Beni Mellal climate

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Beni Mellal is warmest in July, with average highs of 37 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 3.2 °C. March is the wettest month (74 mm) and July the driest (8.7 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Beni Mellal averages 534 mm of rain, 187 days above 25 °C and 6 days below freezing.

Morocco · population 210,397 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 37 °C
Coldest month January 3.2 °C
Driest month July 9 mm
Wettest month March 74 mm
Least cloud July 22 % cloud
Hottest on record July 45 °C
Coldest on record January -3.9 °C

What to expectBeni Mellal through the year

Beni Mellal has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 17 °C in January to 37 °C in July, a swing of 20 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 187 days a year reach 25 °C, 128 of them reach 30 °C, 6 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. March averages 74 mm against 9 mm in July — 8.4 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	16.8 °C	62 mm	36 %
February	18.4 °C	62 mm	37 %
March	21.2 °C	74 mm	42 %
April	23.5 °C	63 mm	43 %
May	27.7 °C	48 mm	41 %
June	32.9 °C	18 mm	26 %
July	37.4 °C	9 mm	22 %
August	37.2 °C	11 mm	26 %
September	31.9 °C	25 mm	32 %
October	27.3 °C	46 mm	41 %
November	21.2 °C	65 mm	38 %
December	18.0 °C	53 mm	37 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	16.8 °C	3.2 °C	9.7 °C	25.7 °C	-3.9 °C	0	0	3
February	18.4 °C	4.4 °C	11.3 °C	28.8 °C	-3.1 °C	1	0	2
March	21.2 °C	6.9 °C	14.1 °C	33.0 °C	-1.9 °C	7	1	0
April	23.5 °C	9.8 °C	16.8 °C	36.3 °C	1.5 °C	12	3	0
May	27.7 °C	13.5 °C	20.8 °C	40.2 °C	3.9 °C	20	11	0
June	32.9 °C	17.5 °C	25.4 °C	43.6 °C	10.1 °C	29	22	0
July	37.4 °C	20.8 °C	29.4 °C	45.0 °C	13.4 °C	31	30	0
August	37.2 °C	21.1 °C	29.4 °C	44.5 °C	15.9 °C	31	30	0
September	31.9 °C	17.9 °C	24.9 °C	41.3 °C	10.8 °C	28	21	0
October	27.3 °C	13.5 °C	20.3 °C	38.2 °C	5.6 °C	21	10	0
November	21.2 °C	7.9 °C	14.4 °C	30.9 °C	0.1 °C	7	0	0
December	18.0 °C	4.7 °C	11.0 °C	25.8 °C	-3.6 °C	0	0	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	62 mm	6	10 h/day	36 %	67 %	7.3 km/h
February	62 mm	7	11 h/day	37 %	64 %	8.3 km/h
March	74 mm	9	12 h/day	42 %	63 %	9.1 km/h
April	63 mm	9	13 h/day	43 %	61 %	9.6 km/h
May	48 mm	7	14 h/day	41 %	54 %	9.4 km/h
June	18 mm	4	14 h/day	26 %	47 %	9.7 km/h
July	9 mm	3	14 h/day	22 %	39 %	10 km/h
August	11 mm	4	13 h/day	26 %	39 %	10 km/h
September	25 mm	5	12 h/day	32 %	48 %	9.6 km/h
October	46 mm	7	11 h/day	41 %	54 %	9.0 km/h
November	65 mm	7	11 h/day	38 %	61 %	8.0 km/h
December	53 mm	6	10 h/day	37 %	67 %	7.1 km/h

How Beni Mellal compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Beni Mellal	37 °C	3.2 °C	534 mm	187
Khouribga · Morocco	34 °C	4.8 °C	375 mm	159
Settat · Morocco	33 °C	6.9 °C	319 mm	168
Marrakesh · Morocco	36 °C	3.1 °C	265 mm	193

Where Beni Mellal ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in August	18thof 50	37 °C
The warmest places in Africa in July	20thof 50	37 °C
The coolest places in Africa in December	47thof 50	18 °C
The coolest places in Africa in January	47thof 50	17 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Beni Mellal.

QuestionsCommon questions about Beni Mellal’s climate

When is the best time to visit Beni Mellal?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Beni Mellal get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 37 °C. About 128 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 3.2 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 6 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Beni Mellal?

March, averaging 74 mm over 9 days with rain. The driest month is July with 9 mm. The year as a whole averages 534 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Beni Mellal rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.