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Rabat in May

sweet spot · one of the best months to go

The year in Rabat

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  1. Rabat in January: good
  2. Rabat in February: good
  3. Rabat in March: good
  4. Rabat in April: sweet spot
  5. Rabat in May: sweet spot
  6. Rabat in June: sweet spot
  7. Rabat in July: sweet spot
  8. Rabat in August: good
  9. Rabat in September: sweet spot
  10. Rabat in October: good
  11. Rabat in November: good, busy
  12. Rabat in December: ok, busy
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May at Rabat is 23°C by day and 16°C at night, with 2 rainy days and about 12 hours of sun a day. 23C max, 2 rainy days.

The numbers

Daily high23°C
Nightly low16°C
Feels like, afternoon24°C
Rainy days, 1 mm or more2 · 17 mm
Humidity75%
Sunshine12.0 h/day
Daylight13.9 h/day
Days over 35°C1
Crowds80 / 100, higher is quieter

Ten-year averages for this calendar month. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts it. The model these figures come from drizzles more than a rain gauge, the more so the warmer the month, so its days count from 2 mm, rising to 5 mm in the hottest.

Weather read at the centre, 9 km from the airport (RBA): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

How busy it gets

May: about usual. Busiest in November and December; quietest in July.

Public holidays in May

Holidays crowd a place out and push fares up around them; they count toward the crowd score above.

Rabat in pictures

What to pack

  • Sun protection: about 12 hours of sunshine a day.
  • Humidity averages 75%; breathable fabrics dry faster.

Each line is a threshold over the ten-year figures above, not advice from anywhere else.

Before you go

Type C and E plugs at 127 / 220 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Moroccan dirham. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Everything for Morocco: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

On arrival in Rabat: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.

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