Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Hoceïma weather
in January.
A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Al Hoceïma: daytime highs average 15.2°C and nights cool to about 9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 04 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Melilla (91 km away). In January its highs average 16.5°C, 1.3°C warmer than Al Hoceïma, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Al Hoceïma ranks 48th of 56 for the warmest January highs and 34th of 56 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 56 cities is 16.7°C; Al Hoceïma is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 15.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 54 mm to 40 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages 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
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 15.2°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 54 | 8.1 | 10.110 h |
| February | 15.6°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 40 | 6.5 | 10.911 h |
| March | 17.0°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 41 | 6.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.3°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 37 | 5.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 20.7°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 26 | 3.7 | 14.014 h |
| June | 23.7°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 9.1 | 1.2 | 14.514 h |
| July | 26.6°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 14.314 h |
| August | 27.1°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 4.7 | 0.9 | 13.513 h |
| September | 24.6°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 23 | 3.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.9°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 48 | 6.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.4°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 58 | 6.9 | 10.310 h |
| December | 16.2°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 39 | 6.7 | 9.810 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
January in nearby cities
- Melilla in JanuarySpain · 91 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 9.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Nador in JanuaryMorocco · 92 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 8.5°C · 37 mm rain
- Taza in JanuaryMorocco · 116 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Guercif in JanuaryMorocco · 126 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Martil in JanuaryMorocco · 128 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 10.0°C · 62 mm rain
- Taourirt in JanuaryMorocco · 134 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 4.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Tétouan in JanuaryMorocco · 135 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 8.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Fnidek in JanuaryMorocco · 145 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 11.2°C · 71 mm rain
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 limitsHow 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.