Climate and average weather in Al Aaroui

In Al Aaroui, the summers are hot, dry, and clear and the winters are mild and mostly clear.

Best: early January to late June

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Al Aaroui typically varies from 6°C to 33°C, and is rarely below 1°C or above 37°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Al Aaroui for warm-weather activities are from early January to late June and late September to late December.

Hottest
Aug
33°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
Mar
45 mm
Driest
Jul
1 mm
Rain / yr
308 mm
51 wet days
Daylight
9.6–14.4 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
177 m
35.0°N
Clearest
Jul
17% cloud

Al Aaroui weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early January to late June.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Al Aaroui, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.1 months, from June 16 to September 16, with daily high temperatures above 30°C. The hottest month of the year in Al Aaroui is August, with an average high of 33°C and low of 21°C.

The cool season lasts 3.9 months, from November 20 to March 17, with daily high temperatures below 21°C. The coldest month of the year in Al Aaroui is January, with an average low of 6°C and high of 18°C.

Days typically run about 11°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan186
Feb197
Mar219
Apr2311
May2614
Jun3018
Jul3321
Aug3321
Sep3019
Oct2615
Nov2110
Dec197

How hot and cold Al Aaroui really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Al Aaroui feels like about 34°C (around August 5). About 56 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in August.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan181846
Feb181967
Mar202189
Apr22231111
May26261414
Jun30301818
Jul33332121
Aug34332121
Sep30301919
Oct26261515
Nov21211010
Dec181967

Average hourly temperature in Al Aaroui

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on August afternoons, near 33°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Al Aaroui weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan18° / 275.89.96.6
Feb19° / 325.710.76.8
Mar21° / 456.711.77.1
Apr23° / 11°396.412.97.6
May26° / 14°264.313.87.9
Jun30° / 18°101.514.36.8
Jul33° / 21°10.414.15.0
Aug33° / 21°5113.34.6
Sep30° / 19°243.712.26.2
Oct26° / 15°37511.17.7
Nov21° / 10°375.710.27.5
Dec19° / 2559.77.0

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Al Aaroui gets about 308 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is mostly dry, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 7.7 months, from around Sep 26 to May 18, peaking in February at about 23% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 24.

March is the wettest month by volume, with 45 mm over about 7 wet days; July is the driest, with 1 mm.

0%10%20%30%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainFeb 25 · 23%Jul 24 · 1%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan186
Feb216
Mar227
Apr216
May144
Jun52
Jul10
Aug31
Sep114
Oct175
Nov196
Dec165

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Al Aaroui collects about 308 mm of rain across 51 wet days — roughly 26 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. March is the wettest month with 45 mm, while July is the driest at just 1 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 40% of the year’s total.

0255075JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2732453926101524373725
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan276
Feb326
Mar457
Apr396
May264
Jun102
Jul10
Aug51
Sep244
Oct375
Nov376
Dec255

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Al Aaroui, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around May 31 and lasts for 3.4 months, ending around September 11. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 94% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around September 12 and lasts for 8.6 months, ending around May 30. The cloudiest month is March, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 36% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 23 · 95%Oct 20 · 62%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan6733
Feb6832
Mar6436
Apr6634
May7030
Jun8515
Jul946
Aug8911
Sep7327
Oct6436
Nov6832
Dec6733

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 19, brings about 14 h 24 min of light; the shortest, around December 18, only 9 h 36 min — a swing of roughly 4 h 48 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.97:255:18
Feb10.77:065:47
Mar11.76:306:14
Apr12.95:466:39
May13.85:137:03
Jun14.35:027:22
Jul14.15:137:22
Aug13.35:366:56
Sep12.26:006:13
Oct11.16:245:30
Nov10.26:535:01
Dec9.77:184:58

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Al Aaroui averages about 18 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 14 and 26 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.5 months, from around May 29 to Sep 12. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 25 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is October, down near 15 sunny days — about 42% fewer than the July peak.

