Bni Bouayach weather in January

In January, Bni Bouayach sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 38 mm of precipitation across 6.7 wet days and about 9.9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 42 min at the start of January to 10 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Bni Bouayach's 6th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bni Bouayach's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 38 mm; 6.7 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 54 min; 7:28 AM – 5:21 PM
Cloud cover: 41%; 6th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 3.06 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.9; out of 10

← December Bni Bouayach year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month.

A typical January day in Bni Bouayach reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 1°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)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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

Bni Bouayach weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	15° / 5°	38	6.7	9.9	4.9
Feb	15° / 6°	43	6.6	10.7	5.3
Mar	17° / 8°	58	8	11.7	6.1
Apr	19° / 9°	65	8.2	12.9	6.7
May	22° / 12°	51	6.7	13.8	7.5
Jun	26° / 16°	21	3.1	14.3	8.3
Jul	30° / 19°	5	1.3	14.1	6.9
Aug	30° / 19°	18	3.2	13.3	6.4
Sep	26° / 16°	50	6.7	12.2	7.6
Oct	22° / 13°	61	7.2	11.1	7.4
Nov	18° / 9°	50	6.6	10.2	6.5
Dec	15° / 6°	34	5.9	9.7	5.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% 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 33%.

	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 (%)	68	69	69	68	68	68	67	68	66	66	66	66	65	64	65	65	65	65	65	66	66	66	66	66	67	67	68	68	68	68	69
Cloudier (%)	32	31	31	32	32	32	33	32	34	34	34	34	35	36	35	35	35	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	32	32	32	32	31

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	67	33
8	68	32
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	65	35
14	64	36
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	65	35
19	65	35
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	68	32
28	68	32
29	68	32
30	68	32
31	69	31

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Bni Bouayach gets around 38 mm of rain and snow over 6.7 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 21% and peaks near 25% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. 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 (%)	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	20	20	21	21	22	22	23	23	23	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24

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

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 100% 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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

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

Wind in January

Winds average 7 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 7 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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	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	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
8	7	calm
9	7	calm
10	7	calm
11	7	calm
12	7	calm
13	7	calm
14	7	calm
15	7	calm
16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
19	7	calm
20	7	calm
21	7	calm
22	7	calm
23	7	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 9 h 42 min at the start of January to 10 h 12 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 7:28 AM to 7:22 AM, and sunset from 5:09 PM to 5:36 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)	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2
Sunrise (AM)	7:28	7:28	7:29	7:29	7:29	7:29	7:29	7:29	7:29	7:29	7:29	7:29	7:29	7:29	7:28	7:28	7:28	7:28	7:28	7:27	7:27	7:26	7:26	7:26	7:25	7:25	7:24	7:24	7:23	7:22	7:22
Sunset (PM)	5:09	5:09	5:10	5:11	5:12	5:12	5:13	5:14	5:15	5:16	5:17	5:17	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:36

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.7	7:28	5:09
2	9.7	7:28	5:09
3	9.7	7:29	5:10
4	9.7	7:29	5:11
5	9.7	7:29	5:12
6	9.7	7:29	5:12
7	9.7	7:29	5:13
8	9.7	7:29	5:14
9	9.8	7:29	5:15
10	9.8	7:29	5:16
11	9.8	7:29	5:17
12	9.8	7:29	5:17
13	9.8	7:29	5:18
14	9.8	7:29	5:19
15	9.9	7:28	5:20
16	9.9	7:28	5:21
17	9.9	7:28	5:22
18	9.9	7:28	5:23
19	9.9	7:28	5:24
20	10.0	7:27	5:25
21	10.0	7:27	5:26
22	10.0	7:26	5:27
23	10.0	7:26	5:28
24	10.0	7:26	5:29
25	10.1	7:25	5:30
26	10.1	7:25	5:31
27	10.1	7:24	5:32
28	10.1	7:24	5:33
29	10.2	7:23	5:34
30	10.2	7:22	5:35
31	10.2	7:22	5:36

