Azrou climate — normals and trends
Azrou (Morocco) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.7 °C and it receives 680 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 (23.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Azrou averages 25 frost days, 38 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 110 rainy days per year.
Azrou has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 37 to 13 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.9 °C (on 6 August 2023) and the coldest -14.5 °C (on 15 January 1981).
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
AzrouFes-Meknes
- coords
- 33.43°, -5.22°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.7°C
Average daily high
19.4°C
Average daily low
8.6°C
Annual rainfall
680mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
63%
Average peak wind
13.8km/h
Seasonal range
17.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
25 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
38 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
110 d/yr
Annual snowfall
53.1 cm
Average feels-like high
17.9 °C
Average feels-like low
6.3 °C
Average peak gust
35.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
10 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.62 · 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
38.9 °C
6 August 2023
Coldest day
-14.5 °C
15 January 1981
Wettest day
68 mm
18 December 1963
Windiest day
46.6 km/h
15 December 1975
Strongest gust
113.8 km/h
12 December 1957
Hottest feels-like
38.8 °C
17 July 2023
Coldest feels-like
-18.7 °C
15 January 1981
Snowiest day
26.3 cm
15 February 1979
Sunniest day
13.8 h
26 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13.7 °C | +2.5 °C | 45 mm | -28 mm |
| Feb | 14.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 41 mm | -36 mm |
| Mar | 13.3 °C | -1.4 °C | 168 mm | +84 mm |
| Apr | 18.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 85 mm | +6 mm |
| May | 21.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 35 mm | -27 mm |
| Jun | 29.6 °C | +4.9 °C | 32 mm | -3 mm |
| Jul | 31.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 16 mm | -2 mm |
| Aug | 32.3 °C | +2.7 °C | 20 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 27.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 22 mm | -11 mm |
| Oct | 24.6 °C | +4.1 °C | 8 mm | -42 mm |
| Nov | 17.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 43 mm | -25 mm |
| Dec | 9.5 °C | -2.4 °C | 169 mm | +90 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Azrou?
Azrou has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.7 °C and it receives 680 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Azrou?
The hottest day measured in Azrou between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 2023, reaching 38.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Azrou?
The coldest day measured in Azrou between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1981, at -14.5 °C.
Does it snow in Azrou?
Yes. Azrou gets on average 53.1 cm of snow per year and has around 25 frost days.
Has the climate of Azrou warmed?
Yes: Azrou warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Azrou?
The wettest day measured in Azrou between 1940 and 2025 was 18 December 1963, with 68 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Azrou?
The windiest day measured in Azrou between 1940 and 2025 was 15 December 1975, with winds reaching 46.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Azrou?
The warmest month in Azrou is July (23.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Azrou?
Azrou receives on average 680 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 110 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Azrou?
Azrou gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Azrou?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Azrou between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1979, with 26.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Azrou?
Yes: Azrou has on average 10 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Azrou?
In Azrou, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.8 °C on 17 July 2023, and the lowest was -18.7 °C on 15 January 1981.
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