Rabat climate

Name: Rabat
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Rabat is warmest in August, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 8.9 °C. November is the wettest month (72 mm) and July the driest (1.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Rabat averages 420 mm of rain and 131 days above 25 °C.

Morocco · population 1,655,753 · 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 29 °C
Coldest month January 8.9 °C
Driest month July 1 mm
Wettest month November 72 mm
Least cloud July 25 % cloud
Hottest on record July 43 °C
Coldest on record January 1.1 °C
Warmest sea August 23 °C

What to expectRabat through the year

Rabat has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 17 °C in January to 29 °C in August, a swing of 12 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 131 days a year reach 25 °C, 30 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 72 mm against 1 mm in July — 51 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Rabat 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	16.7 °C	60 mm	48 %
February	17.6 °C	48 mm	48 %
March	19.8 °C	49 mm	47 %
April	20.9 °C	38 mm	46 %
May	23.7 °C	23 mm	42 %
June	26.5 °C	5 mm	32 %
July	28.6 °C	1 mm	25 %
August	29.0 °C	2 mm	27 %
September	27.1 °C	14 mm	38 %
October	24.5 °C	47 mm	46 %
November	20.4 °C	72 mm	47 %
December	17.8 °C	60 mm	49 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	16.7 °C	8.9 °C	12.4 °C	25.5 °C	1.1 °C	0	0
February	17.6 °C	9.4 °C	13.1 °C	29.4 °C	2.9 °C	0	0
March	19.8 °C	11.1 °C	15.1 °C	34.0 °C	4.7 °C	3	0
April	20.9 °C	12.6 °C	16.5 °C	33.5 °C	7.0 °C	3	0
May	23.7 °C	15.0 °C	19.1 °C	41.4 °C	8.8 °C	9	2
June	26.5 °C	17.7 °C	21.7 °C	40.6 °C	11.8 °C	19	4
July	28.6 °C	19.5 °C	23.6 °C	43.1 °C	14.3 °C	28	9
August	29.0 °C	20.2 °C	24.0 °C	41.3 °C	14.7 °C	30	8
September	27.1 °C	18.9 °C	22.4 °C	39.3 °C	12.4 °C	24	4
October	24.5 °C	16.5 °C	20.0 °C	36.6 °C	9.5 °C	13	2
November	20.4 °C	12.8 °C	16.2 °C	31.5 °C	6.3 °C	3	0
December	17.8 °C	10.3 °C	13.7 °C	26.7 °C	4.2 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	60 mm	7	10 h/day	48 %	82 %	14 km/h	17.1 °C
February	48 mm	7	11 h/day	48 %	80 %	15 km/h	16.5 °C
March	49 mm	7	12 h/day	47 %	77 %	17 km/h	16.7 °C
April	38 mm	6	13 h/day	46 %	76 %	17 km/h	17.6 °C
May	23 mm	4	14 h/day	42 %	73 %	17 km/h	19.0 °C
June	5 mm	1	14 h/day	32 %	73 %	16 km/h	20.9 °C
July	1 mm	0	14 h/day	25 %	73 %	15 km/h	22.2 °C
August	2 mm	0	13 h/day	27 %	75 %	15 km/h	22.9 °C
September	14 mm	3	12 h/day	38 %	76 %	15 km/h	22.2 °C
October	47 mm	6	11 h/day	46 %	78 %	15 km/h	21.2 °C
November	72 mm	8	10 h/day	47 %	79 %	14 km/h	19.6 °C
December	60 mm	7	9.9 h/day	49 %	82 %	14 km/h	18.1 °C

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

Where Rabat ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Africa in September	22ndof 50	95/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in July	23rdof 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in October	35thof 50	91/100
Best beach destinations in the world in September	40thof 50	95/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in June	48thof 50	90/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Rabat’s climate

When is the best time to visit Rabat?

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 Rabat get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 30 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 8.9 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Rabat?

November, averaging 72 mm over 8 days with rain. The driest month is July with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 420 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 Rabat 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.