Climate averages 1991–2020
Ouarzazate weather
in February.
A mild, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Ouarzazate: daytime highs average 17.3°C and nights cool to about 3.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes February a very dry month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 04 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marrakesh (132 km away). In February its highs average 19.2°C, 1.8°C warmer than Ouarzazate, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Ouarzazate ranks joint 36th of 56 for the warmest February highs and joint 1st of 56 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 56 cities is 18.0°C; Ouarzazate is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 21.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 13 mm to 12 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Marrakesh in FebruaryMorocco · 132 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 4.3°C · 31 mm rain
- El Kelaa des Srarhna in FebruaryMorocco · 135 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 6.5°C · 28 mm rain
- Beni Mellal in FebruaryMorocco · 166 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 4.1°C · 61 mm rain
- Al Fqih Ben Çalah in FebruaryMorocco · 177 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 5.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Ben Guerir in FebruaryMorocco · 178 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 7.1°C · 27 mm rain
- Taroudant in FebruaryMorocco · 196 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 9.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Youssoufia in FebruaryMorocco · 214 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 8.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Khouribga in FebruaryMorocco · 218 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 5.8°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.