Climate averages 1991–2020
Oued Zem 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 Oued Zem: daytime highs average 15.7°C and nights cool to about 4.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 15 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khouribga (31 km away). In January its highs average 15.4°C, about as warm as Oued Zem, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Oued Zem ranks joint 37th of 56 for the warmest January highs and joint 30th of 56 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 56 cities is 16.7°C; Oued Zem is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 17.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 46 mm to 40 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
Oued Zem climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 15.7°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 46 | 6.2 | 10.210 h |
| February | 17.2°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 40 | 6.0 | 11.011 h |
| March | 19.9°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 47 | 7.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.0°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 36 | 6.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.1°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 25 | 4.6 | 13.814 h |
| June | 30.9°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 9.0 | 2.1 | 14.314 h |
| July | 35.3°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 5.7 | 2.4 | 14.114 h |
| August | 35.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 8.4 | 3.4 | 13.413 h |
| September | 30.0°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 14 | 2.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 29 | 4.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 19.7°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 52 | 6.1 | 10.511 h |
| December | 16.8°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 45 | 5.8 | 10.010 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
- Khouribga in JanuaryMorocco · 31 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Al Fqih Ben Çalah in JanuaryMorocco · 41 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 4.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Beni Mellal in JanuaryMorocco · 62 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 2.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Khenifra in JanuaryMorocco · 86 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 1.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Settat in JanuaryMorocco · 99 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 6.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Berrechid in JanuaryMorocco · 105 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 6.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Lahraouyine in JanuaryMorocco · 117 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 8.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Khemisset in JanuaryMorocco · 117 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 4.0°C · 55 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 Oued Zem) is explained once on the Oued Zem year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.