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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Zagora, Morocco
Zagora climate by month
Hot desert · BWhBest Jan · Mar · Dec
Annual mean22°day and night
Seasonal swing22°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation76 mm13 wet days a year
30.33° N, 5.84° WElevation 733 mUTC+0 · Western European Standard Time
When to goZagora · weather score
Best timeJan · Mar · Dec
October: high / low29° / 17°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Zagora has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 41° and nights 26°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 18° and lows of 6°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 22°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 76 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. February is the wettest month (13 mm, 2 wet days) and August the driest (4 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 7% in July to 20% in October.
Compared with Rabat, the capital, Zagora is 13.4° warmer on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 41° · July
- Coldest nights
- 6° · January
- Wettest month
- February
- Driest month
- August
- Clearest skies
- July · 7% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 05 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 12 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 | 18° | 21° | 25° | 29° | 33° | 38° | 41° | 40° | 36° | 29° | 23° | 19° |
| Average low | 6° | 8° | 12° | 15° | 18° | 23° | 26° | 26° | 22° | 17° | 11° | 7° |
| Precipitation | 5 mm | 13 mm | 7 mm | 3 mm | 3 mm | 3 mm | 1 mm | 4 mm | 5 mm | 15 mm | 9 mm | 8 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 1 | 2.3 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| Cloud cover | 18% | 17% | 16% | 14% | 15% | 10% | 7% | 9% | 15% | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| Daylight | 10h 24 | 11h 07 | 11h 57 | 12h 54 | 13h 40 | 14h 05 | 13h 55 | 13h 16 | 12h 22 | 11h 28 | 10h 38 | 10h 12 |
| Month score | 97 | 95 | 98 | 83 | 67 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 53 | 80 | 96 | 97 |
ivMonth by month
Zagora in every month
January97
18° / 6°
5 mm · 1 wet day
February95
21° / 8°
13 mm · 2.3 wet days
March98
25° / 12°
7 mm · 1 wet day
April83
29° / 15°
3 mm · 0.8 wet day
May67
33° / 18°
3 mm · 0.5 wet day
June56
38° / 23°
3 mm · 0.8 wet day
July57
41° / 26°
1 mm · 0.5 wet day
August58
40° / 26°
4 mm · 0 wet days
September53
36° / 22°
5 mm · 2.2 wet days
October80
29° / 17°
15 mm · 1.5 wet days
November96
23° / 11°
9 mm · 1.5 wet days
December97
19° / 7°
8 mm · 1.2 wet day