Climate averages 1991–2020
Safi weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the joint 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Safi: daytime highs average 18.3°C and nights cool to about 9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 17 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Youssoufia (67 km away). In January its highs average 18.2°C, about as warm as Safi, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Safi ranks joint 9th of 56 for the warmest January highs and 17th of 56 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 56 cities is 16.7°C; Safi is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 19.2°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 36 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
Safi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Youssoufia in JanuaryMorocco · 67 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 7.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Essaouira in JanuaryMorocco · 101 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 10.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Ben Guerir in JanuaryMorocco · 121 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 6.0°C · 27 mm rain
- El Jadida in JanuaryMorocco · 126 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 11.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Marrakesh in JanuaryMorocco · 138 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 2.8°C · 33 mm rain
- Settat in JanuaryMorocco · 171 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 6.9°C · 39 mm rain
- El Kelaa des Srarhna in JanuaryMorocco · 174 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 5.0°C · 29 mm rain
- Berrechid in JanuaryMorocco · 188 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 6.8°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 Safi) is explained once on the Safi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.