Climate averages 1991–2020
Khenifra weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Khenifra: daytime highs average 14.6°C and nights cool to about 1.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 15 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ifrane (83 km away). In January its highs average 10.0°C, 4.6°C cooler than Khenifra, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Khenifra ranks 53rd of 56 for the warmest January highs and 50th of 56 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 56 cities is 16.7°C; Khenifra is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 16.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 66 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
Khenifra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 14.6°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 66 | 6.8 | 10.210 h |
| February | 16.3°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 60 | 7.3 | 11.011 h |
| March | 19.0°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 67 | 8.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.3°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 56 | 7.8 | 13.013 h |
| May | 25.6°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 43 | 7.2 | 13.814 h |
| June | 31.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 17 | 4.3 | 14.314 h |
| July | 36.0°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 11 | 4.4 | 14.114 h |
| August | 35.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 14 | 5.6 | 13.413 h |
| September | 30.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 22 | 4.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.1°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 45 | 5.5 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.8°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 76 | 7.0 | 10.510 h |
| December | 15.9°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 66 | 6.5 | 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
- Ifrane in JanuaryMorocco · 83 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low -0.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Oued Zem in JanuaryMorocco · 86 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 4.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Beni Mellal in JanuaryMorocco · 93 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 2.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Khemisset in JanuaryMorocco · 106 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 4.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Meknes in JanuaryMorocco · 107 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.3°C · 56 mm rain
- Al Fqih Ben Çalah in JanuaryMorocco · 107 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 4.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Khouribga in JanuaryMorocco · 116 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Tiflet in JanuaryMorocco · 122 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 Khenifra) is explained once on the Khenifra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.