Laâttaouia weather in December

In December, Laâttaouia sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 39 mm of precipitation across 5.3 wet days and about 10 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 17°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 06 min at the start of December to 9 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Laâttaouia's 6th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Laâttaouia's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 39 mm; 5.3 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 54 min; 7:28 AM – 5:23 PM
Cloud cover: 36%; 6th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 3.27 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.6; out of 10

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 17°C through the month.

A typical December day in Laâttaouia reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 3°C cooler than November and about 1°C warmer than January.

	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	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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

How December really feels in Laâttaouia

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December 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

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

Laâttaouia weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	16° / 4°	51	6.1	0.5	10.2	5.9
Feb	17° / 5°	50	6.6	0.4	10.8	6.4
Mar	20° / 8°	69	8.4	0.2	11.8	6.8
Apr	22° / 10°	62	8.5	0	12.8	7.1
May	25° / 13°	41	7.4	0	13.6	7.5
Jun	30° / 16°	14	3.8	0	14	6.5
Jul	34° / 20°	6	2.6	0	13.9	4.0
Aug	33° / 20°	11	4.2	0	13.2	4.0
Sep	29° / 17°	29	4.6	0	12.2	6.6
Oct	25° / 13°	44	5.9	0	11.2	7.8
Nov	20° / 9°	56	5.7	0	10.4	7.2
Dec	17° / 6°	39	5.3	0.1	10	6.6

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 29%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	69	68	68	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	70	70	71	71	72	72	73	73	74	74	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	75
Cloudier (%)	31	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	29	29	28	28	27	27	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	68	32
3	68	32
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	70	30
15	70	30
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	74	26
23	74	26
24	75	25
25	75	25
26	75	25
27	75	25
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	75	25
31	75	25

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Laâttaouia gets around 39 mm of rain and snow over 5.3 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 17% and peaks near 20% 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	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14

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

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, December 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 December

Winds average 6 km/h in December.

Across December, 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	29	30	31
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	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	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
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 06 min at the start of December to 9 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 7:17 AM to 7:34 AM, and sunset from 5:21 PM to 5:31 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	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	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	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9
Sunrise (AM)	7:17	7:18	7:18	7:19	7:20	7:21	7:22	7:22	7:23	7:24	7:24	7:25	7:26	7:26	7:27	7:28	7:28	7:29	7:29	7:30	7:30	7:31	7:31	7:32	7:32	7:32	7:33	7:33	7:33	7:34	7:34
Sunset (PM)	5:21	5:21	5:21	5:21	5:21	5:21	5:21	5:21	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:23	5:23	5:23	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:25	5:25	5:26	5:26	5:27	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:31

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

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 3.27 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.27 kWh/m² to a high of 7.59 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 3.27 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)	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4
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	3.4	Moderate
2	3.3	Moderate
3	3.3	Moderate
4	3.3	Moderate
5	3.3	Moderate
6	3.3	Moderate
7	3.3	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	3.3	Moderate
17	3.3	Moderate
18	3.3	Moderate
19	3.3	Moderate
20	3.3	Moderate
21	3.3	Moderate
22	3.3	Moderate
23	3.3	Moderate
24	3.3	Moderate
25	3.3	Moderate
26	3.3	Moderate
27	3.3	Moderate
28	3.3	Moderate
29	3.4	Moderate
30	3.4	Moderate
31	3.4	Moderate

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Laâttaouia

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust

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Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is December a good time to visit Laâttaouia?

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

6.6

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

1.7

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Laâttaouia for sightseeing.

What to pack for Laâttaouia in December

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

In December, Laâttaouia sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Laâttaouia in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Laâttaouia peaks around July 20 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 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	9	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	9	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 Laâttaouia in December

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Laâttaouia is worst in August — around 27 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.4× the cleanest month (December, 11 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)	13	17	15	18	18	16	24	27	20	18	13	11
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	13	Moderate
Feb	17	Moderate
Mar	15	Moderate
Apr	18	Moderate
May	18	Moderate
Jun	16	Moderate
Jul	24	Moderate
Aug	27	Moderate
Sep	20	Moderate
Oct	18	Moderate
Nov	13	Moderate
Dec	11	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Laâttaouia?

Laâttaouia sits at 31.8°N, 7.3°W, 634 m above sea level, in Morocco. The nearest listed city is Tamallalt, 19 km away.

Topography around Laâttaouia

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Laâttaouia has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 54 m around an average of 626 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 422 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,611 m.

The land around Laâttaouia is covered by cropland (48%) within 3 km, cropland (63%) within 16 km, and grassland (37%) and cropland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km

54 m

cropland 48%

16 km

422 m

cropland 63%

80 km

3,611 m

grassland 37%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

← November Laâttaouia year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Tamallalt 19 km · El Kelaa des Srarhna 26 km · Demnate 31 km · Ait Ourir 45 km · Oulad Ayad 63 km · Marrakesh 69 km · Méchouar-Kasba 69 km · Azilal 72 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 Laâttaouia (31.8353°, -7.3143°, elevation 634 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	6
2	17	6
3	17	6
4	17	6
5	17	6
6	17	6
7	17	6
8	17	6
9	17	6
10	17	6
11	17	6
12	17	6
13	17	6
14	17	6
15	17	6
16	17	6
17	17	6
18	17	6
19	17	6
20	17	5
21	17	5
22	17	5
23	17	5
24	17	5
25	17	5
26	17	5
27	17	5
28	17	5
29	17	5
30	17	5
31	17	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	68	32
3	68	32
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	70	30
15	70	30
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	74	26
23	74	26
24	75	25
25	75	25
26	75	25
27	75	25
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	75	25
31	75	25

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	68	32
3	68	32
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	70	30
15	70	30
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	74	26
23	74	26
24	75	25
25	75	25
26	75	25
27	75	25
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	75	25
31	75	25

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	68	32
3	68	32
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	70	30
15	70	30
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	74	26
23	74	26
24	75	25
25	75	25
26	75	25
27	75	25
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	75	25
31	75	25

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

	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