Taroudant weather in January

In January, Taroudant sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 27 mm of rain across 4.5 wet days and about 10.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 06 min at the start of January to 10 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Taroudant's 8th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Taroudant's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
12th warmest
Overnight low
10°
1st coldest
Rainfall
27 mm
4.5 wet days
Daylight
10 h 12 min
7:38 AM – 5:52 PM
Cloud cover
32%
8th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
3.67 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.9
out of 10

Taroudant is City in Souss-Massa, Morocco.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month.

A typical January day in Taroudant reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Taroudant

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Taroudant weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan21° / 10°274.510.37.9
Feb23° / 11°324.510.98.2
Mar25° / 14°325.711.88.0
Apr27° / 15°205.312.77.6
May30° / 17°164.713.56.0
Jun33° / 20°72.513.94.5
Jul38° / 23°10.313.81.4
Aug38° / 24°20.513.11.3
Sep34° / 21°102.712.24.1
Oct29° / 18°274.911.36.3
Nov25° / 14°405.310.57.9
Dec22° / 11°385.310.17.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 21%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17723
27723
37723
47822
57822
67822
77822
87822
97921
107921
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Taroudant gets around 27 mm of rain over 4.5 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 15% and peaks near 19% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
114
214
313
413
512
612
712
812
912
1012
1112
1212
1313
1413
1513
1613
1714
1814
1915
2015
2116
2217
2317
2418
2518
2618
2719
2819
2919
3019
3118

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 98% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19541
29730
39730
49730
59820
69820
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89820
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119820
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279820
289820
299820
309820
319730

Wind in January

Winds average 8 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
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108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
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168calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 06 min at the start of January to 10 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 24 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:37 AM to 7:33 AM, and sunset from 5:41 PM to 6:04 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.17:375:41
210.17:375:41
310.17:375:42
410.17:375:43
510.17:385:43
610.17:385:44
710.17:385:45
810.17:385:45
910.17:385:46
1010.17:385:47
1110.27:385:48
1210.27:385:49
1310.27:385:49
1410.27:385:50
1510.27:385:51
1610.27:385:52
1710.27:385:53
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1910.37:375:54
2010.37:375:55
2110.37:375:56
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2610.47:356:00
2710.47:356:01
2810.57:356:02
2910.57:346:03
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3110.57:336:04

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.67 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.29 kWh/m² to a high of 7.8 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 3.67 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.4Moderate
23.5Moderate
33.5Moderate
43.5Moderate
53.5Moderate
63.5Moderate
73.5Moderate
83.5Moderate
93.5Moderate
103.6Moderate
113.6Moderate
123.6Moderate
133.6Moderate
143.6Moderate
153.6Moderate
163.6Moderate
173.7Moderate
183.7Moderate
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203.7Moderate
213.7Moderate
223.8Moderate
233.8Moderate
243.8Moderate
253.8Moderate
263.9Moderate
273.9Moderate
283.9Moderate
294.0Moderate
304.0Bright
314.0Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Taroudant

In seasonPeak

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

Taroudant 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 Taroudant?

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

7.9
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
5.0
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Taroudant for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Taroudant in January

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

In January, Taroudant sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 10°C. Little to plan around — just the basics. About 5 days see rain.

UV index in Taroudant 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 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highExtremeVery highModerateJul 12UV 10Dec 17UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar9Very high
Apr9Very high
May9Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov4Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Taroudant 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 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).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateAug 1226 µg/m³Jun 1014 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb20Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul24Moderate
Aug27Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct19Moderate
Nov15Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Location & terrain

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.

3 km
50 m
16 km
599 m
80 km
3,575 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Ait Yazza 8.0 km · Oulad Teïma 33 km · Oulad Barhil 43 km · Oadar Temsia 52 km · Tine Biougra 56 km · My Drarga 58 km · Lqoliaa 60 km · Ait Melloul 62 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
Muslim 99%other 1%

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).