Ben Ahmed climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Ben Ahmed?

Ben Ahmed has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.2 °C and it receives 395 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ben Ahmed?

The hottest day measured in Ben Ahmed between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1953, reaching 43.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Ben Ahmed?

The coldest day measured in Ben Ahmed between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 2005, at -3.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Ben Ahmed?

Almost never: Ben Ahmed sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Ben Ahmed warmed?

Yes: Ben Ahmed warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Ben Ahmed?

The wettest day measured in Ben Ahmed between 1940 and 2025 was 8 November 1984, with 65 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Ben Ahmed?

The windiest day measured in Ben Ahmed between 1940 and 2025 was 22 October 2023, with winds reaching 44.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Ben Ahmed?

The warmest month in Ben Ahmed is August (24.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Ben Ahmed?

Ben Ahmed receives on average 395 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 63 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Ben Ahmed?

Ben Ahmed gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Ben Ahmed (Morocco) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.2 °C and it receives 395 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 August (24.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (10.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Ben Ahmed averages 1 frost days, 57 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 63 rainy days per year.

Ben Ahmed has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 1 to 1 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 43.6 °C (on 20 July 1953) and the coldest -3.9 °C (on 28 January 2005).

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

Ben AhmedCasablanca-Settat

coords: 33.07°, -7.24°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsaHot-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

17.2°C

Average daily high

22.8°C

Average daily low

12.3°C

Annual rainfall

395mm

Sunshine / day

10.9h

Mean relative humidity

68%

Average peak wind

15.3km/h

Seasonal range

14.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

57 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

63 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.1 cm

Average feels-like high

22.3 °C

Average feels-like low

11.3 °C

Average peak gust

34.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

27 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.8 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

