Zagora weather in April

In April, Zagora sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.5 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 27°C in the first days to 31°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 73% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of April to 13 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Zagora's 5th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zagora's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 16°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 2 mm; 0.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 42 min; 6:02 AM – 6:46 PM
Cloud cover: 24%; 5th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 7.43 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.3; out of 10

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 27°C in the first days to 31°C by the end.

A typical April day in Zagora reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 4°C warmer than March and about 4°C cooler than May.

	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
Avg high (°C)	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18

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

How April really feels in Zagora

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April 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

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

Zagora weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	19° / 7°	4	0.9	10.3	8.0
Feb	21° / 9°	8	1.4	10.9	8.4
Mar	25° / 13°	5	0.9	11.8	8.9
Apr	29° / 16°	2	0.5	12.7	7.3
May	33° / 20°	2	0.5	13.5	4.5
Jun	38° / 25°	2	0.3	13.9	1.4
Jul	42° / 28°	1	0.2	13.8	0.0
Aug	40° / 27°	2	0.7	13.1	0.1
Sep	36° / 23°	5	0.9	12.2	2.8
Oct	29° / 18°	12	1.6	11.3	6.7
Nov	23° / 12°	7	1.1	10.5	8.8
Dec	19° / 8°	6	1	10.1	8.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 73% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 16%.

	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
Clearer (%)	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	84	83	84	84	84	84	84	83	83	83	83	83	84	84	85	85	85	85	86	86	86	87	86
Cloudier (%)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	84	16
9	83	17
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	84	16
13	84	16
14	84	16
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	87	13
30	86	14

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Zagora gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.5 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 2% and peaks near 3% 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	29	30
Rain chance (%)	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2

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

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, April 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
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	100	100	100	100	100

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

Wind in April

Winds average 12 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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
Wind speed (km/h)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	light breeze
9	12	light breeze
10	12	light breeze
11	12	light breeze
12	12	light breeze
13	12	light breeze
14	12	light breeze
15	12	light breeze
16	12	light breeze
17	12	light breeze
18	12	light breeze
19	12	light breeze
20	12	light breeze
21	12	light breeze
22	12	light breeze
23	12	light breeze
24	12	light breeze
25	12	light breeze
26	12	light breeze
27	12	light breeze
28	12	light breeze
29	12	light breeze
30	12	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of April to 13 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:20 AM to 5:47 AM, and sunset from 6:36 PM to 6:55 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
Daylight (h)	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:20	6:19	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:12	6:11	6:10	6:09	6:07	6:06	6:05	6:04	6:03	6:02	6:00	5:59	5:58	5:57	5:56	5:55	5:54	5:53	5:52	5:51	5:50	5:49	5:48	5:47
Sunset (PM)	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:55

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	6:20	6:36
2	12.3	6:19	6:37
3	12.3	6:17	6:37
4	12.4	6:16	6:38
5	12.4	6:15	6:39
6	12.4	6:14	6:39
7	12.5	6:12	6:40
8	12.5	6:11	6:41
9	12.5	6:10	6:41
10	12.6	6:09	6:42
11	12.6	6:07	6:42
12	12.6	6:06	6:43
13	12.6	6:05	6:44
14	12.7	6:04	6:44
15	12.7	6:03	6:45
16	12.7	6:02	6:46
17	12.8	6:00	6:46
18	12.8	5:59	6:47
19	12.8	5:58	6:48
20	12.9	5:57	6:48
21	12.9	5:56	6:49
22	12.9	5:55	6:49
23	12.9	5:54	6:50
24	13.0	5:53	6:51
25	13.0	5:52	6:51
26	13.0	5:51	6:52
27	13.1	5:50	6:53
28	13.1	5:49	6:53
29	13.1	5:48	6:54
30	13.1	5:47	6:55

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 7.43 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.67 kWh/m² to a high of 8.1 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 7.43 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	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.8
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	7.0	Intense
2	7.0	Intense
3	7.0	Intense
4	7.1	Intense
5	7.1	Intense
6	7.2	Intense
7	7.2	Intense
8	7.2	Intense
9	7.3	Intense
10	7.3	Intense
11	7.3	Intense
12	7.3	Intense
13	7.4	Intense
14	7.4	Intense
15	7.4	Intense
16	7.5	Intense
17	7.5	Intense
18	7.5	Intense
19	7.5	Intense
20	7.5	Intense
21	7.6	Intense
22	7.6	Intense
23	7.6	Intense
24	7.6	Intense
25	7.7	Intense
26	7.7	Intense
27	7.7	Intense
28	7.7	Intense
29	7.7	Intense
30	7.8	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Zagora

In seasonPeak

In April, Zagora sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Zagora sees seasonal dust haze (April–September), heaviest in July.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Zagora?

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

7.3

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

8.9

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

April is one of the better times to visit Zagora for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Zagora in April

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

In April, Zagora sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 16°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Zagora in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Zagora peaks around June 22 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)	5	5	9	9	9	11	10	10	9	8	5	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	5	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	9	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	5	Moderate
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Zagora in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Zagora is worst in August — around 41 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.1× the cleanest month (December, 10 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	23	19	32	34	33	40	41	32	23	14	10
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	15	Moderate
Feb	23	Moderate
Mar	19	Moderate
Apr	32	Moderate
May	34	Moderate
Jun	33	Moderate
Jul	40	Poor
Aug	41	Poor
Sep	32	Moderate
Oct	23	Moderate
Nov	14	Moderate
Dec	10	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Zagora?

Zagora sits at 30.3°N, 5.8°W, 733 m above sea level, in Morocco. The nearest listed city is Kelaat Mgouna, 105 km away.

Topography around Zagora

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zagora has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 276 m around an average of 731 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 572 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,793 m.

The land around Zagora is covered by bare terrain (66%) within 3 km, bare terrain (90%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (98%) within 80 km.

3 km

276 m

bare terrain 66%

16 km

572 m

bare terrain 90%

80 km

1,793 m

bare terrain 98%

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← March Zagora year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Kelaat Mgouna 105 km · Ouarzazate 120 km · Tabount 121 km · Tinerhir 135 km · Goulmima 173 km · Moulay Ali Cherif 184 km · Reçani 184 km · Demnate 191 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 Zagora (30.3324°, -5.8384°, elevation 733 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	27	15
2	27	15
3	27	15
4	28	15
5	28	15
6	28	15
7	28	15
8	28	16
9	28	16
10	28	16
11	29	16
12	29	16
13	29	16
14	29	16
15	29	16
16	29	17
17	29	17
18	29	17
19	29	17
20	30	17
21	30	17
22	30	17
23	30	17
24	30	17
25	30	18
26	30	18
27	30	18
28	31	18
29	31	18
30	31	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	84	16
9	83	17
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	84	16
13	84	16
14	84	16
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	87	13
30	86	14

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	84	16
9	83	17
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	84	16
13	84	16
14	84	16
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	87	13
30	86	14

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	84	16
9	83	17
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	84	16
13	84	16
14	84	16
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	87	13
30	86	14

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

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