Chefchaouen weather in February

In February, Chefchaouen sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 89 mm of precipitation across 9 wet days and about 10.7 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 18 min at the start of February to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Chefchaouen's 8th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Chefchaouen's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 89 mm; 9 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 42 min; 7:15 AM – 5:56 PM
Cloud cover: 53%; 8th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 3.67 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.3; out of 10

Chefchaouen is Moroccan city located in the Western Rif in the Akhmas region.

Density: 3,034/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1471

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month.

A typical February day in Chefchaouen reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 8°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, February runs about 1°C warmer than January and about 2°C cooler than March.

	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
Avg high (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

Chefchaouen weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 11th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	14° / 6°	90	8.9	9.9	4.1
Feb	14° / 6°	89	9	10.7	4.3
Mar	16° / 8°	104	10	11.7	5.3
Apr	18° / 9°	94	10.4	12.9	5.9
May	21° / 12°	68	8.3	13.8	7.1
Jun	25° / 15°	16	2.7	14.3	8.5
Jul	29° / 18°	3	0.7	14.1	7.4
Aug	29° / 19°	9	1.4	13.3	7.0
Sep	26° / 16°	46	6.1	12.2	7.7
Oct	22° / 13°	104	9.2	11.1	6.8
Nov	17° / 9°	111	9.2	10.2	5.6
Dec	15° / 7°	111	9.3	9.7	4.5

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%.

	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
Clearer (%)	51	51	52	51	51	51	51	51	51	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	51	51	51	51	52	51	51	52	52	52	53	52
Cloudier (%)	49	49	48	49	49	49	49	49	49	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	49	49	49	49	48	49	49	48	48	48	47	48

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	52	48
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	51	49
9	51	49
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	51	49
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	51	49
21	52	48
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	52	48
25	52	48
26	52	48
27	53	47
28	52	48

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Chefchaouen gets around 89 mm of rain and snow over 9 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 33% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	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
Rain chance (%)	32	32	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	33	33	34	35	35	36	36	37	37	36

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	32
3	31
4	31
5	31
6	31
7	30
8	30
9	30
10	30
11	31
12	31
13	31
14	31
15	31
16	32
17	32
18	32
19	33
20	33
21	34
22	35
23	35
24	36
25	36
26	37
27	37
28	36

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, February 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
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

	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

Wind in February

Winds average 6 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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

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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 18 min at the start of February to 11 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:27 AM to 7:00 AM, and sunset from 5:42 PM to 6:08 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
Daylight (h)	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1
Sunrise (AM)	7:27	7:26	7:26	7:25	7:24	7:23	7:23	7:22	7:21	7:20	7:19	7:18	7:17	7:16	7:15	7:14	7:13	7:12	7:11	7:10	7:09	7:08	7:07	7:05	7:04	7:03	7:02	7:00
Sunset (PM)	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:08

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.3	7:27	5:42
2	10.3	7:26	5:43
3	10.3	7:26	5:44
4	10.3	7:25	5:45
5	10.4	7:24	5:46
6	10.4	7:23	5:47
7	10.4	7:23	5:48
8	10.5	7:22	5:49
9	10.5	7:21	5:50
10	10.5	7:20	5:51
11	10.6	7:19	5:52
12	10.6	7:18	5:53
13	10.6	7:17	5:54
14	10.6	7:16	5:55
15	10.7	7:15	5:56
16	10.7	7:14	5:57
17	10.7	7:13	5:58
18	10.8	7:12	5:59
19	10.8	7:11	6:00
20	10.9	7:10	6:01
21	10.9	7:09	6:02
22	10.9	7:08	6:03
23	11.0	7:07	6:04
24	11.0	7:05	6:05
25	11.0	7:04	6:06
26	11.1	7:03	6:07
27	11.1	7:02	6:08
28	11.1	7:00	6:08

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 3.67 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.44 kWh/m² to a high of 7.69 kWh/m² in July across the year — February's 3.67 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	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	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.2	Moderate
2	3.2	Moderate
3	3.3	Moderate
4	3.3	Moderate
5	3.3	Moderate
6	3.4	Moderate
7	3.4	Moderate
8	3.4	Moderate
9	3.5	Moderate
10	3.5	Moderate
11	3.5	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	3.8	Moderate
19	3.8	Moderate
20	3.9	Moderate
21	3.9	Moderate
22	3.9	Moderate
23	4.0	Moderate
24	4.0	Moderate
25	4.0	Bright
26	4.1	Bright
27	4.1	Bright
28	4.1	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Chefchaouen?