43.6 °C

20 July 1953

Coldest day

-3.9 °C

28 January 2005

Wettest day

65 mm

8 November 1984

Windiest day

44.4 km/h

22 October 2023

Strongest gust

109.1 km/h

25 November 2002

Hottest feels-like

45.5 °C

23 July 1995

Coldest feels-like

-7.9 °C

28 January 2005

Snowiest day

1.3 cm

13 December 1949

Sunniest day

13.5 h

21 June 1959

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	41.1 °C29 June 2025	2.5 °C16 January 2025	18.4 °C	439 mm	84	0
2024	40.8 °C24 July 2024	2.7 °C10 December 2024	18.8 °C	265 mm	78	0
2023	40.9 °C26 June 2023	0.8 °C29 January 2023	19.0 °C	231 mm	87	0
2022	39.6 °C9 July 2022	3.8 °C20 January 2022	19.1 °C	273 mm	87	0
2021	43.0 °C10 July 2021	0.4 °C4 January 2021	17.9 °C	314 mm	61	0
2020	41.9 °C7 July 2020	3.0 °C31 December 2020	18.7 °C	203 mm	80	0
2019	40.6 °C23 August 2019	1.4 °C8 January 2019	17.9 °C	196 mm	63	0
2018	40.5 °C2 August 2018	1.7 °C4 February 2018	17.1 °C	585 mm	54	0
2017	40.9 °C16 July 2017	1.1 °C25 January 2017	19.4 °C	231 mm	108	0
2016	39.8 °C19 July 2016	2.7 °C17 February 2016	18.5 °C	345 mm	85	0
2015	39.4 °C13 May 2015	0.6 °C6 February 2015	18.1 °C	302 mm	63	0
2014	38.8 °C14 May 2014	3.1 °C8 December 2014	17.8 °C	438 mm	62	0
2013	40.2 °C12 August 2013	1.3 °C10 February 2013	17.6 °C	308 mm	67	0
2012	43.1 °C17 July 2012	-0.9 °C5 February 2012	17.9 °C	346 mm	80	5
2011	39.4 °C2 July 2011	0.8 °C4 February 2011	18.1 °C	418 mm	70	0
2010	43.1 °C26 August 2010	0.9 °C9 January 2010	18.4 °C	561 mm	76	0
2009	43.2 °C20 July 2009	1.8 °C22 January 2009	18.3 °C	514 mm	80	0
2008	38.9 °C29 June 2008	1.2 °C3 December 2008	17.3 °C	358 mm	48	0
2007	38.4 °C31 July 2007	1.4 °C27 January 2007	17.5 °C	240 mm	49	0
2006	42.4 °C10 July 2006	0.8 °C31 January 2006	18.0 °C	304 mm	77	0
2005	42.0 °C20 July 2005	-3.9 °C28 January 2005	17.6 °C	242 mm	59	5
2004	42.0 °C24 July 2004	0.7 °C28 December 2004	17.6 °C	343 mm	61	0
2003	41.5 °C1 August 2003	0.4 °C11 January 2003	17.9 °C	485 mm	65	0
2002	37.4 °C28 July 2002	3.1 °C9 December 2002	17.6 °C	433 mm	30	0
2001	38.5 °C21 July 2001	2.4 °C16 November 2001	18.0 °C	209 mm	59	0
2000	41.7 °C31 July 2000	0.6 °C11 January 2000	17.7 °C	321 mm	61	0
1999	39.8 °C1 July 1999	-0.7 °C18 December 1999	17.1 °C	299 mm	44	1
1998	39.7 °C18 June 1998	2.1 °C1 December 1998	17.8 °C	259 mm	55	0
1997	34.6 °C4 September 1997	2.4 °C4 January 1997	17.9 °C	455 mm	33	0
1996	38.8 °C22 July 1996	0.1 °C23 February 1996	17.2 °C	707 mm	55	0
1995	42.7 °C19 July 1995	0.6 °C8 January 1995	18.1 °C	393 mm	52	0
1994	41.2 °C10 July 1994	0.7 °C26 December 1994	17.5 °C	267 mm	62	0
1993	39.1 °C27 July 1993	2.6 °C27 January 1993	16.2 °C	309 mm	36	0
1992	37.9 °C16 September 1992	1.6 °C25 January 1992	16.9 °C	261 mm	50	0
1991	39.5 °C13 July 1991	1.6 °C14 January 1991	16.7 °C	379 mm	64	0
1990	40.5 °C3 August 1990	2.0 °C12 January 1990	17.5 °C	371 mm	59	0
1989	39.7 °C18 July 1989	2.6 °C5 January 1989	17.9 °C	482 mm	66	0
1988	42.5 °C1 August 1988	1.8 °C28 February 1988	17.3 °C	373 mm	60	0
1987	40.8 °C27 July 1987	2.3 °C20 February 1987	17.8 °C	433 mm	44	0
1986	39.0 °C22 August 1986	-0.4 °C24 December 1986	16.7 °C	378 mm	52	1
1985	39.2 °C23 July 1985	-0.3 °C16 January 1985	17.3 °C	415 mm	54	1
1984	39.5 °C28 July 1984	0.2 °C25 February 1984	16.8 °C	309 mm	50	0
1983	37.4 °C15 June 1983	1.4 °C3 January 1983	17.7 °C	371 mm	40	0
1982	41.4 °C10 August 1982	1.8 °C27 December 1982	16.5 °C	396 mm	37	0
1981	38.6 °C20 July 1981	-1.3 °C12 January 1981	17.4 °C	193 mm	52	3
1980	39.7 °C6 August 1980	-0.3 °C2 December 1980	17.3 °C	416 mm	63	2
1979	38.8 °C28 July 1979	0.6 °C21 December 1979	16.6 °C	387 mm	36	0
1978	39.0 °C23 July 1978	0.9 °C14 January 1978	16.9 °C	352 mm	61	0
1977	33.6 °C10 August 1977	1.2 °C8 January 1977	16.4 °C	465 mm	22	0
1976	38.0 °C14 August 1976	-1.8 °C28 January 1976	15.9 °C	607 mm	30	2
1975	39.4 °C29 July 1975	1.1 °C12 March 1975	16.2 °C	395 mm	42	0
1974	39.3 °C15 August 1974	0.8 °C4 March 1974	16.2 °C	390 mm	51	0
1973	38.4 °C27 July 1973	1.9 °C3 February 1973	16.4 °C	488 mm	37	0
1972	34.8 °C23 July 1972	-0.5 °C24 January 1972	15.0 °C	564 mm	15	1
1971	36.9 °C29 July 1971	0.9 °C2 January 1971	16.0 °C	638 mm	41	0
1970	38.9 °C16 July 1970	1.2 °C20 December 1970	17.2 °C	501 mm	59	0
1969	39.1 °C12 July 1969	1.5 °C28 December 1969	16.8 °C	639 mm	43	0
1968	38.0 °C29 June 1968	1.6 °C13 January 1968	16.8 °C	548 mm	52	0
1967	40.8 °C19 July 1967	1.0 °C12 December 1967	16.6 °C	514 mm	45	0
1966	38.0 °C7 September 1966	1.9 °C7 March 1966	16.8 °C	303 mm	45	0
1965	40.1 °C4 August 1965	0.6 °C10 January 1965	16.7 °C	524 mm	37	0
1964	38.2 °C15 July 1964	0.5 °C30 January 1964	17.2 °C	403 mm	101	0
1963	37.1 °C27 September 1963	0.1 °C24 December 1963	16.7 °C	681 mm	45	0
1962	39.9 °C20 August 1962	0.6 °C10 February 1962	17.0 °C	587 mm	60	0
1961	40.9 °C28 August 1961	-0.6 °C15 January 1961	17.7 °C	322 mm	58	2
1960	36.6 °C13 September 1960	0.1 °C18 January 1960	16.6 °C	558 mm	45	0
1959	39.5 °C17 August 1959	1.3 °C14 December 1959	16.4 °C	394 mm	33	0
1958	39.5 °C16 August 1958	1.4 °C15 January 1958	17.0 °C	285 mm	45	0
1957	39.2 °C1 August 1957	-1.0 °C16 January 1957	16.5 °C	508 mm	53	1
1956	39.8 °C1 August 1956	-1.6 °C5 February 1956	15.9 °C	603 mm	46	2
1955	40.2 °C24 June 1955	1.5 °C9 March 1955	18.1 °C	515 mm	81	0
1954	41.8 °C19 August 1954	-1.0 °C8 February 1954	16.5 °C	377 mm	75	2
1953	43.6 °C20 July 1953	-0.8 °C10 January 1953	16.9 °C	388 mm	73	4
1952	40.7 °C10 July 1952	0.2 °C18 February 1952	16.6 °C	310 mm	53	0
1951	39.5 °C14 June 1951	2.0 °C30 January 1951	16.3 °C	434 mm	42	0
1950	39.1 °C28 June 1950	1.8 °C20 January 1950	17.0 °C	230 mm	50	0
1949	39.0 °C24 August 1949	2.2 °C13 January 1949	17.0 °C	419 mm	49	0
1948	41.3 °C25 July 1948	1.8 °C19 January 1948	17.4 °C	260 mm	65	0
1947	37.8 °C31 July 1947	0.8 °C21 December 1947	17.1 °C	479 mm	34	0
1946	43.3 °C23 July 1946	-0.3 °C26 December 1946	16.6 °C	261 mm	65	1
1945	41.8 °C22 July 1945	-0.7 °C6 January 1945	17.9 °C	239 mm	51	4
1944	42.7 °C31 July 1944	0.1 °C21 February 1944	17.0 °C	299 mm	43	0
1943	40.2 °C16 August 1943	-0.2 °C20 November 1943	17.2 °C	364 mm	83	1
1942	40.8 °C17 July 1942	-0.3 °C10 February 1942	16.7 °C	543 mm	69	1
1941	42.4 °C20 July 1941	-1.4 °C6 January 1941	17.2 °C	351 mm	84	4
1940	40.9 °C11 August 1940	-1.8 °C24 January 1940	16.6 °C	466 mm	77	2

