Climate averages 1991–2020
Meknes weather
in December.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Meknes: daytime highs average 16.5°C and nights cool to about 5.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 57 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sidi Kacem (39 km away). In December its highs average 18.3°C, 1.7°C warmer than Meknes, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Meknes ranks joint 42nd of 56 for the warmest December highs and 38th of 56 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 56 cities is 17.7°C; Meknes is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 15.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 55 mm to 56 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Meknes climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.4°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 56 | 7.6 | 10.210 h |
| February | 16.8°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 52 | 7.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 19.4°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 58 | 8.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.2°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 54 | 8.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 25.2°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 39 | 6.5 | 13.914 h |
| June | 29.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 12 | 2.3 | 14.414 h |
| July | 33.8°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 2.9 | 0.6 | 14.214 h |
| August | 33.9°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 4.3 | 1.6 | 13.413 h |
| September | 29.3°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 23 | 3.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.2°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 54 | 6.7 | 11.411 h |
| November | 19.4°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 66 | 7.7 | 10.410 h |
| December, selected | 16.5°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 55 | 7.4 | 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
December in nearby cities
- Sidi Kacem in DecemberMorocco · 39 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 8.5°C · 64 mm rain
- Khemisset in DecemberMorocco · 49 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 5.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Fes in DecemberMorocco · 53 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 6.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Sidi Slimane in DecemberMorocco · 54 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 8.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Ifrane in DecemberMorocco · 57 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 1.6°C · 56 mm rain
- Sefrou in DecemberMorocco · 67 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 5.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Tiflet in DecemberMorocco · 70 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 6.7°C · 59 mm rain
- Souk El Arbaa in DecemberMorocco · 97 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 8.7°C · 84 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 Meknes) is explained once on the Meknes year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.