Climate averages 1991–2020
Taourirt weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: one of the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Taourirt: daytime highs average 36.5°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 2.2 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 26 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guercif (47 km away). In August its highs average 36.4°C, about as warm as Taourirt, with 5.5 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Taourirt ranks joint 6th of 56 for the warmest August highs and 30th of 56 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 56 cities is 32.3°C; Taourirt is 4.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.5°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.2 mm to 8.5 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
Taourirt climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.5°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 18 | 3.9 | 10.110 h |
| February | 17.4°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 19 | 4.1 | 10.911 h |
| March | 20.5°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 26 | 4.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.3°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 19 | 3.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 27.5°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 16 | 2.8 | 13.914 h |
| June | 32.4°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 4.5 | 1.0 | 14.414 h |
| July | 36.5°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 14.214 h |
| August, selected | 36.5°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 2.2 | 0.7 | 13.413 h |
| September | 30.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 8.5 | 2.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.0°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 18 | 3.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.5°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 25 | 4.4 | 10.410 h |
| December | 16.1°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 16 | 3.8 | 9.910 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
- Guercif in AugustMorocco · 47 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 5.5 mm rain
- Berkane in AugustMorocco · 78 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Nador in AugustMorocco · 85 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Oujda in AugustMorocco · 96 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 8.0 mm rain
- Melilla in AugustSpain · 99 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Taza in AugustMorocco · 105 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Maghnia in AugustAlgeria · 118 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 18.9°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Al Hoceïma in AugustMorocco · 134 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.1°C · 4.7 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 Taourirt) is explained once on the Taourirt year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.