Ras el Ma weather in January

In January, Ras el Ma sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 55 mm of precipitation across 8 wet days and about 10 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 6th-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 46% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 48 min at the start of January to 10 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Ras el Ma's 6th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ras el Ma's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 55 mm; 8 wet days
Daylight: 10 hours; 7:31 AM – 5:29 PM
Cloud cover: 44%; 6th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 3.07 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.4; 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 Ras el Ma reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 20°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)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	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

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

How January really feels in Ras el Ma

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January 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

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

Ras el Ma weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	16° / 6°	55	8	10	5.4
Feb	17° / 7°	55	8.1	10.7	5.9
Mar	20° / 9°	62	9.5	11.7	6.5
Apr	22° / 11°	62	9	12.8	6.9
May	26° / 14°	47	7.5	13.7	7.3
Jun	30° / 17°	16	3.2	14.2	6.2
Jul	34° / 20°	4	1.2	14	4.1
Aug	34° / 20°	7	2	13.3	4.0
Sep	30° / 18°	30	5	12.2	6.1
Oct	25° / 14°	58	7.7	11.1	7.4
Nov	20° / 10°	65	8	10.2	6.8
Dec	17° / 7°	54	7.9	9.8	5.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 38%.

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	65	35
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	61	39
15	60	40
16	60	40
17	61	39
18	61	39
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	61	39
24	61	39
25	62	38
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	62	38
29	62	38
30	62	38
31	62	38

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Ras el Ma gets around 55 mm of rain and snow over 8 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 26% and peaks near 29% 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 (%)	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	23	23	24	25	25	26	27	27	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28

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

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 (%)	99	99	99	99	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	99	99
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	99	1
31	99	1

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 7 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	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
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	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 48 min at the start of January to 10 h 18 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 7:30 AM to 7:25 AM, and sunset from 5:17 PM to 5:43 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)	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	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	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:30	7:31	7:31	7:31	7:31	7:31	7:31	7:31	7:31	7:31	7:31	7:31	7:31	7:31	7:31	7:31	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:29	7:29	7:29	7:28	7:28	7:27	7:27	7:26	7:26	7:25	7:25
Sunset (PM)	5:17	5:17	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:24	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.8	7:30	5:17
2	9.8	7:31	5:17
3	9.8	7:31	5:18
4	9.8	7:31	5:19
5	9.8	7:31	5:20
6	9.8	7:31	5:20
7	9.8	7:31	5:21
8	9.8	7:31	5:22
9	9.9	7:31	5:23
10	9.9	7:31	5:24
11	9.9	7:31	5:24
12	9.9	7:31	5:25
13	9.9	7:31	5:26
14	9.9	7:31	5:27
15	10.0	7:31	5:28
16	10.0	7:31	5:29
17	10.0	7:30	5:30
18	10.0	7:30	5:31
19	10.0	7:30	5:31
20	10.0	7:30	5:32
21	10.1	7:29	5:33
22	10.1	7:29	5:34
23	10.1	7:29	5:35
24	10.1	7:28	5:36
25	10.2	7:28	5:37
26	10.2	7:27	5:38
27	10.2	7:27	5:39
28	10.2	7:26	5:40
29	10.3	7:26	5:41
30	10.3	7:25	5:42
31	10.3	7:25	5:43

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.07 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.76 kWh/m² to a high of 7.62 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 3.07 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)	2.9	2.9	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	3.0	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	2.9	Moderate
2	2.9	Moderate
3	2.9	Moderate
4	2.9	Moderate
5	2.9	Moderate
6	2.9	Moderate
7	2.9	Moderate
8	2.9	Moderate
9	3.0	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 Ras el Ma

In seasonPeak

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

Ras el Ma sees seasonal dust haze (July–August), heaviest in July.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Ras el Ma?

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

5.4

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.6

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Ras el Ma for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ras el Ma in January

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

In January, Ras el Ma sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Ras el Ma in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January 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 Ras el Ma peaks around July 19 at about 11 (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 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	3	8	9	9	9	11	10	7	7	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	9	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	7	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Ras el Ma 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 Ras el Ma is worst in August — around 25 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	20	25	23	23	21	18	21	25	21	22	19	19
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	20	Moderate
Feb	25	Moderate
Mar	23	Moderate
Apr	23	Moderate
May	21	Moderate
Jun	18	Moderate
Jul	21	Moderate
Aug	25	Moderate
Sep	21	Moderate
Oct	22	Moderate
Nov	19	Moderate
Dec	19	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Ras el Ma?

Ras el Ma sits at 34.0°N, 5.1°W, 476 m above sea level, in Morocco. The nearest listed city is Oulad Tayeb, 10 km away.

Topography around Ras el Ma

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ras el Ma has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 124 m around an average of 458 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 695 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,718 m.

The land around Ras el Ma is covered by cropland (48%) and grassland (35%) within 3 km, cropland (53%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and cropland (44%) and grassland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km

124 m

cropland 48%

16 km

695 m

cropland 53%

80 km

2,718 m

cropland 44%

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← December Ras el Ma year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Oulad Tayeb 10 km · Fez 11 km · Aïn Taoujdat 12 km · New Fes 12 km · Fès al Bali 17 km · Sabaa Aiyoun 26 km · Imouzzer Kandar 28 km · Sefrou 29 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 Ras el Ma (33.974°, -5.0961°, elevation 476 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	6
2	16	6
3	16	6
4	16	6
5	16	6
6	16	6
7	16	6
8	16	6
9	16	6
10	16	6
11	16	6
12	16	6
13	16	6
14	16	6
15	16	6
16	16	6
17	16	6
18	16	6
19	15	6
20	15	6
21	15	6
22	15	6
23	15	6
24	15	6
25	16	6
26	16	6
27	16	6
28	16	6
29	16	6
30	16	6
31	16	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	65	35
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	61	39
15	60	40
16	60	40
17	61	39
18	61	39
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	61	39
24	61	39
25	62	38
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	62	38
29	62	38
30	62	38
31	62	38

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	65	35
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	61	39
15	60	40
16	60	40
17	61	39
18	61	39
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	61	39
24	61	39
25	62	38
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	62	38
29	62	38
30	62	38
31	62	38

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	65	35
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	61	39
15	60	40
16	60	40
17	61	39
18	61	39
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	61	39
24	61	39
25	62	38
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	62	38
29	62	38
30	62	38
31	62	38

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	99	1
31	99	1