Climate and average weather in Taroudant
In Taroudant, the summers are sweltering, dry, and clear and the winters are mild and mostly clear.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Taroudant typically varies from 10°C to 38°C, and is rarely below 7°C or above 45°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.
Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Taroudant for warm-weather activities is from late October to early May.
- Hottest
- Aug
- 38°
- Coldest
- Jan
- 10°
- Wettest
- Nov
- 40 mm
- Driest
- Jul
- 1 mm
- Rain / yr
- 252 mm
- 46 wet days
- Daylight
- 10.0–14.0 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 237 m
- 30.5°N
- Clearest
- Jul
- 12% cloud
Taroudant is City in Souss-Massa, Morocco.
Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.
Taroudant weather by month, at a glance
The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.
Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late October to early May.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Taroudant, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
The hot season lasts 2.5 months, from June 25 to September 9, with daily high temperatures above 35°C. The hottest month of the year in Taroudant is August, with an average high of 38°C and low of 24°C.
The cool season lasts 3.7 months, from November 17 to March 8, with daily high temperatures below 25°C. The coldest month of the year in Taroudant is January, with an average low of 10°C and high of 21°C.
Days typically run about 12°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 15°C) in July.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 21 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 30 | 33 | 38 | 38 | 34 | 29 | 25 | 22 |
| Avg low (°C) | 10 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 11 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 21 | 10 |
| Feb | 23 | 11 |
| Mar | 25 | 14 |
| Apr | 27 | 15 |
| May | 30 | 17 |
| Jun | 33 | 20 |
| Jul | 38 | 23 |
| Aug | 38 | 24 |
| Sep | 34 | 21 |
| Oct | 29 | 18 |
| Nov | 25 | 14 |
| Dec | 22 | 11 |
How hot and cold Taroudant really feels
The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.
On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Taroudant feels like about 39°C (around July 23). About 110 days a year carry some heat stress, and 9 of them tip into dangerous heat (feels-like above 39°C), peaking in July.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feels-like high (°C) | 21 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 30 | 33 | 38 | 38 | 34 | 29 | 25 | 22 |
| Air high (°C) | 21 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 30 | 33 | 38 | 38 | 34 | 29 | 25 | 22 |
| Feels-like low (°C) | 10 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 11 |
| Air low (°C) | 10 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 11 |
| Feels-like high (°C) | Air high (°C) | Feels-like low (°C) | Air low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 21 | 21 | 10 | 10 |
| Feb | 23 | 23 | 11 | 11 |
| Mar | 25 | 25 | 13 | 14 |
| Apr | 27 | 27 | 15 | 15 |
| May | 30 | 30 | 17 | 17 |
| Jun | 33 | 33 | 20 | 20 |
| Jul | 38 | 38 | 23 | 23 |
| Aug | 38 | 38 | 24 | 24 |
| Sep | 34 | 34 | 21 | 21 |
| Oct | 29 | 29 | 18 | 18 |
| Nov | 25 | 25 | 14 | 14 |
| Dec | 22 | 22 | 11 | 11 |
Average hourly temperature in Taroudant
A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on August afternoons, near 38°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 10°C.
Taroudant weather by month
Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.
| Month | High / Low (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | Wet days | Daylight (hours) | Travel score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 21° / 10° | 27 | 4.5 | 10.3 | 7.9 |
| Feb | 23° / 11° | 32 | 4.5 | 10.9 | 8.2 |
| Mar | 25° / 14° | 32 | 5.7 | 11.8 | 8.0 |
| Apr | 27° / 15° | 20 | 5.3 | 12.7 | 7.6 |
| May | 30° / 17° | 16 | 4.7 | 13.5 | 6.0 |
| Jun | 33° / 20° | 7 | 2.5 | 13.9 | 4.5 |
| Jul | 38° / 23° | 1 | 0.3 | 13.8 | 1.4 |
| Aug | 38° / 24° | 2 | 0.5 | 13.1 | 1.3 |
| Sep | 34° / 21° | 10 | 2.7 | 12.2 | 4.1 |
| Oct | 29° / 18° | 27 | 4.9 | 11.3 | 6.3 |
| Nov | 25° / 14° | 40 | 5.3 | 10.5 | 7.9 |
| Dec | 22° / 11° | 38 | 5.3 | 10.1 | 7.9 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Taroudant gets about 252 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is mostly dry, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.
