Climate averages 1991–2020
Tan-Tan weather
in October.
A warm, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Tan-Tan: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.8 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes October a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 30 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guelmim (119 km away). In October its highs average 26.7°C, 0.6°C cooler than Tan-Tan, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Tan-Tan ranks joint 6th of 56 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 56 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 56 cities is 25.3°C; Tan-Tan is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 24.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.8 mm to 9.5 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Guelmim in OctoberMorocco · 119 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.0°C · 11 mm rain
- Tiznit in OctoberMorocco · 193 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 16.8°C · 16 mm rain
- Laayoune in OctoberWestern Sahara · 251 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.0°C · 7.8 mm rain
- Inezgane in OctoberMorocco · 262 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.0°C · 21 mm rain
- Ait Melloul in OctoberMorocco · 262 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Agadir in OctoberMorocco · 264 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Oulad Teïma in OctoberMorocco · 285 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Taroudant in OctoberMorocco · 312 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 16.8°C · 26 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.