Climate averages 1991–2020
Essaouira weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Essaouira: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 18 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Safi (101 km away). In August its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Essaouira, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Essaouira ranks 50th of 56 for the warmest August highs and 8th of 56 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 56 cities is 32.3°C; Essaouira is 3.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 5.1 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Essaouira climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.7°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 39 | 4.4 | 10.310 h |
| February | 19.5°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 38 | 4.7 | 11.011 h |
| March | 21.1°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 38 | 5.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.9°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 21 | 3.5 | 12.913 h |
| May | 23.7°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 11 | 1.6 | 13.714 h |
| June | 25.8°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 14.214 h |
| July | 28.1°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August, selected | 28.4°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0.9 | 0.1 | 13.313 h |
| September | 26.7°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 5.1 | 1.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.9°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 26 | 3.5 | 11.411 h |
| November | 21.9°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 47 | 4.7 | 10.611 h |
| December | 19.7°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 50 | 4.9 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Safi in AugustMorocco · 101 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Agadir in AugustMorocco · 123 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Inezgane in AugustMorocco · 131 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 21.8°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Ait Melloul in AugustMorocco · 133 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 20.3°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Oulad Teïma in AugustMorocco · 135 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 21.8°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Youssoufia in AugustMorocco · 143 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Taroudant in AugustMorocco · 144 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Marrakesh in AugustMorocco · 168 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 18.7°C · 7.2 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 Essaouira) is explained once on the Essaouira year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.