Climate averages 1991–2020
Guercif weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd 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 Guercif: daytime highs average 36.4°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.5 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 26 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Taourirt (47 km away). In August its highs average 36.5°C, about as warm as Guercif, with 2.2 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Guercif ranks 8th of 56 for the warmest August highs and 41st of 56 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 56 cities is 32.3°C; Guercif is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.8°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.5 mm to 15 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
Guercif climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.4°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 18 | 4.3 | 10.110 h |
| February | 17.3°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 22 | 4.5 | 10.911 h |
| March | 20.3°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 28 | 5.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.0°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 25 | 4.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 27.2°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 21 | 3.9 | 13.914 h |
| June | 32.3°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 7.9 | 2.0 | 14.414 h |
| July | 36.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 2.7 | 0.8 | 14.214 h |
| August, selected | 36.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 5.5 | 1.6 | 13.413 h |
| September | 30.7°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 15 | 2.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.7°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 25 | 4.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 19.4°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 28 | 4.6 | 10.410 h |
| December | 16.0°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 18 | 4.2 | 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
- Taourirt in AugustMorocco · 47 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 21.4°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Taza in AugustMorocco · 60 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Nador in AugustMorocco · 112 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Berkane in AugustMorocco · 122 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Melilla in AugustSpain · 125 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Al Hoceïma in AugustMorocco · 126 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.1°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Oujda in AugustMorocco · 142 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 8.0 mm rain
- Sefrou in AugustMorocco · 143 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 22 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 Guercif) is explained once on the Guercif year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.