Marrakesh climate

Name: Marrakesh
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Marrakesh is warmest in July, with average highs of 36 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 3.1 °C. March is the wettest month (39 mm) and July the driest (3.5 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Marrakesh averages 265 mm of rain, 193 days above 25 °C and 7 days below freezing.

Morocco · population 995,871 · 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 36 °C
Coldest month January 3.1 °C
Driest month July 4 mm
Wettest month March 39 mm
Least cloud July 15 % cloud
Hottest on record July 46 °C
Coldest on record January -4.7 °C

What to expectMarrakesh through the year

Marrakesh has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 18 °C in January to 36 °C in July, a swing of 17 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 193 days a year reach 25 °C, 122 of them reach 30 °C, 7 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 4 mm in July to 39 mm in March. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	17.6 °C	32 mm	39 %
February	19.4 °C	30 mm	40 %
March	22.3 °C	39 mm	41 %
April	24.2 °C	34 mm	41 %
May	27.9 °C	16 mm	38 %
June	32.1 °C	7 mm	22 %
July	36.1 °C	4 mm	15 %
August	35.8 °C	7 mm	19 %
September	31.1 °C	12 mm	31 %
October	27.1 °C	23 mm	41 %
November	21.8 °C	35 mm	39 %
December	18.8 °C	26 mm	38 %

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	17.6 °C	3.1 °C	9.9 °C	25.5 °C	-4.7 °C	0	0	4
February	19.4 °C	4.7 °C	11.7 °C	30.7 °C	-3.3 °C	2	0	2
March	22.3 °C	7.2 °C	14.6 °C	34.9 °C	-0.7 °C	9	1	0
April	24.2 °C	9.6 °C	16.9 °C	38.0 °C	2.8 °C	13	3	0
May	27.9 °C	12.6 °C	20.3 °C	41.2 °C	4.7 °C	21	11	0
June	32.1 °C	15.8 °C	24.0 °C	44.4 °C	9.0 °C	29	20	0
July	36.1 °C	18.5 °C	27.4 °C	46.1 °C	12.0 °C	31	29	0
August	35.8 °C	19.0 °C	27.4 °C	45.1 °C	12.7 °C	31	29	0
September	31.1 °C	16.5 °C	23.6 °C	41.7 °C	9.2 °C	28	18	0
October	27.1 °C	12.9 °C	19.7 °C	39.4 °C	3.7 °C	21	9	0
November	21.8 °C	7.8 °C	14.4 °C	32.1 °C	-0.8 °C	7	0	0
December	18.8 °C	4.6 °C	11.1 °C	27.5 °C	-2.5 °C	1	0	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	32 mm	5	10 h/day	39 %	71 %	12 km/h
February	30 mm	5	11 h/day	40 %	67 %	13 km/h
March	39 mm	6	12 h/day	41 %	63 %	15 km/h
April	34 mm	5	13 h/day	41 %	62 %	16 km/h
May	16 mm	4	14 h/day	38 %	56 %	16 km/h
June	7 mm	2	14 h/day	22 %	52 %	16 km/h
July	4 mm	1	14 h/day	15 %	47 %	15 km/h
August	7 mm	2	13 h/day	19 %	49 %	14 km/h
September	12 mm	3	12 h/day	31 %	56 %	13 km/h
October	23 mm	4	11 h/day	41 %	60 %	13 km/h
November	35 mm	5	11 h/day	39 %	66 %	12 km/h
December	26 mm	5	10 h/day	38 %	71 %	12 km/h

How Marrakesh 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
Marrakesh	36 °C	3.1 °C	265 mm	193
Safi · Morocco	29 °C	9.8 °C	267 mm	139
Settat · Morocco	33 °C	6.9 °C	319 mm	168
Khouribga · Morocco	34 °C	4.8 °C	375 mm	159
Beni Mellal · Morocco	37 °C	3.2 °C	534 mm	187
El Jadida · Morocco	27 °C	11 °C	318 mm	95
Ait Melloul · Morocco	31 °C	9.5 °C	214 mm	181

Where Marrakesh ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in August	26th of 50	36 °C
Places with the best weather in Africa in April	27th of 50	94/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in March	29th of 50	91/100
The warmest places in Africa in July	29th of 50	36 °C
Places with the best weather in Africa in November	50th of 50	92/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Marrakesh’s climate

When is the best time to visit Marrakesh?

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 Marrakesh get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 36 °C. About 122 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 3.1 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 7 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Marrakesh?

March, averaging 39 mm over 6 days with rain. The driest month is July with 4 mm. The year as a whole averages 265 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 Marrakesh 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: 31.634°, -8.000° (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.