Tangier climate

Name: Tangier
Address: MA

Tangier is warmest in August, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 9.1 °C. December is the wettest month (92 mm) and July the driest (1.0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Tangier averages 571 mm of rain, 117 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

Morocco · population 1,035,141 · 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 30 °C
Coldest month January 9.1 °C
Driest month July 1 mm
Wettest month December 92 mm
Least cloud July 16 % cloud
Hottest on record August 38 °C
Coldest on record January -0.3 °C
Warmest sea August 22 °C

What to expectTangier through the year

Tangier has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 16 °C in January to 30 °C in August, a swing of 12 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 117 days a year reach 25 °C, 31 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 92 mm against 1 mm in July — 87 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Tangier is warmest in August at 22 °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	15.6 °C	75 mm	49 %
February	16.2 °C	63 mm	47 %
March	18.0 °C	67 mm	48 %
April	19.5 °C	54 mm	46 %
May	22.5 °C	29 mm	41 %
June	26.2 °C	7 mm	26 %
July	29.2 °C	1 mm	16 %
August	29.6 °C	2 mm	23 %
September	26.8 °C	26 mm	38 %
October	23.3 °C	69 mm	49 %
November	18.9 °C	87 mm	49 %
December	16.5 °C	92 mm	53 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	15.6 °C	9.1 °C	12.1 °C	20.4 °C	-0.3 °C	0	0
February	16.2 °C	9.4 °C	12.5 °C	25.2 °C	2.6 °C	0	0
March	18.0 °C	10.7 °C	14.1 °C	28.1 °C	4.0 °C	0	0
April	19.5 °C	12.1 °C	15.6 °C	27.4 °C	5.8 °C	1	0
May	22.5 °C	14.4 °C	18.2 °C	33.6 °C	7.8 °C	6	0
June	26.2 °C	17.2 °C	21.4 °C	36.6 °C	11.8 °C	20	3
July	29.2 °C	19.3 °C	23.9 °C	37.5 °C	13.3 °C	29	12
August	29.6 °C	20.0 °C	24.3 °C	38.0 °C	14.4 °C	30	14
September	26.8 °C	18.6 °C	22.1 °C	37.6 °C	11.9 °C	23	2
October	23.3 °C	16.1 °C	19.2 °C	32.1 °C	8.7 °C	9	0
November	18.9 °C	12.6 °C	15.4 °C	26.7 °C	4.2 °C	0	0
December	16.5 °C	10.6 °C	13.3 °C	22.7 °C	3.7 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	75 mm	8	10 h/day	49 %	81 %	20 km/h	16.6 °C
February	63 mm	8	11 h/day	47 %	80 %	22 km/h	15.9 °C
March	67 mm	8	12 h/day	48 %	78 %	23 km/h	15.9 °C
April	54 mm	8	13 h/day	46 %	76 %	23 km/h	16.5 °C
May	29 mm	6	14 h/day	41 %	73 %	22 km/h	17.8 °C
June	7 mm	1	15 h/day	26 %	71 %	22 km/h	19.7 °C
July	1 mm	0	14 h/day	16 %	69 %	20 km/h	21.5 °C
August	2 mm	0	14 h/day	23 %	72 %	20 km/h	22.3 °C
September	26 mm	4	12 h/day	38 %	76 %	20 km/h	21.4 °C
October	69 mm	7	11 h/day	49 %	80 %	20 km/h	20.3 °C
November	87 mm	8	10 h/day	49 %	80 %	20 km/h	18.8 °C
December	92 mm	9	9.8 h/day	53 %	82 %	21 km/h	17.5 °C

How Tangier 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
Tangier	30 °C	9.1 °C	571 mm	117
Tétouan · Morocco	29 °C	8.7 °C	557 mm	106
Gibraltar · Gibraltar	28 °C	10 °C	689 mm	93
Jerez de la Frontera · Spain	33 °C	6.4 °C	512 mm	146
Marbella · Spain	28 °C	9.0 °C	655 mm	96

Where Tangier ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Africa in April	15th of 50	20 °C
The coolest places in Africa in November	22nd of 50	19 °C
Best beach destinations in Africa in August	24th of 50	93/100
The coolest places in Africa in March	24th of 50	18 °C
The coolest places in Africa year-round	28th of 50	22 °C
The coolest places in Africa in February	32nd of 50	16 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Tangier’s climate

When is the best time to visit Tangier?

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 Tangier get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 31 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 9.1 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Tangier?

December, averaging 92 mm over 9 days with rain. The driest month is July with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 571 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 Tangier 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: 35.767°, -5.800° (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.