Climate averages 1991–2020
Meknes weather
in January.
A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Meknes: daytime highs average 15.4°C and nights cool to about 4.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 10 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sidi Kacem (39 km away). In January its highs average 17.2°C, 1.8°C warmer than Meknes, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Meknes ranks joint 44th of 56 for the warmest January highs and joint 37th of 56 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 56 cities is 16.7°C; Meknes is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 16.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 56 mm to 52 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
Meknes climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Sidi Kacem in JanuaryMorocco · 39 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 6.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Khemisset in JanuaryMorocco · 49 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 4.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Fes in JanuaryMorocco · 53 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 4.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Sidi Slimane in JanuaryMorocco · 54 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 6.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Ifrane in JanuaryMorocco · 57 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low -0.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Sefrou in JanuaryMorocco · 67 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 3.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Tiflet in JanuaryMorocco · 70 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 5.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Souk El Arbaa in JanuaryMorocco · 97 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 7.1°C · 71 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.