Missour weather in January

In January, Missour sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 9 mm of precipitation across 2.3 wet days and about 10.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 65% 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 Missour's 4th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Missour's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 2°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 9 mm; 2.3 wet days
Daylight: 10 hours; 7:24 AM – 5:26 PM
Cloud cover: 31%; 4th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 3.7 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.2; 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 16°C through the month.

A typical January day in Missour reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 20°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)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3

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

How January really feels in Missour

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 30 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

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Missour weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-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	16° / 2°	9	2.3	10.1	6.2
Feb	18° / 4°	9	2.3	10.8	7.2
Mar	21° / 7°	11	2.9	11.7	7.9
Apr	24° / 11°	12	3.1	12.8	8.4
May	28° / 15°	17	2.9	13.7	7.2
Jun	33° / 19°	8	1.7	14.1	4.5
Jul	37° / 22°	3	0.4	14	2.0
Aug	36° / 22°	3	0.8	13.2	2.5
Sep	31° / 18°	9	2.3	12.2	5.5
Oct	26° / 13°	12	2.2	11.2	8.2
Nov	20° / 7°	12	2.3	10.3	7.8
Dec	17° / 3°	7	1.9	9.9	6.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 65% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 23%.

	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 (%)	79	79	79	78	78	78	78	77	76	76	76	76	76	75	76	76	76	77	77	77	77	77	78	78	78	78	78	78	79	78	78
Cloudier (%)	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	23	24	24	24	24	24	25	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	22	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	78	22
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	78	22
8	77	23
9	76	24
10	76	24
11	76	24
12	76	24
13	76	24
14	75	25
15	76	24
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	77	23
21	77	23
22	77	23
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	78	22
29	79	21
30	78	22
31	78	22

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Missour gets around 9 mm of rain and snow over 2.3 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 7% and peaks near 8% 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 (%)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

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

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 9 km/h in January.

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	9	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	9	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 7:24 AM to 7:18 AM, and sunset from 5:15 PM to 5:40 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	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	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	10.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:24	7:24	7:24	7:24	7:24	7:24	7:24	7:25	7:25	7:25	7:25	7:24	7:24	7:24	7:24	7:24	7:24	7:24	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:22	7:22	7:21	7:21	7:20	7:20	7:19	7:19	7:18
Sunset (PM)	5:15	5:15	5:16	5:17	5:18	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:26	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:40

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.9	7:24	5:15
2	9.9	7:24	5:15
3	9.9	7:24	5:16
4	9.9	7:24	5:17
5	9.9	7:24	5:18
6	9.9	7:24	5:18
7	9.9	7:24	5:19
8	9.9	7:25	5:20
9	9.9	7:25	5:21
10	9.9	7:25	5:21
11	10.0	7:25	5:22
12	10.0	7:24	5:23
13	10.0	7:24	5:24
14	10.0	7:24	5:25
15	10.0	7:24	5:26
16	10.0	7:24	5:26
17	10.1	7:24	5:27
18	10.1	7:24	5:28
19	10.1	7:23	5:29
20	10.1	7:23	5:30
21	10.1	7:23	5:31
22	10.2	7:23	5:32
23	10.2	7:22	5:33
24	10.2	7:22	5:34
25	10.2	7:21	5:35
26	10.2	7:21	5:36
27	10.3	7:20	5:36
28	10.3	7:20	5:37
29	10.3	7:19	5:38
30	10.3	7:19	5:39
31	10.4	7:18	5:40

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.7 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.33 kWh/m² to a high of 7.77 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 3.7 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)	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2
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	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.5	Moderate
2	3.5	Moderate
3	3.5	Moderate
4	3.5	Moderate
5	3.5	Moderate
6	3.5	Moderate
7	3.5	Moderate
8	3.5	Moderate
9	3.6	Moderate
10	3.6	Moderate
11	3.6	Moderate
12	3.6	Moderate
13	3.6	Moderate
14	3.6	Moderate
15	3.6	Moderate
16	3.7	Moderate
17	3.7	Moderate
18	3.7	Moderate
19	3.7	Moderate
20	3.8	Moderate
21	3.8	Moderate
22	3.8	Moderate
23	3.9	Moderate
24	3.9	Moderate
25	3.9	Moderate
26	4.0	Moderate
27	4.0	Moderate
28	4.0	Bright
29	4.1	Bright
30	4.1	Bright
31	4.2	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Missour

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Missour?

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

6.2

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.6

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Missour for sightseeing.

What to pack for Missour in January

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

In January, Missour sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 2°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Missour 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 Missour peaks around July 24 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 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	9	9	10	10	10	9	7	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

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

Air quality in Missour 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 Missour is worst in August — around 31 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 5.3× the cleanest month (December, 6 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)	8	16	18	24	24	23	28	31	25	16	9	6
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	8	Good
Feb	16	Moderate
Mar	18	Moderate
Apr	24	Moderate
May	24	Moderate
Jun	23	Moderate
Jul	28	Moderate
Aug	31	Moderate
Sep	25	Moderate
Oct	16	Moderate
Nov	9	Good
Dec	6	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Missour?

Missour sits at 33.0°N, 4.0°W, 883 m above sea level, in Morocco. The nearest listed city is Outat Oulad Al Haj, 42 km away.

Topography around Missour

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Missour has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 73 m around an average of 892 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 587 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,705 m.

The land around Missour is covered by bare terrain (69%) within 3 km, bare terrain (93%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (55%) and grassland (41%) within 80 km.

3 km

73 m

bare terrain 69%

16 km

587 m

bare terrain 93%

80 km

2,705 m

bare terrain 55%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

January weather nearby: Outat Oulad Al Haj 42 km · Midelt 81 km · Ribat Al Khayr 94 km · Rich 100 km · Boumia 110 km · Sefrou 117 km · Ifrane 117 km · Tahla 118 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 Missour (33.0489°, -3.9895°, elevation 883 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	16	2
2	16	2
3	16	2
4	16	2
5	16	2
6	16	2
7	16	2
8	16	2
9	16	2
10	16	2
11	16	2
12	16	2
13	16	2
14	16	2
15	16	2
16	15	2
17	15	2
18	15	2
19	15	2
20	15	2
21	16	2
22	16	2
23	16	2
24	16	2
25	16	2
26	16	3
27	16	3
28	16	3
29	16	3
30	16	3
31	16	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	78	22
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	78	22
8	77	23
9	76	24
10	76	24
11	76	24
12	76	24
13	76	24
14	75	25
15	76	24
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	77	23
21	77	23
22	77	23
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	78	22
29	79	21
30	78	22
31	78	22

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	78	22
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	78	22
8	77	23
9	76	24
10	76	24
11	76	24
12	76	24
13	76	24
14	75	25
15	76	24
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	77	23
21	77	23
22	77	23
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	78	22
29	79	21
30	78	22
31	78	22

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	78	22
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	78	22
8	77	23
9	76	24
10	76	24
11	76	24
12	76	24
13	76	24
14	75	25
15	76	24
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	77	23
21	77	23
22	77	23
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	78	22
29	79	21
30	78	22
31	78	22

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

	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