Climate averages 1991–2020
Ouarzazate weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Ouarzazate: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.3 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes September a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marrakesh (132 km away). In September its highs average 31.0°C, about as warm as Ouarzazate, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Ouarzazate ranks 8th of 56 for the warmest September highs and 10th of 56 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 56 cities is 28.8°C; Ouarzazate is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 5.7°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.3 mm to 15 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Marrakesh in SeptemberMorocco · 132 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 16.2°C · 12 mm rain
- El Kelaa des Srarhna in SeptemberMorocco · 135 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 17.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Beni Mellal in SeptemberMorocco · 166 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 17.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Al Fqih Ben Çalah in SeptemberMorocco · 177 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 18.5°C · 12 mm rain
- Ben Guerir in SeptemberMorocco · 178 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 17.1°C · 9.0 mm rain
- Taroudant in SeptemberMorocco · 196 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 19.5°C · 10 mm rain
- Youssoufia in SeptemberMorocco · 214 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 17.9°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Khouribga in SeptemberMorocco · 218 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 16.7°C · 18 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.