Oujda climate

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Oujda is warmest in August, with average highs of 34 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 3.6 °C. March is the wettest month (51 mm) and July the driest (2.0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Oujda averages 359 mm of rain, 154 days above 25 °C and 6 days below freezing.

Morocco · population 539,711 · 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 3.6 °C
Driest month July 2 mm
Wettest month March 51 mm
Least cloud July 23 % cloud
Hottest on record August 45 °C
Coldest on record January -4.8 °C

What to expectOujda through the year

Oujda has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 15 °C in January to 34 °C in August, a swing of 18 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 154 days a year reach 25 °C, 86 of them reach 30 °C, 6 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. March averages 51 mm against 2 mm in July — 25 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	14.8 °C	38 mm	41 %
February	16.0 °C	38 mm	41 %
March	18.9 °C	51 mm	45 %
April	21.2 °C	44 mm	44 %
May	24.9 °C	34 mm	43 %
June	29.4 °C	12 mm	29 %
July	33.6 °C	2 mm	23 %
August	33.8 °C	7 mm	27 %
September	28.9 °C	21 mm	40 %
October	24.8 °C	38 mm	43 %
November	18.7 °C	44 mm	43 %
December	15.5 °C	30 mm	42 %

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	14.8 °C	3.6 °C	8.4 °C	24.0 °C	-4.8 °C	0	0	3
February	16.0 °C	4.3 °C	9.6 °C	28.2 °C	-3.8 °C	0	0	2
March	18.9 °C	6.4 °C	12.1 °C	33.7 °C	-2.4 °C	2	0	1
April	21.2 °C	8.3 °C	14.3 °C	34.8 °C	0.7 °C	6	1	0
May	24.9 °C	11.4 °C	17.8 °C	40.3 °C	3.5 °C	15	4	0
June	29.4 °C	15.1 °C	22.0 °C	42.1 °C	7.5 °C	25	13	0
July	33.6 °C	18.5 °C	25.7 °C	44.0 °C	11.8 °C	31	26	0
August	33.8 °C	19.0 °C	26.0 °C	45.0 °C	11.0 °C	31	27	0
September	28.9 °C	15.8 °C	21.7 °C	39.9 °C	7.0 °C	26	12	0
October	24.8 °C	12.3 °C	17.9 °C	37.0 °C	4.5 °C	16	4	0
November	18.7 °C	7.7 °C	12.6 °C	30.5 °C	-0.7 °C	2	0	0
December	15.5 °C	5.1 °C	9.5 °C	25.7 °C	-2.1 °C	0	0	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	38 mm	7	10 h/day	41 %	72 %	14 km/h
February	38 mm	6	11 h/day	41 %	71 %	15 km/h
March	51 mm	7	12 h/day	45 %	70 %	15 km/h
April	44 mm	7	13 h/day	44 %	69 %	16 km/h
May	34 mm	5	14 h/day	43 %	65 %	15 km/h
June	12 mm	2	14 h/day	29 %	59 %	15 km/h
July	2 mm	1	14 h/day	23 %	53 %	15 km/h
August	7 mm	2	13 h/day	27 %	55 %	15 km/h
September	21 mm	4	12 h/day	40 %	65 %	14 km/h
October	38 mm	5	11 h/day	43 %	67 %	13 km/h
November	44 mm	6	10 h/day	43 %	70 %	14 km/h
December	30 mm	5	9.9 h/day	42 %	73 %	14 km/h

How Oujda 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
Oujda	34 °C	3.6 °C	359 mm	154
Tlemcen · Algeria	32 °C	3.1 °C	455 mm	132
Nador · Morocco	32 °C	7.3 °C	332 mm	151
Sidi Bel Abbes · Algeria	35 °C	4.7 °C	392 mm	157
Oran · Algeria	31 °C	8.3 °C	340 mm	131

Where Oujda ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in October	17th of 50	93/100
The coolest places in Africa in December	18th of 50	15 °C
The coolest places in Africa in November	19th of 50	19 °C
The coolest places in Africa in January	21st of 50	15 °C
The coolest places in Africa in March	29th of 50	19 °C
The coolest places in Africa in February	30th of 50	16 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Oujda’s climate

When is the best time to visit Oujda?

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

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 34 °C. About 86 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 3.6 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 6 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Oujda?

March, averaging 51 mm over 7 days with rain. The driest month is July with 2 mm. The year as a whole averages 359 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 Oujda 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: 34.681°, -1.909° (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.