Climate averages 1991–2020
Beni Mellal weather
in January.
A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Beni Mellal: daytime highs average 17.0°C and nights cool to about 2.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 17 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Fqih Ben Çalah (37 km away). In January its highs average 17.4°C, about as warm as Beni Mellal, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Beni Mellal ranks joint 24th of 56 for the warmest January highs and joint 44th of 56 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 56 cities is 16.7°C; Beni Mellal is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 18.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 62 mm to 61 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
Beni Mellal climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 17.0°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 62 | 6.5 | 10.310 h |
| February | 18.5°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 61 | 7.7 | 11.011 h |
| March | 21.2°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 72 | 9.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.3°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 63 | 9.4 | 13.013 h |
| May | 27.3°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 49 | 8.4 | 13.814 h |
| June | 32.3°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 18 | 4.6 | 14.214 h |
| July | 37.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 9.7 | 3.7 | 14.014 h |
| August | 37.0°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 12 | 4.6 | 13.313 h |
| September | 31.7°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 27 | 6.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.0°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 46 | 6.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 21.2°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 63 | 7.1 | 10.511 h |
| December | 18.2°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 52 | 6.0 | 10.110 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
- Al Fqih Ben Çalah in JanuaryMorocco · 37 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 4.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Oued Zem in JanuaryMorocco · 62 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 4.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Khouribga in JanuaryMorocco · 80 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Khenifra in JanuaryMorocco · 93 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 1.3°C · 66 mm rain
- El Kelaa des Srarhna in JanuaryMorocco · 105 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 5.0°C · 29 mm rain
- Settat in JanuaryMorocco · 140 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 6.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Ben Guerir in JanuaryMorocco · 151 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 6.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Berrechid in JanuaryMorocco · 155 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 6.8°C · 42 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 Beni Mellal) is explained once on the Beni Mellal year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.