Climate averages 1991–2020
Sefrou weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Sefrou: daytime highs average 14.4°C and nights cool to about 3.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 11 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fes (27 km away). In January its highs average 15.6°C, 1.2°C warmer than Sefrou, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Sefrou ranks 54th of 56 for the warmest January highs and 33rd of 56 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 56 cities is 16.7°C; Sefrou is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 15.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 51 mm to 57 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
Sefrou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 14.4°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 51 | 8.0 | 10.210 h |
| February | 15.7°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 57 | 8.7 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.2°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 68 | 11.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.1°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 79 | 11.4 | 13.013 h |
| May | 23.8°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 71 | 11.1 | 13.914 h |
| June | 28.5°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 30 | 6.3 | 14.414 h |
| July | 32.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 13 | 3.4 | 14.214 h |
| August | 33.0°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 22 | 6.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 28.0°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 51 | 8.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.5°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 67 | 8.5 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.1°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 60 | 8.2 | 10.410 h |
| December | 15.6°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 50 | 8.0 | 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
- Fes in JanuaryMorocco · 27 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 4.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Ifrane in JanuaryMorocco · 43 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low -0.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Meknes in JanuaryMorocco · 67 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.3°C · 56 mm rain
- Taza in JanuaryMorocco · 86 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Sidi Kacem in JanuaryMorocco · 92 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 6.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Sidi Slimane in JanuaryMorocco · 112 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 6.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Khemisset in JanuaryMorocco · 114 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 4.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Khenifra in JanuaryMorocco · 126 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 1.3°C · 66 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 Sefrou) is explained once on the Sefrou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.