Climate averages 1991–2020

Al Hoceïma weather
in August.

A warm, very dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 27.1°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 21.1°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 4.7 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Al Hoceïma · average highYear overview

August is a warm month in Al Hoceïma: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 4.7 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 29 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Melilla (91 km away). In August its highs average 30.4°C, 3.3°C warmer than Al Hoceïma, with 6.5 mm of rain.

Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Al Hoceïma ranks 56th of 56 for the warmest August highs and 39th of 56 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 56 cities is 32.3°C; Al Hoceïma is 5.2°C cooler than that mean.

From August to September, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 24.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.7 mm to 23 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 51015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Al Hoceïma climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Al Hoceïma, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 15.2°C9.6°C9.6°C548.110.110 h
February 15.6°C10.0°C10.0°C406.510.911 h
March 17.0°C11.2°C11.2°C416.711.912 h
April 18.3°C12.6°C12.6°C375.613.113 h
May 20.7°C15.0°C15.0°C263.714.014 h
June 23.7°C17.8°C17.8°C9.11.214.514 h
July 26.6°C20.4°C20.4°C0.80.214.314 h
August, selected 27.1°C21.1°C21.1°C4.70.913.513 h
September 24.6°C19.0°C19.0°C233.412.412 h
October 21.9°C16.4°C16.4°C486.211.311 h
November 18.4°C13.0°C13.0°C586.910.310 h
December 16.2°C10.8°C10.8°C396.79.810 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

August in nearby cities

Distance from Al Hoceïma

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Al Hoceïma) is explained once on the Al Hoceïma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.