Climate averages 1991–2020
Taza weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Taza: daytime highs average 14.8°C and nights cool to about 5.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 09 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guercif (60 km away). In January its highs average 15.4°C, 0.7°C warmer than Taza, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Taza ranks 51st of 56 for the warmest January highs and 28th of 56 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 56 cities is 16.7°C; Taza is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 16.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 43 mm to 46 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
Taza climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Guercif in JanuaryMorocco · 60 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Sefrou in JanuaryMorocco · 86 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 3.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Fes in JanuaryMorocco · 93 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 4.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Taourirt in JanuaryMorocco · 105 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 4.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Al Hoceïma in JanuaryMorocco · 116 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 9.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Ifrane in JanuaryMorocco · 127 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low -0.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Nador in JanuaryMorocco · 145 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 8.5°C · 37 mm rain
- Meknes in JanuaryMorocco · 146 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.3°C · 56 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.