Climate averages 1991–2020
Fes weather
in December.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Fes: daytime highs average 16.7°C and nights cool to about 6.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 56 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sefrou (27 km away). In December its highs average 15.6°C, 1.1°C cooler than Fes, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Fes ranks 40th of 56 for the warmest December highs and joint 36th of 56 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 56 cities is 17.7°C; Fes is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 15.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 54 mm to 55 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Sefrou in DecemberMorocco · 27 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 5.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Meknes in DecemberMorocco · 53 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 5.8°C · 55 mm rain
- Ifrane in DecemberMorocco · 57 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 1.6°C · 56 mm rain
- Sidi Kacem in DecemberMorocco · 68 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 8.5°C · 64 mm rain
- Sidi Slimane in DecemberMorocco · 89 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 8.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Taza in DecemberMorocco · 93 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 6.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Khemisset in DecemberMorocco · 101 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 5.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Souk El Arbaa in DecemberMorocco · 117 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 8.7°C · 84 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.