Taza weather in December

In December, Taza sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 46 mm of precipitation across 7.3 wet days and about 9.8 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 43% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 54 min at the start of December to 9 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Taza's 11th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Taza's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 46 mm; 7.3 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 42 min; 7:20 AM – 5:04 PM
Cloud cover: 47%; 11th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 2.8 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.8; out of 10

Taza is city in Morocco.

Density: 4,381/km²; people per km²

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

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month.

A typical December day in Taza reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 3°C cooler than November and about 1°C warmer than January.

	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)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5

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

How December really feels in Taza

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December 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

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

Taza weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	14° / 5°	43	7.2	10	4.4
Feb	15° / 6°	46	7	10.7	5.1
Mar	18° / 8°	49	8.3	11.7	6.2
Apr	20° / 10°	48	8.3	12.8	6.8
May	25° / 13°	31	6.2	13.8	7.7
Jun	30° / 17°	12	3	14.2	6.3
Jul	34° / 20°	6	2.4	14.1	3.6
Aug	34° / 20°	11	4	13.3	3.7
Sep	29° / 17°	19	4.6	12.2	6.6
Oct	24° / 13°	43	5.7	11.1	7.7
Nov	18° / 9°	55	7	10.2	6.3
Dec	15° / 6°	46	7.3	9.8	4.8

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 43% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 41%.

	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 (%)	57	58	58	58	58	59	59	59	59	58	58	59	59	59	59	59	59	58	58	58	59	59	59	59	60	60	60	61	61	61	61
Cloudier (%)	43	42	42	42	42	41	41	41	41	42	42	41	41	41	41	41	41	42	42	42	41	41	41	41	40	40	40	39	39	39	39

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	58	42
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	59	41
9	59	41
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	60	40
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	61	39
31	61	39

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Taza gets around 46 mm of rain and snow over 7.3 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 23% and peaks near 27% 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 (%)	27	26	26	26	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21

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

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of December feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, December 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	99	99	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	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	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
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	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

Wind in December

Winds average 9 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	9	calm
21	9	calm
22	9	calm
23	9	calm
24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 54 min at the start of December to 9 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 7:09 AM to 7:27 AM, and sunset from 5:02 PM to 5:12 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	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7
Sunrise (AM)	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:12	7:13	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:16	7:17	7:18	7:18	7:19	7:20	7:20	7:21	7:22	7:22	7:23	7:23	7:24	7:24	7:24	7:25	7:25	7:26	7:26	7:26	7:27	7:27
Sunset (PM)	5:02	5:02	5:02	5:02	5:02	5:02	5:02	5:02	5:02	5:03	5:03	5:03	5:03	5:03	5:04	5:04	5:04	5:05	5:05	5:06	5:06	5:06	5:07	5:07	5:08	5:09	5:09	5:10	5:10	5:11	5:12

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.9	7:09	5:02
2	9.9	7:10	5:02
3	9.9	7:11	5:02
4	9.8	7:12	5:02
5	9.8	7:13	5:02
6	9.8	7:13	5:02
7	9.8	7:14	5:02
8	9.8	7:15	5:02
9	9.8	7:16	5:02
10	9.8	7:16	5:03
11	9.8	7:17	5:03
12	9.8	7:18	5:03
13	9.7	7:18	5:03
14	9.7	7:19	5:03
15	9.7	7:20	5:04
16	9.7	7:20	5:04
17	9.7	7:21	5:04
18	9.7	7:22	5:05
19	9.7	7:22	5:05
20	9.7	7:23	5:06
21	9.7	7:23	5:06
22	9.7	7:24	5:06
23	9.7	7:24	5:07
24	9.7	7:24	5:07
25	9.7	7:25	5:08
26	9.7	7:25	5:09
27	9.7	7:26	5:09
28	9.7	7:26	5:10
29	9.7	7:26	5:10
30	9.7	7:27	5:11
31	9.7	7:27	5:12

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 2.8 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.8 kWh/m² to a high of 7.63 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 2.8 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	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9
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	2.8	Moderate
8	2.8	Moderate
9	2.8	Moderate
10	2.8	Moderate
11	2.8	Moderate
12	2.8	Moderate
13	2.8	Moderate
14	2.8	Moderate
15	2.8	Moderate
16	2.8	Moderate
17	2.8	Moderate
18	2.8	Moderate
19	2.8	Moderate
20	2.8	Moderate
21	2.8	Moderate
22	2.8	Moderate
23	2.8	Moderate
24	2.8	Moderate
25	2.8	Moderate
26	2.8	Moderate
27	2.8	Moderate
28	2.9	Moderate
29	2.9	Moderate
30	2.9	Moderate
31	2.9	Moderate

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Taza

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is December a good time to visit Taza?

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

4.8

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Taza for sightseeing.

What to pack for Taza in December

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

In December, Taza sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Taza in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Taza peaks around July 18 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 11 months of the year.

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

Air quality in Taza in December

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where December falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Taza is worst in August — around 20 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (December, 12 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)	12	18	17	17	15	14	17	20	17	15	12	12
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Good
Feb	18	Moderate
Mar	17	Moderate
Apr	17	Moderate
May	15	Moderate
Jun	14	Moderate
Jul	17	Moderate
Aug	20	Moderate
Sep	17	Moderate
Oct	15	Moderate
Nov	12	Moderate
Dec	12	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Taza?

Taza sits at 34.2°N, 4.0°W, 530 m above sea level, in Morocco. The nearest listed city is Tahla, 42 km away.

Topography around Taza

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Taza has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 489 m around an average of 551 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,447 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,172 m.

The land around Taza is covered by cropland (29%), grassland (26%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, grassland (38%) and cropland (33%) within 16 km, and grassland (46%) within 80 km.

3 km

489 m

cropland 29%

16 km

1,447 m

grassland 38%

80 km

3,172 m

grassland 46%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

← November Taza year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Tahla 42 km · Ribat Al Khayr 57 km · Guercif 60 km · Taounate 68 km · Sefrou 86 km · Fès al Bali 88 km · Midar 92 km · Fez 93 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 Taza (34.21°, -4.01°, elevation 530 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	15	7
2	15	7
3	15	7
4	15	6
5	15	6
6	15	6
7	15	6
8	15	6
9	15	6
10	15	6
11	15	6
12	15	6
13	15	6
14	15	6
15	15	6
16	15	6
17	15	6
18	15	6
19	15	6
20	15	6
21	15	6
22	14	6
23	14	6
24	14	6
25	14	6
26	14	6
27	14	5
28	14	5
29	14	5
30	14	5
31	14	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	58	42
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	59	41
9	59	41
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	60	40
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	61	39
31	61	39

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
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	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	58	42
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	59	41
9	59	41
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	60	40
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	61	39
31	61	39

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
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	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	58	42
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	59	41
9	59	41
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	60	40
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	61	39
31	61	39

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
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	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1