The wetter season lasts 3.1 months, from around Oct 5 to Jan 7, peaking in November at about 22% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 22.
November is the wettest month by volume, with 40 mm over about 5 wet days; July is the driest, with 1 mm.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 15 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 17 |
| Rain days | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15 | 5 |
| Feb | 16 | 5 |
| Mar | 18 | 6 |
| Apr | 18 | 5 |
| May | 15 | 5 |
| Jun | 8 | 3 |
| Jul | 1 | 0 |
| Aug | 2 | 1 |
| Sep | 8 | 3 |
| Oct | 16 | 5 |
| Nov | 18 | 5 |
| Dec | 17 | 5 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Taroudant collects about 252 mm of rain across 46 wet days — roughly 21 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. November is the wettest month with 40 mm, while July is the driest at just 1 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 44% of the year’s total.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall (mm) | 27 | 32 | 32 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 40 | 38 |
| Rain days | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27 | 5 |
| Feb | 32 | 5 |
| Mar | 32 | 6 |
| Apr | 20 | 5 |
| May | 16 | 5 |
| Jun | 7 | 3 |
| Jul | 1 | 0 |
| Aug | 2 | 1 |
| Sep | 10 | 3 |
| Oct | 27 | 5 |
| Nov | 40 | 5 |
| Dec | 38 | 5 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Taroudant, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.
The clearer part of the year begins around April 16 and lasts for 5.3 months, ending around September 24. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 98% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around September 25 and lasts for 6.7 months, ending around April 15. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 26% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 79 | 78 | 78 | 84 | 86 | 94 | 98 | 96 | 87 | 76 | 76 | 74 |
| Cloudier (%) | 21 | 22 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 24 | 26 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 79 | 21 |
| Feb | 78 | 22 |
| Mar | 78 | 22 |
| Apr | 84 | 16 |
| May | 86 | 14 |
| Jun | 94 | 6 |
| Jul | 98 | 2 |
| Aug | 96 | 4 |
| Sep | 87 | 13 |
| Oct | 76 | 24 |
| Nov | 76 | 24 |
| Dec | 74 | 26 |
Daylight, sunrise and sunset
Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.
The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 15, brings about 14 hours of light; the shortest, around December 15, only 10 hours — a swing of roughly 4 hours.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 10.3 | 10.9 | 11.8 | 12.7 | 13.5 | 13.9 | 13.8 | 13.1 | 12.2 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 10.1 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 7:38 | 7:23 | 6:52 | 6:14 | 5:46 | 5:37 | 5:47 | 6:06 | 6:24 | 6:43 | 7:08 | 7:30 |
| Sunset (PM) | 5:52 | 6:17 | 6:38 | 6:58 | 7:18 | 7:34 | 7:35 | 7:13 | 6:35 | 5:58 | 5:34 | 5:33 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10.3 | 7:38 | 5:52 |
| Feb | 10.9 | 7:23 | 6:17 |
| Mar | 11.8 | 6:52 | 6:38 |
| Apr | 12.7 | 6:14 | 6:58 |
| May | 13.5 | 5:46 | 7:18 |
| Jun | 13.9 | 5:37 | 7:34 |
| Jul | 13.8 | 5:47 | 7:35 |
| Aug | 13.1 | 6:06 | 7:13 |
| Sep | 12.2 | 6:24 | 6:35 |
| Oct | 11.3 | 6:43 | 5:58 |
| Nov | 10.5 | 7:08 | 5:34 |
| Dec | 10.1 | 7:30 | 5:33 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Taroudant averages about 22 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 18 and 28 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 4.3 months, from around May 15 to Sep 22. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 28 sunny days (brilliant).
