 2 days, so an itinerary with no wet-weather fallback is a reasonable risk. Pack for 31.3 °C days and 18 °C nights; the spread matters more here than any single number.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: 7 days clear 35 °C, so a serious heatwave is normal rather than notable. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest May day reached 43.3 °C and the coldest night fell to 11.3 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 46 mm — roughly 383% of the month's rain in one day.

This is the volatile part. May rainfall has ranged from 0 mm to 94 mm across the twenty years measured — a 94 mm spread around an average of 12 mm. The average is real but almost no individual May looks like it, so treat the figure as the middle of a wide range rather than a forecast.

Wind is light at 10.1 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity is unremarkable at 51%.

How May sits in the year

The month is on the way up: 3.3 °C warmer than April, and June adds another 3.4 °C. Late in the month feels noticeably different from the start of it, which is worth knowing if the trip is short.

Daylight in May

May is at or near the longest days of Agadir's year: 13.7 hours of daylight, gaining 0.6 hours across the month. Evenings are the real gain — dinner outdoors still happens in full light.

Sea temperature

The sea sits at about 18.3 °C in May — swimmable, but it takes a moment to commit. The sea peaks at 21.3 °C in October and bottoms out at 17.2 °C — water lags the air by a month or two, which is why the best swimming often comes after the best weather.

How busy it gets

Busy. Popular without being frantic; book the things you care about, improvise the rest.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

May in Agadir versus nearby

If Agadir is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Marrakesh is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 1 day more rain. Casablanca is a better bet in May — 6 °C cooler, 2 days more rain.

So: May works, with January the better month by 17 points if the dates can move. If they cannot, nothing here should stop you booking.

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