Climate averages 1991–2020
Laayoune weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Laayoune: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.3 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes September a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Telde (239 km away). In September its highs average 24.8°C, 4.6°C cooler than Laayoune, with 9.8 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Western Sahara, Laayoune ranks 1st of 2 for the warmest September highs and 1st of 2 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 2 cities is 28.9°C; Laayoune is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.3 mm to 7.8 mm.
The annual picture
September 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 | 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Telde in SeptemberSpain · 239 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 20.1°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in SeptemberSpain · 244 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 19.8°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Santa Lucía in SeptemberSpain · 247 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 18.3°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Tan-Tan in SeptemberMorocco · 251 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 19.3°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife in SeptemberSpain · 336 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Arona in SeptemberSpain · 360 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Guelmim in SeptemberMorocco · 369 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.5°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Tiznit in SeptemberMorocco · 442 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 18.8°C · 5.7 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.