Climate averages 1991–2020
Tan-Tan weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Tan-Tan: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 19.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 1.7 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 09 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guelmim (119 km away). In August its highs average 31.6°C, 1.8°C warmer than Tan-Tan, with 2.4 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Tan-Tan ranks 39th of 56 for the warmest August highs and joint 20th of 56 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 56 cities is 32.3°C; Tan-Tan is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.7 mm to 5.2 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
Tan-Tan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.9°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 9.4 | 2.1 | 10.611 h |
| February | 22.0°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 14 | 2.3 | 11.211 h |
| March | 24.0°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 10 | 2.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.9°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 4.4 | 1.1 | 12.813 h |
| May | 25.1°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 2.0 | 0.4 | 13.514 h |
| June | 26.4°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 13.914 h |
| July | 28.9°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 13.814 h |
| August, selected | 29.8°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 1.7 | 0.3 | 13.213 h |
| September | 28.2°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 5.2 | 0.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.3°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 8.8 | 1.3 | 11.512 h |
| November | 24.6°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 9.5 | 1.9 | 10.811 h |
| December | 22.0°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 12 | 2.6 | 10.410 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
- Guelmim in AugustMorocco · 119 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 19.1°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Tiznit in AugustMorocco · 193 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 20.9°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Laayoune in AugustWestern Sahara · 251 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 19.9°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Inezgane in AugustMorocco · 262 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 21.8°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Ait Melloul in AugustMorocco · 262 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 20.3°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Agadir in AugustMorocco · 264 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Oulad Teïma in AugustMorocco · 285 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 21.8°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Taroudant in AugustMorocco · 312 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 2.1 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 Tan-Tan) is explained once on the Tan-Tan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.