Climate averages 1991–2020
Safi weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Safi: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 20 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Youssoufia (67 km away). In August its highs average 33.9°C, 5.1°C warmer than Safi, with 1.3 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Safi ranks 47th of 56 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 56 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 56 cities is 32.3°C; Safi is 3.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 5.6 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Safi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.3°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 36 | 5.0 | 10.310 h |
| February | 19.2°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 36 | 4.9 | 11.011 h |
| March | 21.0°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 31 | 5.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 20 | 3.8 | 13.013 h |
| May | 24.1°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 11 | 2.3 | 13.814 h |
| June | 26.3°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 14.214 h |
| July | 28.5°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August, selected | 28.9°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.313 h |
| September | 27.3°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 5.6 | 1.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 23 | 3.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 21.8°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 46 | 5.5 | 10.511 h |
| December | 19.4°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 41 | 5.3 | 10.110 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
August in nearby cities
- Youssoufia in AugustMorocco · 67 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Essaouira in AugustMorocco · 101 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.5°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Ben Guerir in AugustMorocco · 121 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 19.0°C · 2.5 mm rain
- El Jadida in AugustMorocco · 126 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.9°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Marrakesh in AugustMorocco · 138 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 18.7°C · 7.2 mm rain
- Settat in AugustMorocco · 171 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 19.5°C · 2.5 mm rain
- El Kelaa des Srarhna in AugustMorocco · 174 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 20.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Berrechid in AugustMorocco · 188 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 18.8°C · 1.2 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 Safi) is explained once on the Safi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.