Climate averages 1991–2020
Ouarzazate weather
in April.
A warm, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Ouarzazate: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.9 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes April a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 54 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marrakesh (132 km away). In April its highs average 24.0°C, 1.0°C cooler than Ouarzazate, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Ouarzazate ranks joint 4th of 56 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 56 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 56 cities is 22.1°C; Ouarzazate is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 3.9 mm to 3.1 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Ouarzazate climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.6°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 8.6 | 1.9 | 10.410 h |
| February | 17.3°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 13 | 2.2 | 11.111 h |
| March | 21.0°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 12 | 2.1 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 25.0°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 3.9 | 0.7 | 12.913 h |
| May | 28.8°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 3.1 | 0.5 | 13.714 h |
| June | 33.5°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 2.6 | 0.7 | 14.114 h |
| July | 36.9°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 0.8 | 0.1 | 13.914 h |
| August | 35.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 2.0 | 0.4 | 13.313 h |
| September | 31.2°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 7.3 | 1.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.4°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 15 | 1.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 19.7°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 13 | 1.7 | 10.611 h |
| December | 16.1°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 9.0 | 1.9 | 10.210 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
April in nearby cities
- Marrakesh in AprilMorocco · 132 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 9.4°C · 34 mm rain
- El Kelaa des Srarhna in AprilMorocco · 135 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 11.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Beni Mellal in AprilMorocco · 166 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 9.5°C · 63 mm rain
- Al Fqih Ben Çalah in AprilMorocco · 177 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 10.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Ben Guerir in AprilMorocco · 178 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 10.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Taroudant in AprilMorocco · 196 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 13.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Youssoufia in AprilMorocco · 214 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 11.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Khouribga in AprilMorocco · 218 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 9.6°C · 42 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 Ouarzazate) is explained once on the Ouarzazate year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.