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

24.3 °C

+1.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

84 d/yr

+27

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-1

Annual rainfall

439 mm

+44 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	17.9 °C	+2.2 °C	26 mm	-22 mm
Feb	18.2 °C	+1.1 °C	28 mm	-22 mm
Mar	17.8 °C	-1.4 °C	122 mm	+69 mm
Apr	22.2 °C	+1.5 °C	46 mm	+1 mm
May	25.6 °C	+1.7 °C	10 mm	-15 mm
Jun	31.1 °C	+3.9 °C	7 mm	-2 mm
Jul	32.2 °C	+1.3 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Aug	33.3 °C	+2.3 °C	9 mm	+5 mm
Sep	29.3 °C	+1.4 °C	11 mm	-3 mm
Oct	26.8 °C	+2.6 °C	2 mm	-34 mm
Nov	21.3 °C	+1.5 °C	39 mm	-13 mm
Dec	14.9 °C	-1.6 °C	138 mm	+83 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

41.1 °C

29 Jun 2025

Coldest day

2.5 °C

16 Jan 2025

Wettest day

33.3 mm

16 Dec 2025

Windiest day

30.0 km/h

17 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

70.6 km/h

8 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.8 °C

28 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

-0.8 °C

15 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.4 h

30 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Ben Ahmed?

Ben Ahmed has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.2 °C and it receives 395 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ben Ahmed?

The hottest day measured in Ben Ahmed between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1953, reaching 43.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Ben Ahmed?

The coldest day measured in Ben Ahmed between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 2005, at -3.9 °C.

Does it snow in Ben Ahmed?

Almost never: Ben Ahmed sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Ben Ahmed warmed?

Yes: Ben Ahmed warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Ben Ahmed?

The wettest day measured in Ben Ahmed between 1940 and 2025 was 8 November 1984, with 65 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Ben Ahmed?

The windiest day measured in Ben Ahmed between 1940 and 2025 was 22 October 2023, with winds reaching 44.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Ben Ahmed?

The warmest month in Ben Ahmed is August (24.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Ben Ahmed?

Ben Ahmed receives on average 395 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 63 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Ben Ahmed?

Ben Ahmed gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ben Ahmed?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ben Ahmed between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 1949, with 1.3 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Ben Ahmed?

Yes: Ben Ahmed has on average 27 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ben Ahmed?

In Ben Ahmed, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.5 °C on 23 July 1995, and the lowest was -7.9 °C on 28 January 2005.

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