Climate averages 1991–2020
Taroudant weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Taroudant: daytime highs average 21.0°C and nights cool to about 9.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 13 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Oulad Teïma (33 km away). In December its highs average 21.0°C, about as warm as Taroudant, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Taroudant ranks joint 3rd of 56 for the warmest December highs and 15th of 56 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 56 cities is 17.7°C; Taroudant is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 20.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 38 mm to 27 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Oulad Teïma in DecemberMorocco · 33 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 8.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Ait Melloul in DecemberMorocco · 62 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 10.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Inezgane in DecemberMorocco · 65 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 11.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Agadir in DecemberMorocco · 69 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 12.8°C · 50 mm rain
- Tiznit in DecemberMorocco · 119 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 10.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Essaouira in DecemberMorocco · 144 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 11.8°C · 50 mm rain
- Marrakesh in DecemberMorocco · 154 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 4.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Ouarzazate in DecemberMorocco · 196 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 3.4°C · 9.0 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.