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

4.3

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Chefchaouen for sightseeing.

What to pack for Chefchaouen in February

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

In February, Chefchaouen sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Chefchaouen in February

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

The sea at the nearest coast (about 42 km away) is warmest in August at about 23°C and coldest in February near 16°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 9 to Oct 20 — 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	21	23	23	22	20	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	21	Refreshing
Jul	23	Refreshing
Aug	23	Refreshing
Sep	22	Refreshing
Oct	20	Refreshing
Nov	18	Cool
Dec	17	Cool

UV index in Chefchaouen in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

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

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Chefchaouen peaks around July 17 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 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	3	8	9	8	9	11	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	8	Very high
Apr	9	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	6	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Air quality in Chefchaouen in February

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Chefchaouen is worst in February — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (June, 13 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)	22	23	22	19	16	13	19	17	16	19	20	21
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	22	Moderate
Feb	23	Moderate
Mar	22	Moderate
Apr	19	Moderate
May	16	Moderate
Jun	13	Moderate
Jul	19	Moderate
Aug	17	Moderate
Sep	16	Moderate
Oct	19	Moderate
Nov	20	Moderate
Dec	21	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Chefchaouen?

Chefchaouen sits at 35.2°N, 5.3°W, 607 m above sea level, in Morocco. The nearest listed city is Tetouan, 47 km away.

Topography around Chefchaouen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Chefchaouen has very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,326 m around an average of 810 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,055 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,418 m.

The land around Chefchaouen is covered by grassland (47%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, trees (41%) and grassland (41%) within 16 km, and grassland (37%) and cropland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

1,326 m

grassland 47%

16 km

2,055 m

trees 41%

80 km

2,418 m

grassland 37%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

← January Chefchaouen year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Tetouan 47 km · Martil 50 km · Ouezzane 50 km · Mdiq 57 km · Ksar El Kebir 61 km · Fnidek 76 km · Asilah 77 km · Souk et Tnine Jorf el Mellah 79 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 Chefchaouen (35.1688°, -5.2636°, elevation 607 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	14	6
2	14	6
3	14	6
4	14	6
5	14	6
6	14	6
7	14	6
8	14	6
9	14	6
10	14	6
11	14	6
12	14	6
13	14	6
14	14	6
15	14	6
16	14	6
17	14	6
18	15	6
19	15	6
20	15	6
21	15	6
22	15	7
23	15	7
24	15	7
25	15	7
26	15	7
27	15	7
28	15	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	52	48
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	51	49
9	51	49
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	51	49
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	51	49
21	52	48
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	52	48
25	52	48
26	52	48
27	53	47
28	52	48

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	32
3	31
4	31
5	31
6	31
7	30
8	30
9	30
10	30
11	31
12	31
13	31
14	31
15	31
16	32
17	32
18	32
19	33
20	33
21	34
22	35
23	35
24	36
25	36
26	37
27	37
28	36

	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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	52	48
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	51	49
9	51	49
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	51	49
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	51	49
21	52	48
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	52	48
25	52	48
26	52	48
27	53	47
28	52	48

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	32
3	31
4	31
5	31
6	31
7	30
8	30
9	30
10	30
11	31
12	31
13	31
14	31
15	31
16	32
17	32
18	32
19	33
20	33
21	34
22	35
23	35
24	36
25	36
26	37
27	37
28	36

	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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	52	48
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	51	49
9	51	49
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	51	49
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	51	49
21	52	48
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	52	48
25	52	48
26	52	48
27	53	47
28	52	48

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	32
3	31
4	31
5	31
6	31
7	30
8	30
9	30
10	30
11	31
12	31
13	31
14	31
15	31
16	32
17	32
18	32
19	33
20	33
21	34
22	35
23	35
24	36
25	36
26	37
27	37
28	36

	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