Fes climate

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Fes is warmest in August, with average highs of 35 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 4.6 °C. November is the wettest month (68 mm) and July the driest (3.7 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Fes averages 519 mm of rain, 164 days above 25 °C and 2 days below freezing.

Morocco · population 1,191,905 · 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 August 35 °C
Coldest month January 4.6 °C
Driest month July 4 mm
Wettest month November 68 mm
Least cloud July 18 % cloud
Hottest on record July 45 °C
Coldest on record January -3.1 °C

What to expectFes through the year

Fes has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 16 °C in January to 35 °C in August, a swing of 18 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 164 days a year reach 25 °C, 105 of them reach 30 °C, 2 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 68 mm against 4 mm in July — 18 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	15.6 °C	56 mm	44 %
February	17.1 °C	55 mm	43 %
March	19.9 °C	65 mm	46 %
April	21.9 °C	62 mm	47 %
May	26.1 °C	46 mm	45 %
June	31.0 °C	16 mm	27 %
July	35.1 °C	4 mm	18 %
August	35.2 °C	7 mm	21 %
September	30.2 °C	29 mm	35 %
October	25.7 °C	57 mm	43 %
November	19.8 °C	68 mm	44 %
December	16.7 °C	55 mm	45 %

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	15.6 °C	4.6 °C	9.6 °C	24.6 °C	-3.1 °C	0	0	1
February	17.1 °C	5.5 °C	10.9 °C	29.6 °C	-2.1 °C	0	0	1
March	19.9 °C	7.7 °C	13.6 °C	31.7 °C	-0.4 °C	4	0	0
April	21.9 °C	9.8 °C	15.7 °C	35.0 °C	3.0 °C	8	1	0
May	26.1 °C	13.3 °C	19.6 °C	39.2 °C	4.7 °C	17	8	0
June	31.0 °C	17.0 °C	23.9 °C	43.5 °C	9.4 °C	27	17	0
July	35.1 °C	20.1 °C	27.4 °C	45.3 °C	12.1 °C	31	28	0
August	35.2 °C	20.6 °C	27.6 °C	44.5 °C	14.3 °C	31	28	0
September	30.2 °C	17.7 °C	23.6 °C	42.0 °C	9.2 °C	26	16	0
October	25.7 °C	13.9 °C	19.4 °C	35.2 °C	4.6 °C	18	6	0
November	19.8 °C	9.0 °C	14.0 °C	31.5 °C	1.2 °C	4	0	0
December	16.7 °C	6.1 °C	10.9 °C	25.5 °C	-1.8 °C	0	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	56 mm	8	10 h/day	44 %	75 %	11 km/h
February	55 mm	8	11 h/day	43 %	73 %	12 km/h
March	65 mm	9	12 h/day	46 %	69 %	13 km/h
April	62 mm	8	13 h/day	47 %	68 %	14 km/h
May	46 mm	7	14 h/day	45 %	62 %	13 km/h
June	16 mm	3	14 h/day	27 %	55 %	13 km/h
July	4 mm	1	14 h/day	18 %	49 %	12 km/h
August	7 mm	2	13 h/day	21 %	49 %	12 km/h
September	29 mm	5	12 h/day	35 %	58 %	12 km/h
October	57 mm	8	11 h/day	43 %	64 %	11 km/h
November	68 mm	8	10 h/day	44 %	70 %	12 km/h
December	55 mm	8	9.9 h/day	45 %	76 %	11 km/h

How Fes 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
Fes	35 °C	4.6 °C	519 mm	164
Meknes · Morocco	34 °C	4.3 °C	487 mm	157
Taza · Morocco	36 °C	5.4 °C	420 mm	159
Kenitra · Morocco	28 °C	9.8 °C	533 mm	110
Salé · Morocco	28 °C	9.7 °C	419 mm	108
Al Hoceïma · Morocco	27 °C	9.3 °C	381 mm	77
Rabat · Morocco	29 °C	8.9 °C	420 mm	131

Where Fes ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Africa in November	31stof 50	20 °C
The warmest places in Africa in August	31stof 50	35 °C
The warmest places in Africa in July	35thof 50	35 °C
The coolest places in Africa in February	38thof 50	17 °C
The coolest places in Africa in January	38thof 50	16 °C
The coolest places in Africa in December	39thof 50	17 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Fes.

QuestionsCommon questions about Fes’s climate

When is the best time to visit Fes?

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

How hot does Fes get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 35 °C. About 105 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 4.6 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 2 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Fes?

November, averaging 68 mm over 8 days with rain. The driest month is July with 4 mm. The year as a whole averages 519 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 Fes 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.