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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Bouarfa
Bouarfa climate by month
Hot desert · BWhBest Mar · Oct–Nov
Annual mean18°day and night
Seasonal swing23°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation165 mm27 wet days a year
32.53° N, 1.96° WElevation 1,169 mUTC+0 · Western European Standard Time
When to goBouarfa · weather score
Best timeMar · Oct–Nov
October: high / low25° / 13°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Bouarfa has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 38° and nights 24°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 14° and lows of 2°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 23°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 165 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. September is the wettest month (17 mm, 4 wet days) and July the driest (2 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 11% in July to 22% in October.
Compared with Rabat, the capital, Bouarfa is 10.5° warmer on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 38° · July
- Coldest nights
- 2° · January
- Wettest month
- September
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 11% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 17 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 02 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 14° | 16° | 20° | 24° | 28° | 34° | 38° | 37° | 31° | 25° | 18° | 14° |
| Average low | 2° | 3° | 7° | 10° | 15° | 19° | 24° | 23° | 18° | 13° | 7° | 3° |
| Precipitation | 12 mm | 15 mm | 17 mm | 12 mm | 16 mm | 8 mm | 2 mm | 7 mm | 17 mm | 25 mm | 22 mm | 12 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 2.2 | 1.8 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 4.3 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 2.2 |
| Cloud cover | 21% | 21% | 20% | 18% | 19% | 15% | 11% | 12% | 18% | 22% | 21% | 21% |
| Daylight | 10h 14 | 11h 02 | 11h 57 | 12h 58 | 13h 49 | 14h 17 | 14h 06 | 13h 22 | 12h 24 | 11h 24 | 10h 30 | 10h 02 |
| Month score | 72 | 83 | 92 | 92 | 81 | 58 | 56 | 56 | 63 | 94 | 96 | 75 |
ivMonth by month
Bouarfa in every month
January72
14° / 2°
12 mm · 2.2 wet days
February83
16° / 3°
15 mm · 1.8 wet days
March92
20° / 7°
17 mm · 3.5 wet days
April92
24° / 10°
12 mm · 3.2 wet days
May81
28° / 15°
16 mm · 2.3 wet days
June58
34° / 19°
8 mm · 2 wet days
July56
38° / 24°
2 mm · 0.7 wet day
August56
37° / 23°
7 mm · 0.8 wet day
September63
31° / 18°
17 mm · 4.3 wet days
October94
25° / 13°
25 mm · 2.2 wet days
November96
18° / 7°
22 mm · 1.7 wet days
December75
14° / 3°
12 mm · 2.2 wet days