Climate averages 1991–2020
Taourirt weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Taourirt: daytime highs average 15.5°C and nights cool to about 4.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 08 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guercif (47 km away). In January its highs average 15.4°C, about as warm as Taourirt, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Taourirt ranks 43rd of 56 for the warmest January highs and joint 5th of 56 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 56 cities is 16.7°C; Taourirt is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 17.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 19 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Guercif in JanuaryMorocco · 47 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Berkane in JanuaryMorocco · 78 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 5.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Nador in JanuaryMorocco · 85 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 8.5°C · 37 mm rain
- Oujda in JanuaryMorocco · 96 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 3.5°C · 38 mm rain
- Melilla in JanuarySpain · 99 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 9.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Taza in JanuaryMorocco · 105 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Maghnia in JanuaryAlgeria · 118 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 4.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Al Hoceïma in JanuaryMorocco · 134 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 9.6°C · 54 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.