051015202530JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJul 2326 daysOct 2114 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan16Bright
Feb15Bright
Mar15Mixed
Apr14Mixed
May17Bright
Jun22Bright
Jul26Brilliant
Aug24Brilliant
Sep17Bright
Oct15Mixed
Nov16Bright
Dec16Bright

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Al Aaroui, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 4.7 months, from around June 5 to October 25. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 73% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 26 to June 4, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 9 · 100%Aug 29 · 25%oppressivemuggyhumidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan1000000
Feb991000
Mar946000
Apr8317000
May6131800
Jun27363070
Jul152233273
Aug819253611
Sep102334304
Oct28353160
Nov7917400
Dec982000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Wind in Al Aaroui is steady company: average speeds sit near 8 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeMar 31 · 9 km/hOct 16 · 7 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan8calm
Feb8calm
Mar9calm
Apr9calm
May8calm
Jun8calm
Jul8calm
Aug8calm
Sep7calm
Oct7calm
Nov8calm
Dec7calm

Hazard calendar for Al Aaroui

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Al Aaroui sees seasonal dust haze (July–August), heaviest in July.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Best time to visit Al Aaroui

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Al Aaroui throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around mid January, Al Aaroui is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Al Aaroui for general outdoor tourist activities is from late September to late June, with a peak score in the first week of May.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationMay 3 · 8.0

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan6.7good
Feb6.8good
Mar7.1good
Apr7.6ideal
May7.9ideal
Jun6.8good
Jul5.0fair
Aug4.7fair
Sep6.2good
Oct7.6ideal
Nov7.5good
Dec7.0good

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Al Aaroui for hot-weather activities is from early May to late October, with a peak score in the third week of June.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJun 18 · 8.9

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Al Aaroui, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around August (highs near 33°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 18°C), pack a warm layer.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Al Aaroui sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

Sea temperature near Al Aaroui

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 37 km away) is warmest in August at about 25°C and coldest in February near 16°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 3 to Nov 2 — about 5 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan16Cool
Feb16Cool
Mar16Cool
Apr17Cool
May19Cool
Jun21Refreshing
Jul24Refreshing
Aug25Warm
Sep24Refreshing
Oct22Refreshing
Nov19Cool
Dec17Cool

UV index (midday) in Al Aaroui by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Al Aaroui peaks around July 19 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highHighModerateJul 19UV 10Dec 19UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar7Very high
Apr9Very high
May8Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep7High
Oct6High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Al Aaroui

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 5.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb2.50
Mar6.53
Apr7.55
May7.54.5
Jun84.5
Jul8.55.5
Aug85
Sep6.53
Oct50
Nov20
Dec00

Air quality in Al Aaroui by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Al Aaroui is worst in March — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (June, 10 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodMar 1516 µg/m³Jun 1110 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb15Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr14Moderate
May11Good
Jun10Good
Jul14Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov11Good
Dec10Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Al Aaroui is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan970
Feb990
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec990

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Al Aaroui banks about 3,263 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

01,0002,0003,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan56
Feb79
Mar147
Apr201
May309
Jun410
Jul515
Aug531
Sep425
Oct325
Nov176
Dec89

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Al Aaroui receives about 5.3 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.7 and 7.7 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.1 months, from around Mar 20 to Sep 21. The brightest month is June, averaging about 7.6 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.7 kWh/m² — roughly 64% less than the June peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 277.7 kWhDec 182.7 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan3.0Moderate
Feb4.0Moderate
Mar5.1Bright
Apr6.3Intense
May7.0Intense
Jun7.6Intense
Jul7.6Intense
Aug6.9Intense
Sep5.5Bright
Oct4.3Bright
Nov3.2Moderate
Dec2.7Moderate

Where is Al Aaroui?

Al Aaroui sits at 35.0°N, 3.0°W, 177 m above sea level, in Morocco. The nearest listed city is Selouane, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Al Aaroui

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Al Aaroui has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 78 m around an average of 169 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 673 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,991 m.

The land around Al Aaroui is covered by cropland (43%), grassland (26%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, grassland (44%) and cropland (40%) within 16 km, and grassland (38%) and water (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
78 m
16 km
673 m
80 km
1,991 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Selouane 9.0 km · Zeghanghane 16 km · Nador 19 km · Zaïo 26 km · Beni Enzar 29 km · Melilla 32 km · Driouch 34 km · Ben Taieb 41 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
Muslim 99%other 1%

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 Al Aaroui (35.0109°, -3.0094°, elevation 177 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).