Azilal climate — normals and trends
Azilal (Morocco) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.3 °C and it receives 668 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (22.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Azilal averages 44 frost days, 35 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 118 rainy days per year.
Azilal has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.35 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 67 to 21 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.1 °C (on 11 July 2023) and the coldest -14.2 °C (on 1 January 1943).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
AzilalBeni Mellal-Khenifra
- coords
- 31.96°, -6.57°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.3°C
Average daily high
19.6°C
Average daily low
7.2°C
Annual rainfall
668mm
Sunshine / day
11.0h
Mean relative humidity
63%
Average peak wind
9.7km/h
Seasonal range
18.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
44 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
35 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
118 d/yr
Annual snowfall
68.7 cm
Average feels-like high
18.7 °C
Average feels-like low
5.1 °C
Average peak gust
32.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
2 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.0 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.64 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
39.1 °C
11 July 2023
Coldest day
-14.2 °C
1 January 1943
Wettest day
63 mm
11 February 1987
Windiest day
27.0 km/h
15 February 1979
Strongest gust
114.8 km/h
25 November 2002
Hottest feels-like
38.8 °C
8 August 2011
Coldest feels-like
-18.5 °C
1 January 1943
Snowiest day
27.6 cm
4 January 2008
Sunniest day
13.4 h
18 June 1949
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14.0 °C | +2.5 °C | 25 mm | -32 mm |
| Feb | 14.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 49 mm | -14 mm |
| Mar | 14.3 °C | -0.8 °C | 116 mm | +40 mm |
| Apr | 19.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 89 mm | +9 mm |
| May | 22.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 36 mm | -32 mm |
| Jun | 29.5 °C | +4.7 °C | 45 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 32.0 °C | +2.4 °C | 21 mm | -5 mm |
| Aug | 33.0 °C | +3.5 °C | 15 mm | -18 mm |
| Sep | 27.9 °C | +2.7 °C | 32 mm | -20 mm |
| Oct | 25.2 °C | +4.5 °C | 7 mm | -48 mm |
| Nov | 18.8 °C | +2.9 °C | 24 mm | -34 mm |
| Dec | 10.0 °C | -2.3 °C | 146 mm | +91 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Azilal?
Azilal has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.3 °C and it receives 668 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Azilal?
The hottest day measured in Azilal between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 2023, reaching 39.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Azilal?
The coldest day measured in Azilal between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1943, at -14.2 °C.
Does it snow in Azilal?
Yes. Azilal gets on average 68.7 cm of snow per year and has around 44 frost days.
Has the climate of Azilal warmed?
Yes: Azilal warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Azilal?
The wettest day measured in Azilal between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 1987, with 63 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Azilal?
The windiest day measured in Azilal between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1979, with winds reaching 27.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Azilal?
The warmest month in Azilal is July (22.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Azilal?
Azilal receives on average 668 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 118 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Azilal?
Azilal gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Azilal?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Azilal between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 2008, with 27.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Azilal?
Yes: Azilal has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Azilal?
In Azilal, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.8 °C on 8 August 2011, and the lowest was -18.5 °C on 1 January 1943.
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