Meknes climate

Name: Meknes
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Meknes is warmest in August, with average highs of 34 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 4.3 °C. November is the wettest month (69 mm) and July the driest (2.7 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Meknes averages 487 mm of rain, 157 days above 25 °C and 3 days below freezing.

Morocco · population 568,295 · 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 34 °C
Coldest month January 4.3 °C
Driest month July 3 mm
Wettest month November 69 mm
Least cloud July 16 % cloud
Hottest on record July 44 °C
Coldest on record January -4.4 °C

What to expectMeknes through the year

Meknes has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 15 °C in January to 34 °C in August, a swing of 17 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 157 days a year reach 25 °C, 93 of them reach 30 °C, 3 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 69 mm against 3 mm in July — 26 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	15.4 °C	58 mm	45 %
February	16.8 °C	52 mm	43 %
March	19.5 °C	61 mm	46 %
April	21.3 °C	54 mm	47 %
May	25.3 °C	40 mm	44 %
June	29.9 °C	12 mm	27 %
July	33.9 °C	3 mm	16 %
August	34.0 °C	5 mm	20 %
September	29.4 °C	22 mm	34 %
October	25.3 °C	55 mm	44 %
November	19.5 °C	69 mm	45 %
December	16.6 °C	57 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	15.4 °C	4.3 °C	9.2 °C	25.0 °C	-4.4 °C	0	0	2
February	16.8 °C	5.1 °C	10.5 °C	28.6 °C	-3.4 °C	0	0	1
March	19.5 °C	7.4 °C	13.1 °C	32.0 °C	-1.9 °C	3	0	0
April	21.3 °C	9.0 °C	15.0 °C	35.4 °C	1.9 °C	7	1	0
May	25.3 °C	12.2 °C	18.6 °C	38.6 °C	2.8 °C	15	7	0
June	29.9 °C	15.6 °C	22.6 °C	42.7 °C	7.4 °C	25	14	0
July	33.9 °C	18.4 °C	25.9 °C	43.5 °C	10.1 °C	31	26	0
August	34.0 °C	18.9 °C	26.2 °C	43.4 °C	11.9 °C	31	26	0
September	29.4 °C	16.3 °C	22.4 °C	41.5 °C	7.6 °C	25	14	0
October	25.3 °C	13.0 °C	18.7 °C	34.8 °C	3.1 °C	17	6	0
November	19.5 °C	8.5 °C	13.5 °C	30.7 °C	0.3 °C	4	0	0
December	16.6 °C	5.8 °C	10.5 °C	26.0 °C	-2.5 °C	0	0	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	58 mm	8	10 h/day	45 %	75 %	11 km/h
February	52 mm	8	11 h/day	43 %	73 %	12 km/h
March	61 mm	8	12 h/day	46 %	70 %	13 km/h
April	54 mm	8	13 h/day	47 %	69 %	13 km/h
May	40 mm	6	14 h/day	44 %	64 %	13 km/h
June	12 mm	2	14 h/day	27 %	59 %	13 km/h
July	3 mm	1	14 h/day	16 %	53 %	12 km/h
August	5 mm	1	13 h/day	20 %	54 %	12 km/h
September	22 mm	4	12 h/day	34 %	61 %	12 km/h
October	55 mm	7	11 h/day	44 %	65 %	11 km/h
November	69 mm	8	10 h/day	45 %	70 %	12 km/h
December	57 mm	7	9.9 h/day	45 %	75 %	11 km/h

How Meknes 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
Meknes	34 °C	4.3 °C	487 mm	157
Fes · Morocco	35 °C	4.6 °C	519 mm	164
Kenitra · Morocco	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
Taza · Morocco	36 °C	5.4 °C	420 mm	159

Where Meknes ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in October	25thof 50	92/100
The coolest places in Africa in November	28thof 50	19 °C
The coolest places in Africa in January	31stof 50	15 °C
The coolest places in Africa in February	34thof 50	17 °C
The coolest places in Africa in December	36thof 50	17 °C
The coolest places in Africa in March	36thof 50	19 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Meknes’s climate

When is the best time to visit Meknes?

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 Meknes get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 34 °C. About 93 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 4.3 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 3 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Meknes?

November, averaging 69 mm over 8 days with rain. The driest month is July with 3 mm. The year as a whole averages 487 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 Meknes 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.