Climate averages 1991–2020
El Kelaa des Srarhna weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry 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 El Kelaa des Srarhna: daytime highs average 17.6°C and nights cool to about 5.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 18 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ben Guerir (55 km away). In January its highs average 17.3°C, about as warm as El Kelaa des Srarhna, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, El Kelaa des Srarhna ranks 12th of 56 for the warmest January highs and 13th of 56 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 56 cities is 16.7°C; El Kelaa des Srarhna is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 19.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 29 mm to 28 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
El Kelaa des Srarhna climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 17.6°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 29 | 5.0 | 10.310 h |
| February | 19.5°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 28 | 5.3 | 11.011 h |
| March | 22.6°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 39 | 6.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 33 | 5.4 | 12.913 h |
| May | 28.7°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 19 | 4.4 | 13.814 h |
| June | 33.0°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 8.0 | 2.7 | 14.214 h |
| July | 36.8°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 6.1 | 2.6 | 14.014 h |
| August | 36.5°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 11 | 4.4 | 13.313 h |
| September | 31.7°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 15 | 3.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 25 | 4.5 | 11.411 h |
| November | 21.9°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 34 | 4.9 | 10.611 h |
| December | 18.6°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 27 | 4.7 | 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
- Ben Guerir in JanuaryMorocco · 55 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 6.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Marrakesh in JanuaryMorocco · 72 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 2.8°C · 33 mm rain
- Al Fqih Ben Çalah in JanuaryMorocco · 84 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 4.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Khouribga in JanuaryMorocco · 104 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Beni Mellal in JanuaryMorocco · 105 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 2.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Settat in JanuaryMorocco · 107 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 6.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Youssoufia in JanuaryMorocco · 108 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 7.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Oued Zem in JanuaryMorocco · 120 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 4.4°C · 46 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 El Kelaa des Srarhna) is explained once on the El Kelaa des Srarhna year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.