Climate averages 1991–2020
Taza weather
in December.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Taza: daytime highs average 15.6°C and nights cool to about 6.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 55 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guercif (60 km away). In December its highs average 16.0°C, about as warm as Taza, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Taza ranks joint 52nd of 56 for the warmest December highs and joint 27th of 56 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 56 cities is 17.7°C; Taza is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 14.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 46 mm to 43 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
Taza climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.8°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 43 | 7.2 | 10.110 h |
| February | 16.3°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 46 | 7.1 | 10.911 h |
| March | 19.0°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 49 | 8.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.5°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 48 | 8.2 | 13.013 h |
| May | 25.8°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 31 | 6.2 | 13.914 h |
| June | 31.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 12 | 3.1 | 14.414 h |
| July | 36.1°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 6.2 | 2.4 | 14.214 h |
| August | 35.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 11 | 3.9 | 13.413 h |
| September | 30.0°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 19 | 4.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.0°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 42 | 5.7 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.8°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 55 | 7.2 | 10.410 h |
| December, selected | 15.6°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 46 | 7.3 | 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
December in nearby cities
- Guercif in DecemberMorocco · 60 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 5.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Sefrou in DecemberMorocco · 86 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 5.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Fes in DecemberMorocco · 93 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 6.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Taourirt in DecemberMorocco · 105 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 6.0°C · 16 mm rain
- Al Hoceïma in DecemberMorocco · 116 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 10.8°C · 39 mm rain
- Ifrane in DecemberMorocco · 127 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 1.6°C · 56 mm rain
- Nador in DecemberMorocco · 145 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 9.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Meknes in DecemberMorocco · 146 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 5.8°C · 55 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 Taza) is explained once on the Taza year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.