Laayoune climate

Name: Laayoune
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Laayoune is warmest in August, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 11 °C. December is the wettest month (8.3 mm) and July the driest (0.07 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Laayoune averages 46 mm of rain and 204 days above 25 °C.

Western Sahara · population 196,331 · 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 31 °C
Coldest month January 11 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month December 8 mm
Least cloud July 27 % cloud
Hottest on record July 46 °C
Coldest on record January 2.9 °C
Warmest sea October 21 °C

What to expectLaayoune through the year

Laayoune has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 22 °C in January to 31 °C in August, a swing of 8.3 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 204 days a year reach 25 °C, 60 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in July to 8 mm in December. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Laayoune is warmest in October 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	21.6 °C	7 mm	35 %
February	22.6 °C	6 mm	33 %
March	24.3 °C	5 mm	33 %
April	24.6 °C	1 mm	37 %
May	25.7 °C	1 mm	36 %
June	27.4 °C	under 1 mm	29 %
July	29.5 °C	under 1 mm	27 %
August	30.6 °C	under 1 mm	27 %
September	29.5 °C	4 mm	31 %
October	27.9 °C	8 mm	38 %
November	25.1 °C	5 mm	40 %
December	22.6 °C	8 mm	36 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	21.6 °C	11.2 °C	15.9 °C	30.8 °C	2.9 °C	3	0
February	22.6 °C	12.4 °C	16.9 °C	33.7 °C	5.7 °C	7	1
March	24.3 °C	13.7 °C	18.3 °C	39.7 °C	7.6 °C	11	4
April	24.6 °C	14.7 °C	19.0 °C	40.0 °C	9.1 °C	9	2
May	25.7 °C	16.0 °C	20.3 °C	44.3 °C	10.7 °C	14	3
June	27.4 °C	17.7 °C	21.8 °C	42.3 °C	13.9 °C	25	4
July	29.5 °C	19.1 °C	23.3 °C	45.8 °C	15.9 °C	31	9
August	30.6 °C	19.9 °C	24.2 °C	44.4 °C	16.9 °C	31	15
September	29.5 °C	19.3 °C	23.5 °C	43.6 °C	14.2 °C	29	11
October	27.9 °C	17.9 °C	22.2 °C	41.7 °C	12.2 °C	25	8
November	25.1 °C	15.3 °C	19.6 °C	36.0 °C	7.5 °C	13	3
December	22.6 °C	12.6 °C	17.1 °C	30.8 °C	6.2 °C	5	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	7 mm	1	11 h/day	35 %	58 %	26 km/h	18.0 °C
February	6 mm	1	11 h/day	33 %	62 %	28 km/h	17.4 °C
March	5 mm	1	12 h/day	33 %	63 %	29 km/h	17.6 °C
April	1 mm	0	13 h/day	37 %	65 %	30 km/h	17.9 °C
May	1 mm	0	13 h/day	36 %	66 %	30 km/h	18.6 °C
June	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	29 %	68 %	31 km/h	19.5 °C
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	27 %	69 %	34 km/h	19.7 °C
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	27 %	69 %	33 km/h	20.2 °C
September	4 mm	1	12 h/day	31 %	70 %	29 km/h	20.6 °C
October	8 mm	1	12 h/day	38 %	69 %	25 km/h	21.0 °C
November	5 mm	1	11 h/day	40 %	65 %	25 km/h	20.1 °C
December	8 mm	1	10 h/day	36 %	62 %	25 km/h	19.2 °C

How Laayoune 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
Laayoune	31 °C	11 °C	46 mm	204
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria · Spain	25 °C	15 °C	216 mm	48
La Laguna · Spain	22 °C	13 °C	270 mm	7
Agadir · Morocco	32 °C	10 °C	268 mm	185
Ait Melloul · Morocco	31 °C	9.5 °C	214 mm	181

Where Laayoune ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa year-round	20th of 50	3.8 mm
Places with the best weather in Africa in January	25th of 50	92/100
The driest places in Africa in May	25th of 50	0.6 mm
Best beach destinations in Africa in October	28th of 50	91/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in February	28th of 50	92/100
The driest places in Africa in June	28th of 50	0.1 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Laayoune’s climate

When is the best time to visit Laayoune?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, November 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 Laayoune get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 60 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 11 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Laayoune?

December, averaging 8 mm over 1 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 46 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 Laayoune 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: 27.142°, -13.188° (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.