Climate guideThirty-year normals for Rabat
Rabat climate by month
Hot-summer Mediterranean · CsaBest Apr–Jun
Annual mean18°day and night
Seasonal swing11°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation485 mm57 wet days a year
34.01° N, 6.83° WElevation 46 mUTC+0 · Western European Standard Time
When to goRabat · weather score
Best timeApr–Jun
October: high / low25° / 15°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Rabat has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa): dry, sunny summers and mild, wetter winters.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 28° and nights 18°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 18° and lows of 7°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 11°.
About 485 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. December is the wettest month (91 mm, 11 wet days) and August the driest (2 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 12% in July to 30% in December.
The sea reaches about 23° in August. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 28° · August
- Coldest nights
- 7° · January
- Wettest month
- December
- Driest month
- August
- Clearest skies
- July · 12% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 23° · August
- Longest day
- 14 h 24 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 54 min
iiCharts
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 monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 18° | 19° | 21° | 22° | 24° | 26° | 28° | 28° | 27° | 25° | 21° | 19° |
| Average low | 7° | 8° | 10° | 11° | 14° | 16° | 18° | 18° | 17° | 15° | 11° | 9° |
| Precipitation | 73 mm | 62 mm | 48 mm | 41 mm | 20 mm | 5 mm | 1 mm | 2 mm | 14 mm | 43 mm | 85 mm | 91 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 6.7 | 6.5 | 9.8 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 2 | 5 | 5.8 | 10.5 |
| Cloud cover | 29% | 29% | 28% | 26% | 23% | 17% | 12% | 13% | 20% | 26% | 29% | 30% |
| Sea temperature | 17° | 17° | 17° | 18° | 19° | 21° | 22° | 23° | 22° | 21° | 20° | 18° |
| Daylight | 10h 08 | 10h 58 | 11h 56 | 13h 01 | 13h 55 | 14h 24 | 14h 13 | 13h 26 | 12h 25 | 11h 22 | 10h 25 | 9h 54 |
| Month score | 83 | 85 | 77 | 88 | 91 | 93 | 86 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 86 | 75 |
ivMonth by month
Rabat in every month
January83
18° / 7°
73 mm · 6.7 wet days
February85
19° / 8°
62 mm · 6.5 wet days
March77
21° / 10°
48 mm · 9.8 wet days
April88
22° / 11°
41 mm · 5.2 wet days
May91
24° / 14°
20 mm · 3.7 wet days
June93
26° / 16°
5 mm · 0.7 wet day
July86
28° / 18°
1 mm · 0.8 wet day
August85
28° / 18°
2 mm · 0.3 wet days
September86
27° / 17°
14 mm · 2 wet days
October87
25° / 15°
43 mm · 5 wet days
November86
21° / 11°
85 mm · 5.8 wet days
December75
19° / 9°
91 mm · 10.5 wet days