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.06 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.71 kWh/m² to a high of 7.78 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 3.06 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)	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5
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	2.8	Moderate
2	2.8	Moderate
3	2.8	Moderate
4	2.9	Moderate
5	2.9	Moderate
6	2.9	Moderate
7	2.9	Moderate
8	2.9	Moderate
9	2.9	Moderate
10	3.0	Moderate
11	3.0	Moderate
12	3.0	Moderate
13	3.0	Moderate
14	3.0	Moderate
15	3.0	Moderate
16	3.0	Moderate
17	3.0	Moderate
18	3.1	Moderate
19	3.1	Moderate
20	3.1	Moderate
21	3.1	Moderate
22	3.2	Moderate
23	3.2	Moderate
24	3.2	Moderate
25	3.3	Moderate
26	3.3	Moderate
27	3.3	Moderate
28	3.4	Moderate
29	3.4	Moderate
30	3.4	Moderate
31	3.5	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Bni Bouayach

In seasonPeak

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

Bni Bouayach sees seasonal dust haze (July), heaviest in July.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Bni Bouayach?

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

4.9

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Bni Bouayach for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bni Bouayach in January

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

In January, Bni Bouayach sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Bni Bouayach in January

The nearest coast averages about 16°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 30 km away) is warmest in August at about 24°C and coldest in February near 16°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 14 to Oct 25 — about 4.4 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	16	16	16	17	18	20	22	24	23	21	18	17
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	16	Cool
Feb	16	Cool
Mar	16	Cool
Apr	17	Cool
May	18	Cool
Jun	20	Refreshing
Jul	22	Refreshing
Aug	24	Refreshing
Sep	23	Refreshing
Oct	21	Refreshing
Nov	18	Cool
Dec	17	Cool

UV index in Bni Bouayach in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bni Bouayach peaks around July 18 at about 10 (extreme) — 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	3	7	9	8	8	10	9	7	6	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	High	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	7	Very high
Apr	9	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	6	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Air quality in Bni Bouayach 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 Bni Bouayach is worst in March — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (December, 9 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)	9	14	15	13	11	10	13	13	12	12	10	9
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	9	Good
Feb	14	Moderate
Mar	15	Moderate
Apr	13	Moderate
May	11	Good
Jun	10	Good
Jul	13	Moderate
Aug	13	Moderate
Sep	12	Good
Oct	12	Good
Nov	10	Good
Dec	9	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Bni Bouayach?

Bni Bouayach sits at 35.1°N, 3.8°W, 118 m above sea level, in Morocco. The nearest listed city is Imzouren, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Bni Bouayach

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bni Bouayach has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 361 m around an average of 135 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,402 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,417 m.

The land around Bni Bouayach is covered by grassland (49%) and bare terrain (20%) within 3 km, grassland (57%) within 16 km, and grassland (45%) and water (30%) within 80 km.

3 km

361 m

grassland 49%

16 km

1,402 m

grassland 57%

80 km

2,417 m

grassland 45%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← December Bni Bouayach year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Imzouren 5.0 km · Tirhanimîne 18 km · Al Hoceïma 19 km · Midar 33 km · Ben Taieb 36 km · Driouch 44 km · Al Aaroui 76 km · Zeghanghane 76 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 Bni Bouayach (35.1051°, -3.8403°, elevation 118 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	67	33
8	68	32
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	65	35
14	64	36
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	65	35
19	65	35
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	68	32
28	68	32
29	68	32
30	68	32
31	69	31

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	67	33
8	68	32
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	65	35
14	64	36
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	65	35
19	65	35
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	68	32
28	68	32
29	68	32
30	68	32
31	69	31

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	67	33
8	68	32
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	65	35
14	64	36
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	65	35
19	65	35
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	68	32
28	68	32
29	68	32
30	68	32
31	69	31

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

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