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Mirleft climate by month
What the weather is like
Mirleft has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is October, when afternoons average 23° and nights 19°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 19° and lows of 15°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 4°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 197 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. March is the wettest month (21 mm, 6 wet days) and August the driest (4 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 18% in August to 23% 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, Mirleft is 2.4° cooler on a October afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 23° · October
- Coldest nights
- 15° · January
- Wettest month
- March
- Driest month
- August
- Clearest skies
- August · 18% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 21° · September
- Longest day
- 14 h 02 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 16 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 | 19° | 19° | 20° | 20° | 20° | 21° | 22° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 21° | 20° |
| Average low | 15° | 15° | 16° | 16° | 17° | 18° | 19° | 19° | 19° | 19° | 17° | 16° |
| Precipitation | 33 mm | 32 mm | 21 mm | 11 mm | 5 mm | 4 mm | 3 mm | 4 mm | 4 mm | 15 mm | 31 mm | 34 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 1.5 | 3 | 6.3 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 2 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 4.5 |
| Cloud cover | 22% | 21% | 20% | 21% | 22% | 23% | 19% | 18% | 22% | 23% | 21% | 21% |
| Sea temperature | 18° | 17° | 17° | 18° | 18° | 19° | 20° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 20° | 19° |
| Daylight | 10h 27 | 11h 09 | 11h 58 | 12h 52 | 13h 38 | 14h 02 | 13h 52 | 13h 14 | 12h 22 | 11h 29 | 10h 41 | 10h 16 |
| Month score | 96 | 93 | 85 | 98 | 95 | 96 | 96 | 99 | 95 | 96 | 93 | 89 |