Ideal weather days in Marrakesh
The best time to visit Marrakesh for warm, dry weather is November to February, with 24 to 28 such days a month.
How many days here suit you?
Set your ideal day. Each day measured at Marrakesh's weather station in 2023–2025 is checked against it.
They're most common in November to February.
This station doesn't record cloud cover, so the sky setting is left out here.
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Your ideal days in Marrakesh, month by month
Why the other days don't count
- Too hot124
- Too wet14
- Too cold9
- Too windy2
A day can fail more than one test.
Warm and dry, beach and mild days
With the Warm & dry preset (a high of 18–33 °C, no more than 1 mm of rain, wind under 20 km/h), Marrakesh averaged 220 days a year in 2023–2025. Every number here is counted from real measured days in Morocco, not from climate averages.
Beach days (a high of 26–35 °C, almost no rain, mostly sunny) are most common in May and September (up to 17 a month, 112 a year). Mild, still days (16–26 °C, light wind) are most common in December and January (up to 27 a month, 106 a year).
What spoils the other days
Most of the days that don't count are too hot (over 33 °C): 124 a year, mostly in July and August. Another 14 are wet (more than 1 mm of rain), mostly in February, March and October. A day can fail more than one test.
Marrakesh weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Rain days | Windy days | Clear days | Warm & dry days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23 °C 73 °F | 2 | 0 | 20 | 28 of 31 |
| February | 23 °C 73 °F | 3 | 0 | 12 | 24 of 28 |
| March | 24 °C 74 °F | 5 | 1 | 12 | 22 of 31 |
| April | 30 °C 85 °F | 1 | 0 | 13 | 21 of 30 |
| May | 31 °C 87 °F | 1 | 0 | 13 | 21 of 31 |
| June | 34 °C 93 °F | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 of 30 |
| July | 39 °C 102 °F | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 of 31 |
| August | 41 °C 106 °F | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 of 31 |
| September | 33 °C 91 °F | 1 | 0 | 9 | 17 of 30 |
| October | 30 °C 85 °F | 4 | 0 | 10 | 19 of 31 |
| November | 29 °C 83 °F | 0 | 1 | 15 | 28 of 30 |
| December | 23 °C 73 °F | 1 | 0 | 15 | 28 of 31 |
| Year | 17 | 2 | 151 | 220 of 365 |
Typical high is the median daily maximum. A rain day has 1 mm or more; a windy day a mean wind above 20 km/h; a clear day a daytime cloud cover of 2/8 or less on average (9:00–17:00). Days are averaged over 2023–2025 and scaled to the length of each month.
Year by year
- 2023 217 warm, dry days
- 2024 222 warm, dry days
- 2025 incomplete (8 of 12 months)
Questions
When is the best time to visit Marrakesh for good weather?
The best time to visit Marrakesh for warm, dry weather is November to February, with 24 to 28 such days a month. Beach days (a high of 26–35 °C, almost no rain, mostly sunny) are most common in May and September (up to 17 a month, 112 a year). Counted from measured days at Menara station, 2023–2025.
Does it rain a lot in Marrakesh?
On average 17 days a year had 1 mm of rain or more in 2023–2025. The wettest month was March (5 rain days), the driest November (0).
How many sunny days does Marrakesh get a year?
About 151 days a year had mostly clear skies (daytime cloud cover of 2/8 or less on average, 9:00–17:00), most of them in January (20).
How warm does Marrakesh get?
The median daily high ranged from 23 °C (73 °F) in January to 41 °C (106 °F) in August.
Nearby
- Agadir200 km309 days
- Casablanca220 km311 days
- Fez390 km208 days
- Málaga660 km, Spain255 days
- Las Palmas820 km, Spain119 days
Where is the best climate in Morocco?
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Source: Menara weather station (60230099999), 4 km from the centre of Marrakesh, 468 m above sea level. Daily records from NOAA's Global Surface Summary of the Day, 2023–2025; 87% of days have a complete record. A single station may not represent every part of a city, and three years is a short record.