Rabat weather in February

In February, Rabat sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 47 mm of rain across 6.7 wet days and about 10.7 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 4th-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 46% 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 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Rabat's 9th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rabat's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 47 mm; 6.7 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 42 min; 7:20 AM – 6:04 PM
Cloud cover: 45%; 9th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 3.94 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.2; out of 10

Rabat is capital city of Morocco.

Air quality: Moderate; PM10 34 µg/m³ · 2020
Density: 14,032/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1146

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 17°C through the month.

A typical February day in Rabat reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with 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)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

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

Rabat weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 11th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	17° / 10°	59	7.4	10	5.8
Feb	17° / 10°	47	6.7	10.7	6.2
Mar	19° / 12°	47	6.6	11.7	6.9
Apr	20° / 13°	37	6.4	12.8	7.1
May	23° / 16°	23	4.7	13.7	8.0
Jun	25° / 18°	5	1.1	14.2	8.8
Jul	27° / 20°	1	0.3	14	8.7
Aug	28° / 21°	1	0.3	13.3	8.4
Sep	26° / 19°	15	2.8	12.2	8.2
Oct	24° / 17°	45	6	11.1	7.8
Nov	20° / 14°	69	7.7	10.2	6.9
Dec	18° / 11°	58	7.4	9.8	6.4

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 37%.

	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 (%)	60	60	60	60	61	61	61	62	63	63	63	63	64	64	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	64	64	64	64	63	63	63
Cloudier (%)	40	40	40	40	39	39	39	38	37	37	37	37	36	36	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	37	37	37

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	60	40
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	62	38
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	63	37
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	65	35
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	64	36
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	63	37

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Rabat gets around 47 mm of rain over 6.7 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 24% and peaks near 27% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	25	24	24	23	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	23	24	24	25	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27

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

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 90% 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 (%)	94	94	93	93	92	92	91	91	91	91	91	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	89	89	89	88	88	88	87	86	86
Comfortable (%)	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	14	14

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	88	12
24	88	12
25	88	12
26	87	13
27	86	14
28	86	14

Wind in February

Winds average 10 km/h in February.

Across February, 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
Wind speed (km/h)	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

	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	10	calm
18	10	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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 18 min at the start of February to 11 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:31 AM to 7:06 AM, and sunset from 5:51 PM to 6:16 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	10.4	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	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	7:31	7:30	7:30	7:29	7:28	7:28	7:27	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	7:11	7:10	7:09	7:08	7:07	7:06
Sunset (PM)	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	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	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:16

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.3	7:31	5:51
2	10.4	7:30	5:52
3	10.4	7:30	5:53
4	10.4	7:29	5:54
5	10.4	7:28	5:55
6	10.5	7:28	5:55
7	10.5	7:27	5:56
8	10.5	7:26	5:57
9	10.6	7:25	5:58
10	10.6	7:24	5:59
11	10.6	7:23	6:00
12	10.6	7:23	6:01
13	10.7	7:22	6:02
14	10.7	7:21	6:03
15	10.7	7:20	6:04
16	10.8	7:19	6:05
17	10.8	7:18	6:06
18	10.8	7:17	6:07
19	10.9	7:16	6:08
20	10.9	7:15	6:09
21	10.9	7:14	6:10
22	11.0	7:13	6:11
23	11.0	7:11	6:11
24	11.0	7:10	6:12
25	11.1	7:09	6:13
26	11.1	7:08	6:14
27	11.1	7:07	6:15
28	11.2	7:06	6:16

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 3.94 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.67 kWh/m² to a high of 7.64 kWh/m² in July across the year — February's 3.94 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)	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.4	Moderate
2	3.5	Moderate
3	3.5	Moderate
4	3.5	Moderate
5	3.6	Moderate
6	3.6	Moderate
7	3.6	Moderate
8	3.7	Moderate
9	3.7	Moderate
10	3.8	Moderate
11	3.8	Moderate
12	3.9	Moderate
13	3.9	Moderate
14	3.9	Moderate
15	4.0	Moderate
16	4.0	Bright
17	4.0	Bright
18	4.1	Bright
19	4.1	Bright
20	4.2	Bright
21	4.2	Bright
22	4.2	Bright
23	4.3	Bright
24	4.3	Bright
25	4.3	Bright
26	4.4	Bright
27	4.4	Bright
28	4.4	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Rabat

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Rabat?

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

6.2

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

1.7

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Rabat for sightseeing.

What to pack for Rabat in February

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

In February, Rabat sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 10°C. Little to plan around — just the basics. About 7 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Rabat in February

The nearest coast averages about 17°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 13 km away) is warmest in August at about 23°C and coldest in February near 17°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 2 to Nov 8 — about 5.3 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	17	17	17	18	19	21	22	23	22	21	20	18
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	17	Cool
Feb	17	Cool
Mar	17	Cool
Apr	18	Cool
May	19	Cool
Jun	21	Refreshing
Jul	22	Refreshing
Aug	23	Refreshing
Sep	22	Refreshing
Oct	21	Refreshing
Nov	20	Cool
Dec	18	Cool

UV index in Rabat in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February 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 Rabat peaks around July 19 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 — in 11 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	4	8	8	8	9	11	9	7	6	4	3
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	4	Moderate
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	8	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Rabat 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 Rabat is worst in January — around 55 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.3× the cleanest month (June, 24 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)	55	51	41	35	29	24	26	30	32	45	48	54
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	55	Poor
Feb	51	Poor
Mar	41	Poor
Apr	35	Moderate
May	29	Moderate
Jun	24	Moderate
Jul	26	Moderate
Aug	30	Moderate
Sep	32	Moderate
Oct	45	Poor
Nov	48	Poor
Dec	54	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Rabat?

Rabat sits at 34.0°N, 6.8°W, 46 m above sea level, in Morocco. The nearest listed city is Salé, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Rabat

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rabat has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 94 m around an average of 29 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 211 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 961 m.

The land around Rabat is covered by artificial surfaces (44%) within 3 km, water (43%) within 16 km, and cropland (36%), water (29%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

94 m

artificial surfaces 44%

16 km

211 m

water 43%

80 km

961 m

cropland 36%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

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

February weather nearby: Salé 5.0 km · Salé Al Jadida 9.0 km · Temara 12 km · El Harhoura 12 km · Bouknadel 15 km · Aïn Attig 19 km · Mers El Kheir 19 km · Tamesna 23 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 Rabat (34.0132°, -6.8326°, elevation 46 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	17	10
2	17	10
3	17	10
4	17	10
5	17	10
6	17	10
7	17	10
8	17	10
9	17	10
10	17	10
11	17	10
12	17	10
13	17	10
14	17	10
15	17	10
16	17	10
17	18	10
18	18	10
19	18	11
20	18	11
21	18	11
22	18	11
23	18	11
24	18	11
25	18	11
26	18	11
27	18	11
28	18	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	60	40
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	62	38
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	63	37
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	65	35
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	64	36
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	63	37

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	88	12
24	88	12
25	88	12
26	87	13
27	86	14
28	86	14

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	60	40
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	62	38
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	63	37
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	65	35
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	64	36
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	63	37

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	88	12
24	88	12
25	88	12
26	87	13
27	86	14
28	86	14

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	60	40
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	62	38
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	63	37
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	65	35
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	64	36
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	63	37

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	88	12
24	88	12
25	88	12
26	87	13
27	86	14
28	86	14