Climate averages 1991–2020

Marrakesh weather
in January.

A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 17.5°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 2.8°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 33 mm 5 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a mild month in Marrakesh: daytime highs average 17.5°C and nights cool to about 2.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 20 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Ben Guerir (68 km away). In January its highs average 17.3°C, about as warm as Marrakesh, with 27 mm of rain.

Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Marrakesh ranks 13th of 56 for the warmest January highs and 16th of 56 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 56 cities is 16.7°C; Marrakesh is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 19.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 33 mm to 31 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Marrakesh climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Marrakesh, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	17.5°C2.8°C	2.8°C	33	5.4	10.310 h
February	19.2°C4.3°C	4.3°C	31	5.6	11.011 h
March	22.1°C6.8°C	6.8°C	40	6.2	12.012 h
April	24.0°C9.4°C	9.4°C	34	5.4	12.913 h
May	27.7°C12.3°C	12.3°C	16	4.1	13.714 h
June	32.0°C15.5°C	15.5°C	7.1	2.6	14.214 h
July	35.9°C18.2°C	18.2°C	3.6	1.5	14.014 h
August	35.6°C18.7°C	18.7°C	7.2	3.0	13.313 h
September	31.0°C16.2°C	16.2°C	12	2.9	12.412 h
October	26.9°C12.6°C	12.6°C	24	4.3	11.411 h
November	21.6°C7.5°C	7.5°C	35	5.2	10.611 h
December	18.6°C4.3°C	4.3°C	27	4.9	10.110 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

Distance from Marrakesh

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Marrakesh) is explained once on the Marrakesh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.