Climate averages 1991–2020
Laayoune weather
in January.
A mild, very dry month: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Laayoune: daytime highs average 21.6°C and nights cool to about 11.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 6.7 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes January a very dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 38 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Telde (239 km away). In January its highs average 18.1°C, 3.5°C cooler than Laayoune, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Western Sahara, Laayoune ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 2 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 2 cities is 21.9°C; Laayoune is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 6.7 mm to 6.3 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
Laayoune climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 21.6°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 6.7 | 1.2 | 10.611 h |
| February | 22.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 6.3 | 1.5 | 11.211 h |
| March | 24.2°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 5.1 | 1.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 12.813 h |
| May | 25.6°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 13.513 h |
| June | 27.3°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.814 h |
| July | 29.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.714 h |
| August | 30.6°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.113 h |
| September | 29.4°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 3.3 | 0.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 7.8 | 0.9 | 11.512 h |
| November | 25.1°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 4.8 | 0.9 | 10.811 h |
| December | 22.5°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 8.3 | 1.4 | 10.510 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
- Telde in JanuarySpain · 239 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 14.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in JanuarySpain · 244 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 14.2°C · 22 mm rain
- Santa Lucía in JanuarySpain · 247 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 12.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Tan-Tan in JanuaryMorocco · 251 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.9°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife in JanuarySpain · 336 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 16.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Arona in JanuarySpain · 360 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 12.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Guelmim in JanuaryMorocco · 369 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 8.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Tiznit in JanuaryMorocco · 442 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 8.9°C · 23 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 Laayoune) is explained once on the Laayoune year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.