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El Ouatia climate by month
What the weather is like
El Ouatia has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is October, when afternoons average 25° and nights 19°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 20° and lows of 14°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 5°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 124 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. December is the wettest month (24 mm, 3 wet days) and August the driest (4 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 23% in March to 29% in June.
The sea reaches about 21° in September. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Compared with Rabat, the capital, El Ouatia is 0.8° cooler on a October afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 25° · October
- Coldest nights
- 14° · January
- Wettest month
- December
- Driest month
- August
- Clearest skies
- March · 23% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 21° · September
- Longest day
- 13 h 57 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 21 min
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthClimate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 20° | 20° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 22° | 23° | 24° | 24° | 25° | 23° | 21° |
| Average low | 14° | 14° | 15° | 16° | 17° | 18° | 19° | 20° | 19° | 19° | 17° | 15° |
| Precipitation | 21 mm | 22 mm | 12 mm | 5 mm | 3 mm | 2 mm | 2 mm | 4 mm | 3 mm | 10 mm | 16 mm | 24 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0.8 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 2.8 |
| Cloud cover | 25% | 24% | 23% | 25% | 28% | 29% | 24% | 24% | 24% | 25% | 25% | 24% |
| Sea temperature | 17° | 17° | 17° | 18° | 18° | 19° | 20° | 20° | 21° | 21° | 19° | 18° |
| Daylight | 10h 31 | 11h 12 | 11h 58 | 12h 50 | 13h 34 | 13h 57 | 13h 47 | 13h 11 | 12h 21 | 11h 31 | 10h 45 | 10h 21 |
| Month score | 98 | 96 | 94 | 99 | 96 | 97 | 99 | 100 | 96 | 98 | 97 | 93 |