Salé climate

Name: Salé
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Salé is warmest in August, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 9.7 °C. November is the wettest month (71 mm) and July the driest (1.3 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Salé averages 419 mm of rain and 108 days above 25 °C.

Morocco · population 972,299 · 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 28 °C
Coldest month January 9.7 °C
Driest month July 1 mm
Wettest month November 71 mm
Least cloud July 25 % cloud
Hottest on record July 42 °C
Coldest on record January 3.6 °C
Warmest sea August 23 °C

What to expectSalé through the year

Salé has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 16 °C in January to 28 °C in August, a swing of 11 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 108 days a year reach 25 °C, 16 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 71 mm against 1 mm in July — 53 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Salé 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	16.3 °C	60 mm	48 %
February	17.2 °C	48 mm	48 %
March	19.3 °C	49 mm	47 %
April	20.2 °C	38 mm	46 %
May	22.8 °C	23 mm	42 %
June	25.3 °C	5 mm	32 %
July	27.3 °C	1 mm	25 %
August	27.9 °C	2 mm	27 %
September	26.2 °C	15 mm	38 %
October	23.8 °C	47 mm	46 %
November	19.9 °C	71 mm	47 %
December	17.5 °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	16.3 °C	9.7 °C	12.8 °C	24.7 °C	3.6 °C	0	0
February	17.2 °C	10.2 °C	13.5 °C	28.8 °C	4.0 °C	0	0
March	19.3 °C	11.8 °C	15.2 °C	33.1 °C	6.0 °C	2	0
April	20.2 °C	13.3 °C	16.5 °C	34.7 °C	8.3 °C	2	0
May	22.8 °C	15.7 °C	19.0 °C	41.4 °C	9.7 °C	6	2
June	25.3 °C	18.1 °C	21.4 °C	39.7 °C	12.9 °C	13	2
July	27.3 °C	19.9 °C	23.2 °C	41.6 °C	14.8 °C	25	4
August	27.9 °C	20.6 °C	23.8 °C	41.0 °C	15.3 °C	29	4
September	26.2 °C	19.5 °C	22.4 °C	37.7 °C	13.8 °C	20	2
October	23.8 °C	17.2 °C	20.1 °C	37.5 °C	10.7 °C	9	1
November	19.9 °C	13.6 °C	16.6 °C	31.0 °C	6.4 °C	2	0
December	17.5 °C	11.1 °C	14.1 °C	26.0 °C	4.7 °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 %	81 %	15 km/h	16.5 °C
March	49 mm	7	12 h/day	47 %	78 %	16 km/h	16.7 °C
April	38 mm	6	13 h/day	46 %	77 %	17 km/h	17.6 °C
May	23 mm	4	14 h/day	42 %	75 %	17 km/h	19.0 °C
June	5 mm	1	14 h/day	32 %	75 %	16 km/h	20.9 °C
July	1 mm	0	14 h/day	25 %	76 %	15 km/h	22.2 °C
August	2 mm	0	13 h/day	27 %	77 %	15 km/h	22.9 °C
September	15 mm	3	12 h/day	38 %	78 %	15 km/h	22.2 °C
October	47 mm	6	11 h/day	46 %	80 %	15 km/h	21.2 °C
November	71 mm	8	10 h/day	47 %	80 %	14 km/h	19.6 °C
December	60 mm	7	9.9 h/day	49 %	82 %	14 km/h	18.1 °C

How Salé 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
Salé	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
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 Salé ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Africa in August	10thof 50	97/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in July	18thof 50	95/100
The coolest places in Africa in April	21stof 50	20 °C
Places with the best weather in Africa year-round	22ndof 50	86/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in September	26thof 50	95/100
Best beach destinations in the world in August	27thof 50	97/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Salé’s climate

When is the best time to visit Salé?

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 Salé get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 16 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 9.7 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Salé?

November, averaging 71 mm over 8 days with rain. The driest month is July with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 419 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 Salé 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.