Climate averages 1991–2020
Tan-Tan weather
in January.
A mild, very dry month: the coolest and the 8th 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 Tan-Tan: daytime highs average 20.9°C and nights cool to about 10.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 9.4 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 33 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guelmim (119 km away). In January its highs average 19.1°C, 1.9°C cooler than Tan-Tan, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Tan-Tan ranks 1st of 56 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 56 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 56 cities is 16.7°C; Tan-Tan is 4.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 22.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.4 mm to 14 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
Tan-Tan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Guelmim in JanuaryMorocco · 119 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 8.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Tiznit in JanuaryMorocco · 193 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 8.9°C · 23 mm rain
- Laayoune in JanuaryWestern Sahara · 251 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 11.3°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Inezgane in JanuaryMorocco · 262 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 10.2°C · 25 mm rain
- Ait Melloul in JanuaryMorocco · 262 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 9.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Agadir in JanuaryMorocco · 264 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 11.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Oulad Teïma in JanuaryMorocco · 285 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 7.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Taroudant in JanuaryMorocco · 312 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 8.1°C · 27 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.