Safi climate

Name: Safi
Address: MA

Safi is warmest in August, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 9.8 °C. November is the wettest month (50 mm) and July the driest (0.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Safi averages 267 mm of rain and 139 days above 25 °C.

Morocco · population 336,883 · 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 9.8 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month November 50 mm
Least cloud July 22 % cloud
Hottest on record July 45 °C
Coldest on record January 2.4 °C
Warmest sea August 21 °C

What to expectSafi through the year

Safi has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 18 °C in January to 29 °C in August, a swing of 10 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 139 days a year reach 25 °C, 22 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 50 mm against 0 mm in July — 222 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Safi is warmest in August at 21 °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	18.2 °C	37 mm	41 %
February	19.1 °C	38 mm	39 %
March	20.9 °C	32 mm	39 %
April	21.8 °C	22 mm	38 %
May	23.9 °C	12 mm	35 %
June	26.1 °C	2 mm	28 %
July	28.2 °C	under 1 mm	22 %
August	28.6 °C	under 1 mm	24 %
September	27.0 °C	6 mm	33 %
October	25.1 °C	25 mm	41 %
November	21.7 °C	50 mm	40 %
December	19.3 °C	43 mm	40 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	18.2 °C	9.8 °C	13.6 °C	26.9 °C	2.4 °C	0	0
February	19.1 °C	10.4 °C	14.3 °C	30.1 °C	3.9 °C	0	0
March	20.9 °C	12.1 °C	16.0 °C	34.6 °C	6.4 °C	4	0
April	21.8 °C	13.3 °C	17.2 °C	33.6 °C	8.2 °C	4	1
May	23.9 °C	15.3 °C	19.3 °C	39.1 °C	9.1 °C	9	2
June	26.1 °C	17.6 °C	21.4 °C	38.9 °C	13.0 °C	19	2
July	28.2 °C	19.4 °C	23.2 °C	44.7 °C	15.3 °C	28	6
August	28.6 °C	19.9 °C	23.6 °C	42.1 °C	15.9 °C	30	6
September	27.0 °C	18.8 °C	22.3 °C	37.6 °C	13.6 °C	25	3
October	25.1 °C	16.9 °C	20.4 °C	36.6 °C	11.2 °C	15	2
November	21.7 °C	13.5 °C	17.1 °C	31.7 °C	6.7 °C	5	0
December	19.3 °C	11.2 °C	14.8 °C	26.5 °C	4.6 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	37 mm	5	10 h/day	41 %	77 %	20 km/h	17.0 °C
February	38 mm	5	11 h/day	39 %	76 %	23 km/h	16.5 °C
March	32 mm	5	12 h/day	39 %	73 %	25 km/h	16.6 °C
April	22 mm	4	13 h/day	38 %	72 %	26 km/h	17.1 °C
May	12 mm	2	14 h/day	35 %	71 %	26 km/h	18.3 °C
June	2 mm	1	14 h/day	28 %	72 %	26 km/h	19.7 °C
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	22 %	72 %	27 km/h	20.4 °C
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	24 %	74 %	26 km/h	20.9 °C
September	6 mm	1	12 h/day	33 %	76 %	24 km/h	20.9 °C
October	25 mm	4	11 h/day	41 %	76 %	22 km/h	20.4 °C
November	50 mm	5	11 h/day	40 %	75 %	21 km/h	18.9 °C
December	43 mm	5	10 h/day	40 %	77 %	21 km/h	17.7 °C

How Safi 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
Safi	29 °C	9.8 °C	267 mm	139
El Jadida · Morocco	27 °C	11 °C	318 mm	95
Marrakesh · Morocco	36 °C	3.1 °C	265 mm	193
Settat · Morocco	33 °C	6.9 °C	319 mm	168
Casablanca · Morocco	29 °C	9.0 °C	306 mm	132
Agadir · Morocco	32 °C	10 °C	268 mm	185
Ait Melloul · Morocco	31 °C	9.5 °C	214 mm	181

Where Safi ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa year-round	32ndof 50	85/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in August	37thof 50	90/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in October	44thof 50	84/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in March	44thof 50	89/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in September	48thof 50	91/100
The coolest places in Africa in April	49thof 50	22 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Safi’s climate

When is the best time to visit Safi?

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 Safi get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 22 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 9.8 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Safi?

November, averaging 50 mm over 5 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 267 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 Safi 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.