Climate averages 1991–2020
Tangier weather
in December.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Tangier: daytime highs average 16.5°C and nights cool to about 10.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 47 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fnidek (41 km away). In December its highs average 15.9°C, 0.6°C cooler than Tangier, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Tangier ranks joint 42nd of 56 for the warmest December highs and 54th of 56 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 56 cities is 17.7°C; Tangier is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 15.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 88 mm to 72 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Fnidek in DecemberMorocco · 41 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 12.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Tétouan in DecemberMorocco · 44 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 10.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Martil in DecemberMorocco · 50 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 11.4°C · 69 mm rain
- Algeciras in DecemberSpain · 51 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 12.5°C · 117 mm rain
- Gibraltar in DecemberGibraltar · 58 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 11.6°C · 114 mm rain
- Larache in DecemberMorocco · 72 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 10.3°C · 133 mm rain
- Chiclana de la Frontera in DecemberSpain · 79 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 11.0°C · 100 mm rain
- Ksar El Kebir in DecemberMorocco · 86 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 8.8°C · 100 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.