Tétouan climate

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Tétouan is warmest in August, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 8.7 °C. December is the wettest month (71 mm) and July the driest (1.7 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Tétouan averages 557 mm of rain and 106 days above 25 °C.

Morocco · population 415,810 · 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 8.7 °C
Driest month July 2 mm
Wettest month December 71 mm
Least cloud July 21 % cloud
Hottest on record July 39 °C
Coldest on record January 1.9 °C
Warmest sea August 23 °C

What to expectTétouan through the year

Tétouan has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 15 °C in January to 29 °C in August, a swing of 13 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 106 days a year reach 25 °C, 24 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 71 mm against 2 mm in July — 43 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Tétouan is warmest in August at 23 °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	15.1 °C	66 mm	53 %
February	15.7 °C	64 mm	52 %
March	17.3 °C	70 mm	53 %
April	19.0 °C	51 mm	49 %
May	21.9 °C	39 mm	46 %
June	25.7 °C	10 mm	30 %
July	29.0 °C	2 mm	21 %
August	29.2 °C	7 mm	30 %
September	26.1 °C	38 mm	46 %
October	22.4 °C	69 mm	56 %
November	18.3 °C	71 mm	54 %
December	16.0 °C	71 mm	57 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	15.1 °C	8.7 °C	11.7 °C	21.1 °C	1.9 °C	0	0
February	15.7 °C	9.0 °C	12.1 °C	23.3 °C	2.0 °C	0	0
March	17.3 °C	10.3 °C	13.6 °C	26.4 °C	3.3 °C	0	0
April	19.0 °C	11.6 °C	15.1 °C	27.8 °C	6.1 °C	0	0
May	21.9 °C	14.0 °C	17.8 °C	32.8 °C	8.1 °C	4	0
June	25.7 °C	17.0 °C	21.2 °C	36.1 °C	12.1 °C	18	2
July	29.0 °C	19.4 °C	23.9 °C	39.2 °C	14.1 °C	29	10
August	29.2 °C	20.2 °C	24.3 °C	39.1 °C	15.1 °C	30	10
September	26.1 °C	18.5 °C	21.9 °C	36.0 °C	11.7 °C	20	2
October	22.4 °C	15.9 °C	18.8 °C	31.6 °C	7.8 °C	4	0
November	18.3 °C	12.3 °C	15.0 °C	28.8 °C	4.8 °C	0	0
December	16.0 °C	10.2 °C	12.9 °C	22.4 °C	2.5 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	66 mm	8	10 h/day	53 %	82 %	14 km/h	16.2 °C
February	64 mm	8	11 h/day	52 %	81 %	16 km/h	15.7 °C
March	70 mm	8	12 h/day	53 %	79 %	16 km/h	15.8 °C
April	51 mm	8	13 h/day	49 %	77 %	16 km/h	16.6 °C
May	39 mm	6	14 h/day	46 %	75 %	14 km/h	18.0 °C
June	10 mm	1	15 h/day	30 %	72 %	15 km/h	20.2 °C
July	2 mm	0	14 h/day	21 %	70 %	14 km/h	22.1 °C
August	7 mm	1	14 h/day	30 %	73 %	13 km/h	22.9 °C
September	38 mm	5	12 h/day	46 %	78 %	14 km/h	21.8 °C
October	69 mm	8	11 h/day	56 %	82 %	13 km/h	20.0 °C
November	71 mm	8	10 h/day	54 %	82 %	14 km/h	18.2 °C
December	71 mm	8	9.8 h/day	57 %	83 %	14 km/h	16.9 °C

How Tétouan 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
Tétouan	29 °C	8.7 °C	557 mm	106
Tangier · Morocco	30 °C	9.1 °C	571 mm	117
Gibraltar · Gibraltar	28 °C	10 °C	689 mm	93
Marbella · Spain	28 °C	9.0 °C	655 mm	96
Al Hoceïma · Morocco	27 °C	9.3 °C	381 mm	77
Jerez de la Frontera · Spain	33 °C	6.4 °C	512 mm	146

Where Tétouan ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Africa in April	9th of 50	19 °C
The coolest places in Africa in November	15th of 50	18 °C
Best beach destinations in Africa in August	16th of 50	96/100
The coolest places in Africa year-round	16th of 50	21 °C
The coolest places in Africa in March	18th of 50	17 °C
The coolest places in Africa in December	23rd of 50	16 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Tétouan’s climate

When is the best time to visit Tétouan?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, September, 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 Tétouan get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 24 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 8.7 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Tétouan?

December, averaging 71 mm over 8 days with rain. The driest month is July with 2 mm. The year as a whole averages 557 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 Tétouan 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: 35.578°, -5.368° (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.