Climate averages 1991–2020
Tangier weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Tangier: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 20.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 2.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 31 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fnidek (41 km away). In August its highs average 27.3°C, 2.4°C cooler than Tangier, with 3.2 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Tangier ranks joint 40th of 56 for the warmest August highs and joint 28th of 56 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 56 cities is 32.3°C; Tangier is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.1 mm to 26 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
Tangier climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.6°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 72 | 8.1 | 10.010 h |
| February | 16.2°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 63 | 7.8 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.0°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 62 | 8.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.5°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 50 | 7.8 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 29 | 6.0 | 14.014 h |
| June | 26.3°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 5.8 | 1.3 | 14.515 h |
| July | 29.4°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 14.314 h |
| August, selected | 29.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 2.1 | 0.4 | 13.514 h |
| September | 26.8°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 26 | 3.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.3°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 65 | 7.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.9°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 81 | 8.2 | 10.310 h |
| December | 16.5°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 88 | 9.2 | 9.810 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
- Fnidek in AugustMorocco · 41 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Tétouan in AugustMorocco · 44 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.2°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Martil in AugustMorocco · 50 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.0°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Algeciras in AugustSpain · 51 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Gibraltar in AugustGibraltar · 58 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.6°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Larache in AugustMorocco · 72 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 19.8°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Chiclana de la Frontera in AugustSpain · 79 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.4°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Ksar El Kebir in AugustMorocco · 86 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 Tangier) is explained once on the Tangier year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.