Climate averages 1991–2020
Ouarzazate weather
in December.
A mild, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Ouarzazate: daytime highs average 16.1°C and nights cool to about 3.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.0 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 11 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marrakesh (132 km away). In December its highs average 18.6°C, 2.5°C warmer than Ouarzazate, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Ouarzazate ranks joint 46th of 56 for the warmest December highs and 2nd of 56 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 56 cities is 17.7°C; Ouarzazate is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 15.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 9.0 mm to 8.6 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Marrakesh in DecemberMorocco · 132 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 4.3°C · 27 mm rain
- El Kelaa des Srarhna in DecemberMorocco · 135 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 6.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Beni Mellal in DecemberMorocco · 166 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 4.5°C · 52 mm rain
- Al Fqih Ben Çalah in DecemberMorocco · 177 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 5.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Ben Guerir in DecemberMorocco · 178 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 7.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Taroudant in DecemberMorocco · 196 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 9.5°C · 38 mm rain
- Youssoufia in DecemberMorocco · 214 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 9.0°C · 33 mm rain
- Khouribga in DecemberMorocco · 218 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 6.3°C · 48 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.