Ait Yazza weather in January

In January, Ait Yazza sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 25 mm of rain across 4 wet days and about 10.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 06 min at the start of January to 10 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Ait Yazza's 8th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ait Yazza's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 25 mm; 4 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 12 min; 7:38 AM – 5:51 PM
Cloud cover: 33%; 8th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 3.7 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.7; out of 10

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month.

A typical January day in Ait Yazza reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	9
2	20	9
3	20	9
4	20	9
5	20	9
6	20	9
7	20	9
8	20	9
9	20	9
10	20	9
11	20	9
12	20	9
13	20	9
14	20	9
15	20	9
16	20	9
17	20	9
18	20	9
19	20	9
20	20	9
21	20	9
22	20	9
23	20	9
24	20	9
25	20	9
26	20	9
27	20	9
28	20	9
29	20	9
30	20	9
31	20	9

How January really feels in Ait Yazza

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Ait Yazza weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	20° / 9°	25	4	10.3	7.7
Feb	22° / 10°	31	4.6	10.9	7.9
Mar	24° / 13°	29	5.5	11.8	8.1
Apr	26° / 14°	16	4.1	12.7	8.0
May	30° / 17°	12	3.5	13.5	6.5
Jun	33° / 20°	4	1.7	13.9	4.6
Jul	38° / 24°	0	0	13.8	1.5
Aug	38° / 24°	2	0.4	13.1	1.5
Sep	33° / 21°	8	2.1	12.2	4.5
Oct	28° / 18°	24	4.2	11.3	7.0
Nov	24° / 13°	40	5.1	10.5	8.0
Dec	21° / 10°	35	5.3	10.1	7.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 23%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	75	75	76	76	76	76	76	76	77	76	76	76	76	77	78	78	78	79	79	79	78	78	78	77	77	77	77	77	76	76	76
Cloudier (%)	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	24	24	24	24	23	22	22	22	21	21	21	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	75	25
3	76	24
4	76	24
5	76	24
6	76	24
7	76	24
8	76	24
9	77	23
10	76	24
11	76	24
12	76	24
13	76	24
14	77	23
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	77	23
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	77	23
29	76	24
30	76	24
31	76	24

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Ait Yazza gets around 25 mm of rain over 4 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 13% and peaks near 17% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17

	Rain chance (%)
1	13
2	13
3	12
4	12
5	11
6	11
7	11
8	11
9	11
10	11
11	11
12	11
13	12
14	12
15	12
16	12
17	13
18	13
19	13
20	14
21	14
22	15
23	15
24	16
25	16
26	17
27	17
28	17
29	17
30	17
31	17

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

Wind in January

Winds average 8 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	8	calm
2	8	calm
3	8	calm
4	8	calm
5	8	calm
6	8	calm
7	8	calm
8	8	calm
9	8	calm
10	8	calm
11	8	calm
12	8	calm
13	8	calm
14	8	calm
15	8	calm
16	8	calm
17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	8	calm
20	8	calm
21	8	calm
22	8	calm
23	8	calm
24	8	calm
25	8	calm
26	8	calm
27	8	calm
28	8	calm
29	8	calm
30	8	calm
31	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 06 min at the start of January to 10 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 24 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:37 AM to 7:33 AM, and sunset from 5:40 PM to 6:04 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5
Sunrise (AM)	7:37	7:37	7:37	7:37	7:37	7:38	7:38	7:38	7:38	7:38	7:38	7:38	7:38	7:38	7:38	7:38	7:37	7:37	7:37	7:37	7:37	7:36	7:36	7:36	7:35	7:35	7:35	7:34	7:34	7:33	7:33
Sunset (PM)	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:04

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.1	7:37	5:40
2	10.1	7:37	5:41
3	10.1	7:37	5:41
4	10.1	7:37	5:42
5	10.1	7:37	5:43
6	10.1	7:38	5:44
7	10.1	7:38	5:44
8	10.1	7:38	5:45
9	10.1	7:38	5:46
10	10.1	7:38	5:47
11	10.2	7:38	5:47
12	10.2	7:38	5:48
13	10.2	7:38	5:49
14	10.2	7:38	5:50
15	10.2	7:38	5:51
16	10.2	7:38	5:51
17	10.2	7:37	5:52
18	10.3	7:37	5:53
19	10.3	7:37	5:54
20	10.3	7:37	5:55
21	10.3	7:37	5:56
22	10.3	7:36	5:56
23	10.4	7:36	5:57
24	10.4	7:36	5:58
25	10.4	7:35	5:59
26	10.4	7:35	6:00
27	10.4	7:35	6:01
28	10.5	7:34	6:02
29	10.5	7:34	6:02
30	10.5	7:33	6:03
31	10.5	7:33	6:04

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.7 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.32 kWh/m² to a high of 7.85 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 3.7 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.5	Moderate
2	3.5	Moderate
3	3.5	Moderate
4	3.5	Moderate
5	3.5	Moderate
6	3.5	Moderate
7	3.5	Moderate
8	3.6	Moderate
9	3.6	Moderate
10	3.6	Moderate
11	3.6	Moderate
12	3.6	Moderate
13	3.6	Moderate
14	3.6	Moderate
15	3.7	Moderate
16	3.7	Moderate
17	3.7	Moderate
18	3.7	Moderate
19	3.7	Moderate
20	3.8	Moderate
21	3.8	Moderate
22	3.8	Moderate
23	3.8	Moderate
24	3.9	Moderate
25	3.9	Moderate
26	3.9	Moderate
27	3.9	Moderate
28	4.0	Moderate
29	4.0	Bright
30	4.0	Bright
31	4.1	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Ait Yazza

In seasonPeak

None of Ait Yazza's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Ait Yazza sees seasonal dust haze (July–August), heaviest in July.

