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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Meknes
Meknes climate by month
Hot-summer Mediterranean · CsaBest May · Oct–Nov
Annual mean18°day and night
Seasonal swing16°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation495 mm70 wet days a year
33.89° N, 5.55° WElevation 531 mUTC+0 · Western European Standard Time
When to goMeknes · weather score
Best timeMay · Oct–Nov
October: high / low26° / 14°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Meknes has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa): dry, sunny summers and mild, wetter winters.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 34° and nights 18°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 16° and lows of 5°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 16°.
About 495 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. March is the wettest month (54 mm, 13 wet days) and July the driest (2 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 10% in July to 31% in April.
Compared with Rabat, the capital, Meknes is 6.4° warmer on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 34° · July
- Coldest nights
- 5° · January
- Wettest month
- March
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 10% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 24 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 55 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 | 16° | 17° | 20° | 22° | 26° | 31° | 34° | 34° | 30° | 26° | 20° | 17° |
| Average low | 5° | 6° | 8° | 9° | 12° | 16° | 18° | 19° | 16° | 14° | 9° | 6° |
| Precipitation | 64 mm | 61 mm | 54 mm | 55 mm | 31 mm | 9 mm | 2 mm | 4 mm | 19 mm | 43 mm | 70 mm | 83 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 6.7 | 6.7 | 13.3 | 7.8 | 5.2 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 10.2 |
| Cloud cover | 28% | 30% | 30% | 31% | 30% | 18% | 10% | 11% | 22% | 28% | 29% | 29% |
| Daylight | 10h 08 | 10h 59 | 11h 56 | 13h 01 | 13h 55 | 14h 24 | 14h 12 | 13h 26 | 12h 25 | 11h 22 | 10h 25 | 9h 55 |
| Month score | 74 | 80 | 69 | 81 | 82 | 70 | 58 | 58 | 70 | 84 | 87 | 71 |
ivMonth by month
Meknes in every month
January74
16° / 5°
64 mm · 6.7 wet days
February80
17° / 6°
61 mm · 6.7 wet days
March69
20° / 8°
54 mm · 13.3 wet days
April81
22° / 9°
55 mm · 7.8 wet days
May82
26° / 12°
31 mm · 5.2 wet days
June70
31° / 16°
9 mm · 2.8 wet days
July58
34° / 18°
2 mm · 1.3 wet day
August58
34° / 19°
4 mm · 1.3 wet day
September70
30° / 16°
19 mm · 4.2 wet days
October84
26° / 14°
43 mm · 5.2 wet days
November87
20° / 9°
70 mm · 5.7 wet days
December71
17° / 6°
83 mm · 10.2 wet days