The greyest month is October, down near 19 sunny days — about 33% fewer than the July peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 20 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 19 |
| Sky | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Brilliant | Brilliant | Brilliant | Brilliant | Bright | Bright | Bright |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 20 | Bright |
| Feb | 18 | Bright |
| Mar | 19 | Bright |
| Apr | 20 | Bright |
| May | 23 | Bright |
| Jun | 26 | Brilliant |
| Jul | 28 | Brilliant |
| Aug | 27 | Brilliant |
| Sep | 23 | Brilliant |
| Oct | 19 | Bright |
| Nov | 18 | Bright |
| Dec | 19 | Bright |
Humidity comfort
Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.
Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.
In Taroudant, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.
The more humid part of the year lasts 4.8 months, from around June 2 to October 26. The muggiest month is September, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 31% of the time.
The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 27 to June 1, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry (%) | 98 | 97 | 94 | 87 | 68 | 34 | 45 | 45 | 40 | 59 | 87 | 94 |
| Comfortable (%) | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 29 | 42 | 28 | 27 | 29 | 27 | 11 | 6 |
| Humid (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 30 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| Muggy (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dry (%) | Comfortable (%) | Humid (%) | Muggy (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 98 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb | 97 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar | 94 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr | 87 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 68 | 29 | 3 | 0 |
| Jun | 34 | 42 | 24 | 0 |
| Jul | 45 | 28 | 25 | 2 |
| Aug | 45 | 27 | 24 | 3 |
| Sep | 40 | 29 | 30 | 2 |
| Oct | 59 | 27 | 14 | 0 |
| Nov | 87 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| Dec | 94 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Wind
Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.
This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.
Wind in Taroudant is steady company: average speeds sit near 9 km/h — calm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
| Feels | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8 | calm |
| Feb | 9 | calm |
| Mar | 9 | calm |
| Apr | 10 | calm |
| May | 10 | calm |
| Jun | 10 | calm |
| Jul | 9 | calm |
| Aug | 9 | calm |
| Sep | 9 | calm |
| Oct | 9 | calm |
| Nov | 8 | calm |
| Dec | 8 | calm |
Hazard calendar for Taroudant
When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.
Taroudant sees seasonal dust haze (July–August), heaviest in July.
Best time to visit Taroudant
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Taroudant throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around late October, Taroudant is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.
Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.
The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Taroudant for general outdoor tourist activities is from late October to early May, with a peak score in the third week of February.
The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel score (0–10) | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 6.0 | 4.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 4.1 | 6.3 | 7.9 | 7.9 |
| Rating | ideal | ideal | ideal | ideal | good | fair | poor | poor | fair | good | ideal | ideal |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.9 | ideal |
| Feb | 8.1 | ideal |
| Mar | 8.0 | ideal |
| Apr | 7.6 | ideal |
| May | 6.0 | good |
| Jun | 4.4 | fair |
| Jul | 1.4 | poor |
| Aug | 1.4 | poor |
| Sep | 4.1 | fair |
| Oct | 6.3 | good |
| Nov | 7.9 | ideal |
| Dec | 7.9 | ideal |
The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Taroudant for hot-weather activities run from late February to early July and again from early September to late November, with a peak score in the first week of May.
The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
What to pack for Taroudant, by month
Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.
For a warm-season trip around August (highs near 38°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 21°C), pack a light layer.
In August, Taroudant sees daytime highs around 38°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.
UV index (midday) in Taroudant by month
Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.
Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Taroudant peaks around July 12 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 4 (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 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| Level | Moderate | Moderate | Very high | Very high | Very high | Extreme | Extreme | Very high | Very high | Very high | Moderate | Moderate |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4 | Moderate |
| Feb | 5 | Moderate |
| Mar | 9 | Very high |
| Apr | 9 | Very high |
| May | 9 | Very high |
| Jun | 10 | Extreme |
| Jul | 10 | Extreme |
| Aug | 10 | Very high |
| Sep | 8 | Very high |
| Oct | 8 | Very high |
| Nov | 4 | Moderate |
| Dec | 4 | Moderate |
Average hourly UV index in Taroudant
Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.
