Climate averages 1991–2020
Fes weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Fes: daytime highs average 35.1°C and nights cool to about 20.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 7.3 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 25 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sefrou (27 km away). In August its highs average 33.0°C, 2.1°C cooler than Fes, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Fes ranks 15th of 56 for the warmest August highs and 48th of 56 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 56 cities is 32.3°C; Fes is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.9°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.3 mm to 29 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
Fes climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.6°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 55 | 8.0 | 10.210 h |
| February | 17.1°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 55 | 8.1 | 10.911 h |
| March | 19.8°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 62 | 9.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.8°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 62 | 8.9 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.0°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 47 | 7.5 | 13.914 h |
| June | 30.9°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 16 | 3.3 | 14.414 h |
| July | 35.0°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 4.1 | 1.1 | 14.214 h |
| August, selected | 35.1°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 7.3 | 2.1 | 13.413 h |
| September | 30.2°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 29 | 5.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.7°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 58 | 7.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 19.8°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 65 | 8.1 | 10.410 h |
| December | 16.7°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 54 | 7.9 | 9.910 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
- Sefrou in AugustMorocco · 27 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Meknes in AugustMorocco · 53 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 19.0°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Ifrane in AugustMorocco · 57 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 16.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Sidi Kacem in AugustMorocco · 68 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 21.1°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Sidi Slimane in AugustMorocco · 89 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 19.7°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Taza in AugustMorocco · 93 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Khemisset in AugustMorocco · 101 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 18.0°C · 4.8 mm rain
- Souk El Arbaa in AugustMorocco · 117 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 19.6°C · 2.0 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 Fes) is explained once on the Fes year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.