Beni Mellal climate — normals and trends
Beni Mellal (Morocco) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.7 °C and it receives 581 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 (24.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Beni Mellal averages 39 frost days, 61 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 85 rainy days per year.
Beni Mellal has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.36 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 59 to 19 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.3 °C (on 11 July 2023) and the coldest -14.7 °C (on 27 January 1976).
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
Beni MellalBeni Mellal-Khenifra
- coords
- 32.34°, -6.35°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.7°C
Average daily high
21.2°C
Average daily low
7.9°C
Annual rainfall
581mm
Sunshine / day
11.0h
Mean relative humidity
60%
Average peak wind
8.7km/h
Seasonal range
19.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
39 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
61 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
85 d/yr
Annual snowfall
56.8 cm
Average feels-like high
20.4 °C
Average feels-like low
6.1 °C
Average peak gust
32.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
4 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 = 0.63 · 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
41.3 °C
11 July 2023
Coldest day
-14.7 °C
27 January 1976
Wettest day
67 mm
18 December 1963
Windiest day
23.8 km/h
15 February 1979
Strongest gust
125.6 km/h
25 November 2002
Hottest feels-like
40.3 °C
10 July 2023
Coldest feels-like
-19.4 °C
27 January 1976
Snowiest day
19.5 cm
4 February 1994
Sunniest day
13.5 h
11 June 1957
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15.3 °C | +2.7 °C | 33 mm | -35 mm |
| Feb | 15.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 46 mm | -25 mm |
| Mar | 15.5 °C | -0.9 °C | 130 mm | +49 mm |
| Apr | 20.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 74 mm | +1 mm |
| May | 24.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 26 mm | -23 mm |
| Jun | 32.1 °C | +5.4 °C | 17 mm | -6 mm |
| Jul | 34.9 °C | +3.0 °C | 10 mm | +2 mm |
| Aug | 35.2 °C | +3.5 °C | 8 mm | -4 mm |
| Sep | 29.8 °C | +2.5 °C | 20 mm | -5 mm |
| Oct | 26.8 °C | +4.4 °C | 8 mm | -36 mm |
| Nov | 19.9 °C | +2.6 °C | 33 mm | -30 mm |
| Dec | 11.1 °C | -2.4 °C | 171 mm | +105 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Beni Mellal?
Beni Mellal has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.7 °C and it receives 581 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Beni Mellal?
The hottest day measured in Beni Mellal between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 2023, reaching 41.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Beni Mellal?
The coldest day measured in Beni Mellal between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1976, at -14.7 °C.
Does it snow in Beni Mellal?
Yes. Beni Mellal gets on average 56.8 cm of snow per year and has around 39 frost days.
Has the climate of Beni Mellal warmed?
Yes: Beni Mellal warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Beni Mellal?
The wettest day measured in Beni Mellal between 1940 and 2025 was 18 December 1963, with 67 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Beni Mellal?
The windiest day measured in Beni Mellal between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1979, with winds reaching 23.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Beni Mellal?
The warmest month in Beni Mellal is July (24.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Beni Mellal?
Beni Mellal receives on average 581 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 85 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Beni Mellal?
Beni Mellal 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 Beni Mellal?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Beni Mellal between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 1994, with 19.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Beni Mellal?
Yes: Beni Mellal has on average 4 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Beni Mellal?
In Beni Mellal, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.3 °C on 10 July 2023, and the lowest was -19.4 °C on 27 January 1976.
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