Climate averages 1991–2020
Oujda weather
in January.
A cool, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Oujda: daytime highs average 14.7°C and nights cool to about 3.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 07 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Maghnia (25 km away). In January its highs average 15.3°C, 0.6°C warmer than Oujda, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Oujda ranks 52nd of 56 for the warmest January highs and 19th of 56 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 56 cities is 16.7°C; Oujda is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 16.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 39 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
Oujda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 14.7°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 38 | 7.3 | 10.110 h |
| February | 16.0°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 39 | 6.2 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.8°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 52 | 6.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.1°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 44 | 7.3 | 13.013 h |
| May | 24.8°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 34 | 4.9 | 14.014 h |
| June | 29.2°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 12 | 2.2 | 14.414 h |
| July | 33.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 2.1 | 0.7 | 14.214 h |
| August | 33.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 8.0 | 2.3 | 13.513 h |
| September | 28.8°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 20 | 4.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.8°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 37 | 5.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.6°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 44 | 6.1 | 10.410 h |
| December | 15.5°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 30 | 5.4 | 9.910 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
- Maghnia in JanuaryAlgeria · 25 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 4.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Berkane in JanuaryMorocco · 46 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 5.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Tlemcen in JanuaryAlgeria · 58 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 2.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Taourirt in JanuaryMorocco · 96 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 4.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Aïn Temouchent in JanuaryAlgeria · 98 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 6.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Nador in JanuaryMorocco · 108 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 8.5°C · 37 mm rain
- Melilla in JanuarySpain · 116 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 9.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Sidi Bel Abbes in JanuaryAlgeria · 129 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 4.8°C · 56 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 Oujda) is explained once on the Oujda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.