Dust

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May

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Sep

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Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Ait Yazza?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

7.7

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

4.1

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Ait Yazza for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Ait Yazza in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Ait Yazza sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 9°C. Little to plan around — just the basics. About 4 days see rain.

UV index in Ait Yazza in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ait Yazza peaks around July 12 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 4 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	4	5	9	9	9	10	10	10	8	8	4	4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	9	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Ait Yazza in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Ait Yazza is worst in August — around 27 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (June, 14 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	15	20	17	16	15	14	24	27	19	19	15	14
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	15	Moderate
Feb	20	Moderate
Mar	17	Moderate
Apr	16	Moderate
May	15	Moderate
Jun	14	Moderate
Jul	24	Moderate
Aug	27	Moderate
Sep	19	Moderate
Oct	19	Moderate
Nov	15	Moderate
Dec	14	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Ait Yazza?

Ait Yazza sits at 30.5°N, 8.8°W, 268 m above sea level, in Morocco. The nearest listed city is Taroudant, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Ait Yazza

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Ait Yazza.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ait Yazza has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 51 m around an average of 269 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 822 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,567 m.

The land around Ait Yazza is covered by cropland (40%) within 3 km, cropland (35%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and grassland (58%) within 80 km.

3 km

51 m

cropland 40%

16 km

822 m

cropland 35%

80 km

3,567 m

grassland 58%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

← December Ait Yazza year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Taroudant 8.0 km · Oulad Barhil 35 km · Oulad Teïma 41 km · Oadar Temsia 61 km · Aoulouz 62 km · Tine Biougra 64 km · My Drarga 66 km · Lqoliaa 68 km

Morocco travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / E; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 42% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $4,672; 2025
Happiness: 4.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 80%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 17; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 492
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Ait Yazza (30.5019°, -8.7992°, elevation 268 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	9
2	20	9
3	20	9
4	20	9
5	20	9
6	20	9
7	20	9
8	20	9
9	20	9
10	20	9
11	20	9
12	20	9
13	20	9
14	20	9
15	20	9
16	20	9
17	20	9
18	20	9
19	20	9
20	20	9
21	20	9
22	20	9
23	20	9
24	20	9
25	20	9
26	20	9
27	20	9
28	20	9
29	20	9
30	20	9
31	20	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	75	25
3	76	24
4	76	24
5	76	24
6	76	24
7	76	24
8	76	24
9	77	23
10	76	24
11	76	24
12	76	24
13	76	24
14	77	23
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	77	23
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	77	23
29	76	24
30	76	24
31	76	24

	Rain chance (%)
1	13
2	13
3	12
4	12
5	11
6	11
7	11
8	11
9	11
10	11
11	11
12	11
13	12
14	12
15	12
16	12
17	13
18	13
19	13
20	14
21	14
22	15
23	15
24	16
25	16
26	17
27	17
28	17
29	17
30	17
31	17

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	9
2	20	9
3	20	9
4	20	9
5	20	9
6	20	9
7	20	9
8	20	9
9	20	9
10	20	9
11	20	9
12	20	9
13	20	9
14	20	9
15	20	9
16	20	9
17	20	9
18	20	9
19	20	9
20	20	9
21	20	9
22	20	9
23	20	9
24	20	9
25	20	9
26	20	9
27	20	9
28	20	9
29	20	9
30	20	9
31	20	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	75	25
3	76	24
4	76	24
5	76	24
6	76	24
7	76	24
8	76	24
9	77	23
10	76	24
11	76	24
12	76	24
13	76	24
14	77	23
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	77	23
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	77	23
29	76	24
30	76	24
31	76	24

	Rain chance (%)
1	13
2	13
3	12
4	12
5	11
6	11
7	11
8	11
9	11
10	11
11	11
12	11
13	12
14	12
15	12
16	12
17	13
18	13
19	13
20	14
21	14
22	15
23	15
24	16
25	16
26	17
27	17
28	17
29	17
30	17
31	17

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	9
2	20	9
3	20	9
4	20	9
5	20	9
6	20	9
7	20	9
8	20	9
9	20	9
10	20	9
11	20	9
12	20	9
13	20	9
14	20	9
15	20	9
16	20	9
17	20	9
18	20	9
19	20	9
20	20	9
21	20	9
22	20	9
23	20	9
24	20	9
25	20	9
26	20	9
27	20	9
28	20	9
29	20	9
30	20	9
31	20	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	75	25
3	76	24
4	76	24
5	76	24
6	76	24
7	76	24
8	76	24
9	77	23
10	76	24
11	76	24
12	76	24
13	76	24
14	77	23
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	77	23
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	77	23
29	76	24
30	76	24
31	76	24

	Rain chance (%)
1	13
2	13
3	12
4	12
5	11
6	11
7	11
8	11
9	11
10	11
11	11
12	11
13	12
14	12
15	12
16	12
17	13
18	13
19	13
20	14
21	14
22	15
23	15
24	16
25	16
26	17
27	17
28	17
29	17
30	17
31	17

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1