Climate averages 1991–2020
Tangier weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th 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 Tangier: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 19 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fnidek (41 km away). In October its highs average 21.6°C, 1.7°C cooler than Tangier, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Tangier ranks 51st of 56 for the warmest October highs and joint 50th of 56 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 56 cities is 25.3°C; Tangier is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.4°C to 18.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 65 mm to 81 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
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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Fnidek in OctoberMorocco · 41 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 17.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Tétouan in OctoberMorocco · 44 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 16.0°C · 71 mm rain
- Martil in OctoberMorocco · 50 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 16.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Algeciras in OctoberSpain · 51 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 17.6°C · 86 mm rain
- Gibraltar in OctoberGibraltar · 58 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 77 mm rain
- Larache in OctoberMorocco · 72 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 16.1°C · 82 mm rain
- Chiclana de la Frontera in OctoberSpain · 79 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 16.9°C · 84 mm rain
- Ksar El Kebir in OctoberMorocco · 86 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.2°C · 73 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.