Morocco
The most pleasant time to visit Morocco is in the spring and autumn, when the weather is warm and dry. The hottest months of the year are July, August, and September, but there is little humidity so temperatures are generally bearable. Morocco boasts diverse layers of geological features including coastline, mountains, and fertile agricultural plateaus — of course there is the unforgiving Sahara Desert. Generally, Morocco’s climate is moderate and subtropical, cooled by breezes off the Atlantic and Mediterranean. In the interior, the temperatures are more extreme and winters can be fairly cold and the summers very hot. In fact, the further you go from the ocean the more extreme winter and summer temperatures become. Average summer temperatures in the coastal cities range from 64-82 °F. In the interior, however, highs frequently exceed 95°F.
Morocco Climate
The climate in Morocco is as varied as its diverse geography. Morocco has wide-ranging geological formations, including a vast coastline, interior lowlands extending into the foothills and highlands of the Rif Mountains and the Middle Atlas and High Atlas ranges which sore up to 13,700 f / 4150 m. Between the mountain ranges and the Atlantic lie plains and plateaus of fertile agricultural lands. To the east the mountain slopes are much more arid as they drop into the unforgiving desert of the Sahara. Our Morocco itineraries traverse several of these major geographic features. We begin in Casablanca and Rabat on the Atlantic Coast and work clockwise to the interior city of Fez before crossing the Middle and High Atlas mountains to Rissani and the Sahara and then back across the southern section of the high atlas range to Marrakech.
Generally, Morocco’s climate is moderate and subtropical, cooled by breezes off the Atlantic and Mediterranean. In the interior the temperatures are more extreme, winters can be fairly cold and the summers very hot. In fact, the further you go from the ocean the more extreme winter and summer temperatures become. The most pleasant time to visit Morocco is in the spring and autumn, when the weather is warm and dry. Average summer temperatures in the coastal cities, range from 64-82 °F (18- 28°C). In the interior, however, highs frequently exceed 95°F (35°C).
Weather along the coastal region is tempered by the Mediterranean in the North and the Atlantic Ocean along Morocco’s Western coast near Casablanca and Essaouira. Average daily temperatures range from about 54°F (12°C) in winter (Dec-Mar), to 77°F (25°C) and higher in summer (Jun-Sep).
Going inland to the northern plateau region, Fez has a continental climate with more extreme temperatures. In summer it can get over 100°F (38°C), but generally hovers in the 85-95°F (29-35°C) range. Winters, by contrast, can be rather cold with daily temperatures around 65°F and nights dropping to 40°F -45°F (5°C – 7°C).
