Kenitra climate

Name: Kenitra
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Kenitra is warmest in August, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 9.8 °C. November is the wettest month (90 mm) and July the driest (0.9 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kenitra averages 533 mm of rain and 110 days above 25 °C.

Morocco · population 470,949 · 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 28 °C
Coldest month January 9.8 °C
Driest month July 1 mm
Wettest month November 90 mm
Least cloud July 20 % cloud
Hottest on record August 45 °C
Coldest on record January 0.9 °C
Warmest sea August 23 °C

What to expectKenitra through the year

Kenitra has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 16 °C in January to 28 °C in August, a swing of 11 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 110 days a year reach 25 °C, 18 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 90 mm against 1 mm in July — 96 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Kenitra is warmest in August at 23 °C and coldest in February at 17 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	16.4 °C	77 mm	49 %
February	17.3 °C	61 mm	47 %
March	19.3 °C	59 mm	47 %
April	20.3 °C	51 mm	45 %
May	22.9 °C	29 mm	40 %
June	25.3 °C	6 mm	29 %
July	27.4 °C	1 mm	20 %
August	27.9 °C	1 mm	23 %
September	26.3 °C	19 mm	35 %
October	23.9 °C	58 mm	45 %
November	20.0 °C	90 mm	47 %
December	17.5 °C	80 mm	50 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	16.4 °C	9.8 °C	12.8 °C	23.9 °C	0.9 °C	0	0
February	17.3 °C	10.3 °C	13.5 °C	28.2 °C	2.1 °C	0	0
March	19.3 °C	11.8 °C	15.3 °C	32.2 °C	5.7 °C	2	0
April	20.3 °C	13.3 °C	16.6 °C	36.2 °C	7.5 °C	2	0
May	22.9 °C	15.6 °C	19.1 °C	40.9 °C	8.5 °C	7	2
June	25.3 °C	18.0 °C	21.5 °C	42.3 °C	12.5 °C	14	2
July	27.4 °C	19.8 °C	23.3 °C	40.8 °C	14.1 °C	26	4
August	27.9 °C	20.4 °C	23.7 °C	44.7 °C	13.6 °C	29	5
September	26.3 °C	19.3 °C	22.4 °C	39.0 °C	13.4 °C	20	3
October	23.9 °C	17.0 °C	20.1 °C	38.9 °C	9.2 °C	9	2
November	20.0 °C	13.5 °C	16.5 °C	31.9 °C	5.4 °C	2	0
December	17.5 °C	11.2 °C	14.1 °C	24.8 °C	2.8 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	77 mm	8	10 h/day	49 %	81 %	15 km/h	17.0 °C
February	61 mm	7	11 h/day	47 %	79 %	16 km/h	16.5 °C
March	59 mm	7	12 h/day	47 %	76 %	17 km/h	16.7 °C
April	51 mm	7	13 h/day	45 %	75 %	18 km/h	17.5 °C
May	29 mm	5	14 h/day	40 %	74 %	17 km/h	18.9 °C
June	6 mm	1	14 h/day	29 %	74 %	17 km/h	20.6 °C
July	1 mm	0	14 h/day	20 %	75 %	16 km/h	21.9 °C
August	1 mm	0	13 h/day	23 %	77 %	16 km/h	22.7 °C
September	19 mm	3	12 h/day	35 %	77 %	16 km/h	22.0 °C
October	58 mm	7	11 h/day	45 %	79 %	15 km/h	21.0 °C
November	90 mm	8	10 h/day	47 %	78 %	15 km/h	19.5 °C
December	80 mm	8	9.9 h/day	50 %	81 %	15 km/h	18.0 °C

How Kenitra 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
Kenitra	28 °C	9.8 °C	533 mm	110
Salé · Morocco	28 °C	9.7 °C	419 mm	108
Rabat · Morocco	29 °C	8.9 °C	420 mm	131
Temara · Morocco	30 °C	8.4 °C	424 mm	138
Mohammedia · Morocco	28 °C	9.6 °C	316 mm	115
Meknes · Morocco	34 °C	4.3 °C	487 mm	157
Casablanca · Morocco	29 °C	9.0 °C	306 mm	132

Where Kenitra ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Africa in August	13th of 50	97/100
The coolest places in Africa in April	22nd of 50	20 °C
Places with the best weather in Africa year-round	25th of 50	86/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in May	26th of 50	95/100
Best beach destinations in the world in August	32nd of 50	97/100
The coolest places in Africa in March	32nd of 50	19 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Kenitra’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kenitra?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, June, 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 Kenitra get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 18 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 9.8 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Kenitra?

November, averaging 90 mm over 8 days with rain. The driest month is July with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 533 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 Kenitra 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
Data point: 34.261°, -6.580° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.