Taza climate

Name: Taza
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Taza is warmest in July, with average highs of 36 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 5.4 °C. November is the wettest month (58 mm) and July the driest (5.7 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Taza averages 420 mm of rain, 159 days above 25 °C and 1 days below freezing.

Morocco · population 162,110 · 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 July 36 °C
Coldest month January 5.4 °C
Driest month July 6 mm
Wettest month November 58 mm
Least cloud July 20 % cloud
Hottest on record July 43 °C
Coldest on record January -2.5 °C

What to expectTaza through the year

Taza has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 15 °C in January to 36 °C in July, a swing of 19 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 159 days a year reach 25 °C, 105 of them reach 30 °C, 1 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 58 mm against 6 mm in July — 10 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	14.7 °C	45 mm	48 %
February	16.2 °C	48 mm	48 %
March	19.0 °C	51 mm	49 %
April	21.4 °C	49 mm	48 %
May	25.8 °C	31 mm	44 %
June	31.3 °C	12 mm	27 %
July	36.0 °C	6 mm	20 %
August	35.8 °C	9 mm	24 %
September	30.0 °C	18 mm	36 %
October	24.9 °C	44 mm	46 %
November	18.7 °C	58 mm	48 %
December	15.5 °C	47 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	14.7 °C	5.4 °C	9.5 °C	22.9 °C	-2.5 °C	0	0
February	16.2 °C	6.3 °C	10.7 °C	29.0 °C	-1.4 °C	0	0
March	19.0 °C	8.2 °C	13.2 °C	31.0 °C	-1.4 °C	2	0
April	21.4 °C	10.1 °C	15.5 °C	32.5 °C	3.4 °C	7	1
May	25.8 °C	13.5 °C	19.5 °C	37.6 °C	5.5 °C	17	8
June	31.3 °C	17.2 °C	24.2 °C	41.3 °C	8.8 °C	27	19
July	36.0 °C	20.7 °C	28.3 °C	43.4 °C	13.0 °C	31	29
August	35.8 °C	21.0 °C	28.3 °C	43.1 °C	12.6 °C	31	29
September	30.0 °C	17.7 °C	23.5 °C	40.7 °C	9.5 °C	26	16
October	24.9 °C	14.2 °C	19.1 °C	36.1 °C	5.2 °C	16	3
November	18.7 °C	9.4 °C	13.6 °C	29.1 °C	1.5 °C	2	0
December	15.5 °C	6.7 °C	10.6 °C	24.8 °C	-0.9 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	45 mm	7	10 h/day	48 %	74 %	15 km/h
February	48 mm	7	11 h/day	48 %	73 %	16 km/h
March	51 mm	8	12 h/day	49 %	70 %	17 km/h
April	49 mm	8	13 h/day	48 %	67 %	17 km/h
May	31 mm	6	14 h/day	44 %	60 %	16 km/h
June	12 mm	3	14 h/day	27 %	52 %	15 km/h
July	6 mm	2	14 h/day	20 %	44 %	15 km/h
August	9 mm	3	13 h/day	24 %	46 %	14 km/h
September	18 mm	4	12 h/day	36 %	58 %	14 km/h
October	44 mm	6	11 h/day	46 %	65 %	14 km/h
November	58 mm	7	10 h/day	48 %	72 %	15 km/h
December	47 mm	7	9.9 h/day	49 %	76 %	15 km/h

How Taza 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
Taza	36 °C	5.4 °C	420 mm	159
Fes · Morocco	35 °C	4.6 °C	519 mm	164
Al Hoceïma · Morocco	27 °C	9.3 °C	381 mm	77
Nador · Morocco	32 °C	7.3 °C	332 mm	151
Meknes · Morocco	34 °C	4.3 °C	487 mm	157

Where Taza ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in October	13th of 50	94/100
The coolest places in Africa in December	17th of 50	15 °C
The coolest places in Africa in November	18th of 50	19 °C
The coolest places in Africa in January	19th of 50	15 °C
The warmest places in Africa in August	27th of 50	36 °C
The coolest places in Africa in March	30th of 50	19 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Taza’s climate

When is the best time to visit Taza?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, September, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Taza get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 36 °C. About 105 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 5.4 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 1 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Taza?

November, averaging 58 mm over 7 days with rain. The driest month is July with 6 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 Taza 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: 34.210°, -4.010° (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.