Climate averages 1991–2020
Ifrane weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Ifrane: daytime highs average 10.0°C and nights cool to about -0.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 12 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sefrou (43 km away). In January its highs average 14.4°C, 4.4°C warmer than Ifrane, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Ifrane ranks 56th of 56 for the warmest January highs and 40th of 56 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 56 cities is 16.7°C; Ifrane is 6.7°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 11.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 58 mm to 60 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
Ifrane climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 10.0°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 58 | 7.5 | 10.210 h |
| February | 11.1°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 60 | 8.9 | 11.011 h |
| March | 13.8°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 73 | 11.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 16.1°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 76 | 11.9 | 13.013 h |
| May | 19.9°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 71 | 13.1 | 13.914 h |
| June | 24.8°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 36 | 9.4 | 14.314 h |
| July | 29.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 23 | 8.8 | 14.114 h |
| August | 29.2°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 31 | 10.9 | 13.413 h |
| September | 24.1°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 45 | 9.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.4°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 52 | 8.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 13.8°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 61 | 8.0 | 10.510 h |
| December | 11.3°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 56 | 7.9 | 10.010 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 · 43 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 3.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Fes in JanuaryMorocco · 57 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 4.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Meknes in JanuaryMorocco · 57 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.3°C · 56 mm rain
- Khenifra in JanuaryMorocco · 83 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 1.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Khemisset in JanuaryMorocco · 94 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 4.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Sidi Kacem in JanuaryMorocco · 95 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 6.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Sidi Slimane in JanuaryMorocco · 111 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 6.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Tiflet in JanuaryMorocco · 118 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 5.2°C · 62 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 Ifrane) is explained once on the Ifrane year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.