The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | 4 | 4.5 | 7 | 7.5 | 8 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8 | 7 | 6.5 | 4 | 3 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5.5 | 4 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4 | 0 |
| Feb | 4.5 | 0 |
| Mar | 7 | 4.5 |
| Apr | 7.5 | 4.5 |
| May | 8 | 5 |
| Jun | 8.5 | 6 |
| Jul | 8.5 | 6 |
| Aug | 8 | 5.5 |
| Sep | 7 | 4 |
| Oct | 6.5 | 3.5 |
| Nov | 4 | 0 |
| Dec | 3 | 0 |
Air quality in Taroudant by month
Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.
Air quality in Taroudant is worst in August — around 27 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (June, 14 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) | 15 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 24 | 27 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 14 |
| Level | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate |
| PM2.5 (µg/m³) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15 | Moderate |
| Feb | 20 | Moderate |
| Mar | 17 | Moderate |
| Apr | 16 | Moderate |
| May | 15 | Moderate |
| Jun | 14 | Moderate |
| Jul | 24 | Moderate |
| Aug | 27 | Moderate |
| Sep | 19 | Moderate |
| Oct | 19 | Moderate |
| Nov | 15 | Moderate |
| Dec | 14 | Moderate |
Growing season
Taroudant is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost-free chance (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Frost nights | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frost-free chance (%) | Frost nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 100 | 0 |
| Feb | 100 | 0 |
| Mar | 100 | 0 |
| Apr | 100 | 0 |
| May | 100 | 0 |
| Jun | 100 | 0 |
| Jul | 100 | 0 |
| Aug | 100 | 0 |
| Sep | 100 | 0 |
| Oct | 100 | 0 |
| Nov | 100 | 0 |
| Dec | 100 | 0 |
Growing degree days
Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Taroudant banks about 4,638 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | 176 | 197 | 289 | 330 | 424 | 494 | 642 | 651 | 516 | 427 | 287 | 204 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 176 |
| Feb | 197 |
| Mar | 289 |
| Apr | 330 |
| May | 424 |
| Jun | 494 |
| Jul | 642 |
| Aug | 651 |
| Sep | 516 |
| Oct | 427 |
| Nov | 287 |
| Dec | 204 |
Solar energy
Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.
Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.
Taroudant receives about 5.8 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.3 and 7.9 kWh/m².
The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.3 months, from around Mar 17 to Sep 24. The brightest month is July, averaging about 7.8 kWh/m² (intense).
The dimmest month is December, down near 3.3 kWh/m² — roughly 57% less than the July peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 3.7 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 6.8 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.2 | 6.1 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
| Level | Moderate | Bright | Bright | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Bright | Moderate | Moderate |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.7 | Moderate |
| Feb | 4.6 | Bright |
| Mar | 5.7 | Bright |
| Apr | 6.8 | Intense |
| May | 7.4 | Intense |
| Jun | 7.8 | Intense |
| Jul | 7.8 | Intense |
| Aug | 7.2 | Intense |
| Sep | 6.1 | Intense |
| Oct | 4.8 | Bright |
| Nov | 3.8 | Moderate |
| Dec | 3.3 | Moderate |
Where is Taroudant?
Taroudant sits at 30.5°N, 8.9°W, 237 m above sea level, in Morocco. The nearest listed city is Ait Yazza, 8.0 km away.
Topography around Taroudant
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Taroudant.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Taroudant has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 50 m around an average of 235 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 599 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,575 m.
The land around Taroudant is covered by bare terrain (32%) within 3 km, cropland (38%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (58%) within 80 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 Taroudant (30.4703°, -8.877°, elevation 237 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).