Nador climate

Name: Nador
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Nador is warmest in August, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 7.3 °C. March is the wettest month (44 mm) and July the driest (1.6 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Nador averages 332 mm of rain, 151 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

Morocco · population 176,600 · 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 32 °C
Coldest month January 7.3 °C
Driest month July 2 mm
Wettest month March 44 mm
Least cloud July 22 % cloud
Hottest on record August 41 °C
Coldest on record January -0.3 °C
Warmest sea August 24 °C

What to expectNador through the year

Nador has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 17 °C in January to 32 °C in August, a swing of 15 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 151 days a year reach 25 °C, 62 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. March averages 44 mm against 2 mm in July — 28 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Nador is warmest in August at 24 °C and coldest in February at 16 °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	17.0 °C	37 mm	45 %
February	17.7 °C	37 mm	45 %
March	19.6 °C	44 mm	47 %
April	21.4 °C	34 mm	43 %
May	24.4 °C	22 mm	41 %
June	28.2 °C	7 mm	28 %
July	31.2 °C	2 mm	22 %
August	31.7 °C	6 mm	28 %
September	28.5 °C	26 mm	42 %
October	25.1 °C	41 mm	48 %
November	20.6 °C	44 mm	47 %
December	17.9 °C	32 mm	47 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	17.0 °C	7.3 °C	11.7 °C	25.1 °C	-0.3 °C	0	0
February	17.7 °C	8.0 °C	12.5 °C	31.1 °C	-0.1 °C	0	0
March	19.6 °C	9.7 °C	14.4 °C	30.6 °C	1.6 °C	1	0
April	21.4 °C	11.5 °C	16.3 °C	33.0 °C	5.4 °C	3	0
May	24.4 °C	14.4 °C	19.3 °C	36.9 °C	7.9 °C	12	1
June	28.2 °C	17.8 °C	22.9 °C	38.7 °C	12.2 °C	27	7
July	31.2 °C	20.6 °C	25.8 °C	40.2 °C	14.8 °C	31	21
August	31.7 °C	21.6 °C	26.3 °C	41.4 °C	15.5 °C	31	24
September	28.5 °C	19.2 °C	23.4 °C	39.2 °C	11.7 °C	27	7
October	25.1 °C	15.7 °C	19.9 °C	34.9 °C	8.9 °C	16	2
November	20.6 °C	11.5 °C	15.6 °C	34.7 °C	4.5 °C	2	0
December	17.9 °C	8.6 °C	12.8 °C	25.9 °C	1.8 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	37 mm	7	10 h/day	45 %	77 %	18 km/h	15.9 °C
February	37 mm	7	11 h/day	45 %	77 %	20 km/h	15.5 °C
March	44 mm	7	12 h/day	47 %	75 %	21 km/h	15.7 °C
April	34 mm	6	13 h/day	43 %	71 %	21 km/h	16.5 °C
May	22 mm	4	14 h/day	41 %	68 %	20 km/h	18.2 °C
June	7 mm	1	15 h/day	28 %	65 %	20 km/h	20.6 °C
July	2 mm	0	14 h/day	22 %	63 %	18 km/h	22.8 °C
August	6 mm	1	13 h/day	28 %	66 %	18 km/h	24.1 °C
September	26 mm	4	12 h/day	42 %	72 %	18 km/h	23.0 °C
October	41 mm	6	11 h/day	48 %	77 %	17 km/h	20.9 °C
November	44 mm	6	10 h/day	47 %	76 %	18 km/h	18.5 °C
December	32 mm	6	9.8 h/day	47 %	78 %	17 km/h	16.7 °C

How Nador 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
Nador	32 °C	7.3 °C	332 mm	151
Al Hoceïma · Morocco	27 °C	9.3 °C	381 mm	77
Oujda · Morocco	34 °C	3.6 °C	359 mm	154
Taza · Morocco	36 °C	5.4 °C	420 mm	159
Tlemcen · Algeria	32 °C	3.1 °C	455 mm	132
Almería · Spain	32 °C	7.7 °C	213 mm	149

Where Nador ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Africa in September	17th of 50	96/100
Best beach destinations in the world in September	31st of 50	96/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in August	36th of 50	91/100
The coolest places in Africa in March	38th of 50	20 °C
The coolest places in Africa in April	43rd of 50	21 °C
The coolest places in Africa in December	46th of 50	18 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Nador’s climate

When is the best time to visit Nador?

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 Nador get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 62 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 7.3 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Nador?

March, averaging 44 mm over 7 days with rain. The driest month is July with 2 mm. The year as a whole averages 332 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 Nador 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: 35.168°, -2.934° (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.