Climate averages 1991–2020
Fes weather
in January.
A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Fes: daytime highs average 15.6°C and nights cool to about 4.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 10 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sefrou (27 km away). In January its highs average 14.4°C, 1.2°C cooler than Fes, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Fes ranks joint 40th of 56 for the warmest January highs and joint 35th of 56 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 56 cities is 16.7°C; Fes is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 17.1°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 55 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
Fes climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Sefrou in JanuaryMorocco · 27 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 3.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Meknes in JanuaryMorocco · 53 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.3°C · 56 mm rain
- Ifrane in JanuaryMorocco · 57 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low -0.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Sidi Kacem in JanuaryMorocco · 68 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 6.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Sidi Slimane in JanuaryMorocco · 89 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 6.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Taza in JanuaryMorocco · 93 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Khemisset in JanuaryMorocco · 101 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 4.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Souk El Arbaa in JanuaryMorocco · 117 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 7.1°C · 71 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.