Climate averages 1991–2020
Errachidia weather
in December.
A cool, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Errachidia: daytime highs average 14.8°C and nights cool to about 3.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.4 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 06 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khenifra (161 km away). In December its highs average 15.9°C, 1.1°C warmer than Errachidia, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Errachidia ranks 55th of 56 for the warmest December highs and 1st of 56 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 56 cities is 17.7°C; Errachidia is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 14.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.4 mm to 10 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Errachidia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.2°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 10 | 1.8 | 10.310 h |
| February | 16.6°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 13 | 2.2 | 11.011 h |
| March | 20.9°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 11 | 2.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.0°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 9.4 | 2.1 | 12.913 h |
| May | 29.2°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 11 | 2.1 | 13.814 h |
| June | 34.2°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 5.4 | 1.5 | 14.214 h |
| July | 38.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 1.8 | 0.3 | 14.014 h |
| August | 37.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 3.2 | 0.8 | 13.313 h |
| September | 31.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 8.9 | 2.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.5°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 20 | 2.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.9°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 14 | 2.4 | 10.611 h |
| December, selected | 14.8°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 7.4 | 1.8 | 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
December in nearby cities
- Khenifra in DecemberMorocco · 161 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 2.7°C · 66 mm rain
- Beni Mellal in DecemberMorocco · 187 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 4.5°C · 52 mm rain
- Ifrane in DecemberMorocco · 189 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 1.6°C · 56 mm rain
- Béchar in DecemberAlgeria · 212 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 5.1°C · 6.9 mm rain
- Sefrou in DecemberMorocco · 215 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 5.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Al Fqih Ben Çalah in DecemberMorocco · 222 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 5.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Oued Zem in DecemberMorocco · 227 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 5.9°C · 45 mm rain
- Fes in DecemberMorocco · 240 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 6.1°C · 54 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 Errachidia) is explained once on the Errachidia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.