Ben Guerir weather in January

In January, Ben Guerir sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 27 mm of rain across 4.7 wet days and about 10.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 18°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 54 min at the start of January to 10 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Ben Guerir's 10th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ben Guerir's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 27 mm; 4.7 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 06 min; 7:38 AM – 5:44 PM
Cloud cover: 40%; 10th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 3.38 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.9; 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 18°C through the month.

A typical January day in Ben Guerir reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than 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)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8

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

How January really feels in Ben Guerir

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.

Ben Guerir 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	18° / 7°	27	4.7	10.1	6.9
Feb	19° / 8°	27	4.9	10.8	7.2
Mar	22° / 11°	30	5.4	11.8	7.7
Apr	24° / 12°	24	4.6	12.8	8.1
May	27° / 15°	12	2.6	13.6	8.0
Jun	30° / 17°	3	1.2	14.1	6.6
Jul	33° / 19°	2	0.6	13.9	4.8
Aug	33° / 20°	3	0.9	13.2	4.8
Sep	30° / 18°	9	1.8	12.2	6.7
Oct	26° / 16°	19	3.7	11.2	7.9
Nov	22° / 12°	31	4.4	10.3	7.8
Dec	19° / 9°	27	4.8	9.9	7.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 30%.

	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 (%)	70	70	70	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	70	70	70	69	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	71	70	70
Cloudier (%)	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	30	30

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	69	31
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	70	30
20	69	31
21	70	30
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	71	29
30	70	30
31	70	30

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Ben Guerir gets around 27 mm of rain over 4.7 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 16% and peaks near 19% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18

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

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 (%)	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
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	99	1
23	99	1
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

Wind in January

Winds average 9 km/h in January, the calmest month.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
9	9	calm
10	9	calm
11	9	calm
12	9	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 54 min at the start of January to 10 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 30 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:37 AM to 7:33 AM, and sunset from 5:33 PM to 5:58 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)	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	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
Sunrise (AM)	7:37	7:38	7:38	7:38	7:38	7:38	7:38	7:38	7:38	7:38	7:38	7:38	7:38	7:38	7:38	7:38	7:38	7:38	7:37	7:37	7:37	7:37	7:36	7:36	7:36	7:35	7:35	7:34	7:34	7:33	7:33
Sunset (PM)	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.9	7:37	5:33
2	9.9	7:38	5:33
3	9.9	7:38	5:34
4	9.9	7:38	5:35
5	10.0	7:38	5:35
6	10.0	7:38	5:36
7	10.0	7:38	5:37
8	10.0	7:38	5:38
9	10.0	7:38	5:38
10	10.0	7:38	5:39
11	10.0	7:38	5:40
12	10.0	7:38	5:41
13	10.1	7:38	5:42
14	10.1	7:38	5:42
15	10.1	7:38	5:43
16	10.1	7:38	5:44
17	10.1	7:38	5:45
18	10.1	7:38	5:46
19	10.2	7:37	5:47
20	10.2	7:37	5:48
21	10.2	7:37	5:49
22	10.2	7:37	5:49
23	10.2	7:36	5:50
24	10.3	7:36	5:51
25	10.3	7:36	5:52
26	10.3	7:35	5:53
27	10.3	7:35	5:54
28	10.3	7:34	5:55
29	10.4	7:34	5:56
30	10.4	7:33	5:57
31	10.4	7:33	5:58

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.38 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.07 kWh/m² to a high of 7.83 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 3.38 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)	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8
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	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.2	Moderate
2	3.2	Moderate
3	3.2	Moderate
4	3.2	Moderate
5	3.2	Moderate
6	3.2	Moderate
7	3.2	Moderate
8	3.3	Moderate
9	3.3	Moderate
10	3.3	Moderate
11	3.3	Moderate
12	3.3	Moderate
13	3.3	Moderate
14	3.3	Moderate
15	3.3	Moderate
16	3.4	Moderate
17	3.4	Moderate
18	3.4	Moderate
19	3.4	Moderate
20	3.4	Moderate
21	3.5	Moderate
22	3.5	Moderate
23	3.5	Moderate
24	3.5	Moderate
25	3.6	Moderate
26	3.6	Moderate
27	3.6	Moderate
28	3.7	Moderate
29	3.7	Moderate
30	3.7	Moderate
31	3.8	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Ben Guerir

In seasonPeak

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

Ben Guerir sees seasonal dust haze (July–August), heaviest in July.

Dust

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Ben Guerir?

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

6.9

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

2.2

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Ben Guerir for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ben Guerir in January

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

In January, Ben Guerir sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Ben Guerir 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 Ben Guerir peaks around July 18 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 3 (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	4	8	10	9	10	11	10	8	7	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	10	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	7	Very high
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Ben Guerir 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 Ben Guerir is worst in February — around 26 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (June, 12 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)	24	26	21	18	14	12	16	19	17	22	21	23
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	24	Moderate
Feb	26	Moderate
Mar	21	Moderate
Apr	18	Moderate
May	14	Moderate
Jun	12	Moderate
Jul	16	Moderate
Aug	19	Moderate
Sep	17	Moderate
Oct	22	Moderate
Nov	21	Moderate
Dec	23	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Ben Guerir?

Ben Guerir sits at 32.2°N, 8.0°W, 474 m above sea level, in Morocco. The nearest listed city is Youssoufia, 54 km away.

Topography around Ben Guerir

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ben Guerir has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 49 m around an average of 469 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 197 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 944 m.

The land around Ben Guerir is covered by cropland (35%), grassland (23%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, cropland (57%) and grassland (32%) within 16 km, and cropland (62%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

49 m

cropland 35%

16 km

197 m

cropland 57%

80 km

944 m

cropland 62%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

← December Ben Guerir year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Youssoufia 54 km · El Kelaa des Srarhna 55 km · Tamansourt 56 km · Tamallalt 63 km · Sidi Bennour 64 km · Echemmaia Est 66 km · Marrakesh 68 km · Méchouar-Kasba 71 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 Ben Guerir (32.2409°, -7.954°, elevation 474 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	18	8
2	18	8
3	18	8
4	18	8
5	18	8
6	18	8
7	18	8
8	18	7
9	18	7
10	18	7
11	18	7
12	18	7
13	18	7
14	18	7
15	18	7
16	18	7
17	18	7
18	18	7
19	18	7
20	18	7
21	18	7
22	18	7
23	18	7
24	18	7
25	18	7
26	18	7
27	18	7
28	18	7
29	18	7
30	18	8
31	18	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	69	31
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	70	30
20	69	31
21	70	30
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	71	29
30	70	30
31	70	30

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
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	99	1
23	99	1
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	69	31
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	70	30
20	69	31
21	70	30
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	71	29
30	70	30
31	70	30

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
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	99	1
23	99	1
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	69	31
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	70	30
20	69	31
21	70	30
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	71	29
30	70	30
31	70	30

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
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	99	1
23	99	1
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1