Climate averages 1991–2020
Taroudant weather
in August.
A very 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 very hot month in Taroudant: daytime highs average 38.8°C and nights cool to about 22.8°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 15 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Oulad Teïma (33 km away). In August its highs average 36.8°C, 2.0°C cooler than Taroudant, with 2.3 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Taroudant ranks 1st 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; Taroudant is 6.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.3°C to 33.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.1 mm to 10 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
Taroudant climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.5°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 27 | 4.3 | 10.410 h |
| February | 22.2°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 32 | 4.4 | 11.111 h |
| March | 24.9°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 32 | 5.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.0°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 20 | 5.3 | 12.913 h |
| May | 30.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 16 | 4.8 | 13.714 h |
| June | 33.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 7.3 | 2.5 | 14.114 h |
| July | 38.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 13.914 h |
| August, selected | 38.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 13.213 h |
| September | 33.5°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 10 | 2.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.2°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 26 | 4.8 | 11.511 h |
| November | 24.3°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 40 | 5.2 | 10.611 h |
| December | 21.0°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 38 | 5.2 | 10.210 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
- Oulad Teïma in AugustMorocco · 33 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 21.8°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Ait Melloul in AugustMorocco · 62 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 20.3°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Inezgane in AugustMorocco · 65 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 21.8°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Agadir in AugustMorocco · 69 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Tiznit in AugustMorocco · 119 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 20.9°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Essaouira in AugustMorocco · 144 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.5°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Marrakesh in AugustMorocco · 154 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 18.7°C · 7.2 mm rain
- Ouarzazate in AugustMorocco · 196 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 20.0°C · 2.0 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 Taroudant) is explained once on the Taroudant year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.