Climate averages 1991–2020
Sidi Kacem weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: one of the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Sidi Kacem: daytime highs average 35.4°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 1.8 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 26 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sidi Slimane (21 km away). In August its highs average 34.2°C, 1.2°C cooler than Sidi Kacem, with 1.1 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Sidi Kacem ranks 13th of 56 for the warmest August highs and joint 23rd of 56 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 56 cities is 32.3°C; Sidi Kacem is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.1°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.8 mm to 18 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
Sidi Kacem climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.2°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 62 | 7.8 | 10.110 h |
| February | 18.8°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 53 | 7.3 | 10.911 h |
| March | 21.7°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 54 | 7.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.6°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 46 | 7.3 | 13.013 h |
| May | 27.7°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 29 | 5.5 | 13.914 h |
| June | 32.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 8.0 | 1.7 | 14.414 h |
| July | 35.4°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 1.9 | 0.4 | 14.214 h |
| August, selected | 35.4°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 1.8 | 0.7 | 13.413 h |
| September | 31.3°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 18 | 3.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 55 | 6.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 21.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 72 | 7.7 | 10.410 h |
| December | 18.3°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 64 | 7.5 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Sidi Slimane in AugustMorocco · 21 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 19.7°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Meknes in AugustMorocco · 39 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 19.0°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Khemisset in AugustMorocco · 55 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 18.0°C · 4.8 mm rain
- Souk El Arbaa in AugustMorocco · 58 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 19.6°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Tiflet in AugustMorocco · 66 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 18.7°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Fes in AugustMorocco · 68 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 20.6°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Kenitra in AugustMorocco · 80 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.6°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Ksar El Kebir in AugustMorocco · 88 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 19.5°C · 1.8 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 Sidi Kacem) is explained once on the Sidi Kacem year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.