Climate averages 1991–2020
Essaouira weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Essaouira: daytime highs average 18.7°C and nights cool to about 10.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 21 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Safi (101 km away). In January its highs average 18.3°C, about as warm as Essaouira, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Essaouira ranks 8th of 56 for the warmest January highs and joint 20th of 56 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 56 cities is 16.7°C; Essaouira is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 19.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 39 mm to 38 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
Essaouira climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Safi in JanuaryMorocco · 101 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 9.6°C · 36 mm rain
- Agadir in JanuaryMorocco · 123 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 11.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Inezgane in JanuaryMorocco · 131 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 10.2°C · 25 mm rain
- Ait Melloul in JanuaryMorocco · 133 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 9.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Oulad Teïma in JanuaryMorocco · 135 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 7.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Youssoufia in JanuaryMorocco · 143 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 7.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Taroudant in JanuaryMorocco · 144 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 8.1°C · 27 mm rain
- Marrakesh in JanuaryMorocco · 168 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 2.8°C · 33 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.