Bou Izakarn climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Bou Izakarn?

Bou Izakarn has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.3 °C and it receives 180 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bou Izakarn?

The hottest day measured in Bou Izakarn between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 2023, reaching 45.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Bou Izakarn?

The coldest day measured in Bou Izakarn between 1940 and 2025 was 29 January 2005, at -1.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Bou Izakarn?

Almost never: Bou Izakarn sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Bou Izakarn warmed?

Yes: Bou Izakarn warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Bou Izakarn?

The wettest day measured in Bou Izakarn between 1940 and 2025 was 28 November 2014, with 80 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Bou Izakarn?

The windiest day measured in Bou Izakarn between 1940 and 2025 was 16 March 1993, with winds reaching 49.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Bou Izakarn?

The warmest month in Bou Izakarn is August (26.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Bou Izakarn?

Bou Izakarn receives on average 180 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 31 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Bou Izakarn?

Bou Izakarn gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Bou Izakarn (Morocco) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.3 °C and it receives 180 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 (26.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (11.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Bou Izakarn averages 0 frost days, 80 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 31 rainy days per year.

Bou Izakarn has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 45.4 °C (on 11 August 2023) and the coldest -1.0 °C (on 29 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

Bou IzakarnGuelmim-Oued Noun

coords: 29.18°, -9.71°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

18.3°C

Average daily high

24.2°C

Average daily low

13.5°C

Annual rainfall

180mm

Sunshine / day

11.3h

Mean relative humidity

57%

Average peak wind

17.9km/h

Seasonal range

14.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

80 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

31 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

22.7 °C

Average feels-like low

11.6 °C

Average peak gust

40.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

46 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.7 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.37 · 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

45.4 °C

11 August 2023

Coldest day

-1.0 °C

29 January 2005

Wettest day

80 mm

28 November 2014

Windiest day

49.1 km/h

16 March 1993

Strongest gust

100.8 km/h

16 March 1993

Hottest feels-like

45.6 °C

9 July 2022

Coldest feels-like

-5.3 °C

29 January 2005

Sunniest day

13.3 h

30 June 1957

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	41.7 °C9 August 2025	4.2 °C8 February 2025	19.6 °C	118 mm	104	0
2024	41.7 °C3 August 2024	5.8 °C13 December 2024	20.0 °C	73 mm	87	0
2023	45.4 °C11 August 2023	3.2 °C25 January 2023	20.2 °C	110 mm	113	0
2022	43.4 °C9 July 2022	6.4 °C15 March 2022	20.4 °C	135 mm	117	0
2021	43.5 °C15 August 2021	3.3 °C15 January 2021	19.2 °C	98 mm	81	0
2020	43.3 °C6 July 2020	4.9 °C22 January 2020	19.9 °C	97 mm	107	0
2019	40.4 °C23 August 2019	2.8 °C22 January 2019	19.2 °C	81 mm	95	0
2018	38.2 °C9 July 2018	3.3 °C3 February 2018	17.9 °C	229 mm	77	0
2017	43.2 °C7 August 2017	4.0 °C22 January 2017	20.2 °C	91 mm	115	0
2016	41.5 °C5 August 2016	3.9 °C17 February 2016	19.0 °C	178 mm	77	0
2015	40.2 °C13 May 2015	1.9 °C7 January 2015	18.8 °C	134 mm	74	0
2014	38.3 °C12 May 2014	5.2 °C2 January 2014	18.7 °C	363 mm	80	0
2013	42.4 °C15 August 2013	4.5 °C12 January 2013	18.8 °C	122 mm	86	0
2012	43.2 °C16 July 2012	3.0 °C14 February 2012	19.4 °C	161 mm	99	0
2011	40.2 °C30 July 2011	4.0 °C4 February 2011	19.4 °C	202 mm	100	0
2010	42.5 °C28 August 2010	4.2 °C28 January 2010	19.6 °C	305 mm	82	0
2009	43.6 °C29 July 2009	2.9 °C12 January 2009	19.4 °C	238 mm	91	0
2008	40.7 °C27 June 2008	3.6 °C17 December 2008	18.9 °C	112 mm	83	0
2007	43.1 °C28 July 2007	4.9 °C31 January 2007	18.6 °C	112 mm	73	0
2006	41.1 °C10 July 2006	2.2 °C18 January 2006	18.9 °C	185 mm	95	0
2005	41.6 °C20 July 2005	-1.0 °C29 January 2005	18.6 °C	172 mm	81	1
2004	42.6 °C24 July 2004	3.4 °C29 December 2004	18.6 °C	147 mm	92	0
2003	40.4 °C19 July 2003	1.7 °C17 January 2003	19.2 °C	151 mm	102	0
2002	40.3 °C22 June 2002	5.8 °C9 December 2002	18.7 °C	225 mm	64	0
2001	42.5 °C6 August 2001	4.9 °C8 January 2001	19.4 °C	48 mm	97	0
2000	41.7 °C31 July 2000	3.0 °C9 January 2000	18.8 °C	82 mm	98	0
1999	42.1 °C2 July 1999	2.6 °C18 December 1999	18.1 °C	126 mm	83	0
1998	42.3 °C5 August 1998	5.3 °C11 December 1998	19.1 °C	146 mm	82	0
1997	36.5 °C15 August 1997	4.4 °C21 January 1997	18.2 °C	155 mm	48	0
1996	38.0 °C3 August 1996	4.1 °C28 February 1996	18.0 °C	405 mm	69	0
1995	41.8 °C22 July 1995	2.7 °C28 February 1995	18.8 °C	195 mm	63	0
1994	43.1 °C10 July 1994	1.9 °C19 January 1994	19.0 °C	81 mm	82	0
1993	41.7 °C10 August 1993	3.8 °C9 January 1993	17.0 °C	115 mm	47	0
1992	39.8 °C2 September 1992	3.1 °C25 January 1992	18.0 °C	81 mm	69	0
1991	39.9 °C1 September 1991	3.3 °C10 February 1991	17.8 °C	216 mm	82	0
1990	40.9 °C25 August 1990	3.2 °C15 January 1990	18.7 °C	130 mm	80	0
1989	39.5 °C20 July 1989	4.4 °C3 January 1989	18.5 °C	232 mm	84	0
1988	43.0 °C1 August 1988	3.8 °C17 February 1988	18.3 °C	310 mm	72	0
1987	42.8 °C19 August 1987	3.6 °C3 January 1987	18.9 °C	180 mm	69	0
1986	41.3 °C21 August 1986	3.5 °C26 December 1986	17.7 °C	158 mm	70	0
1985	41.0 °C22 August 1985	3.0 °C16 January 1985	18.6 °C	226 mm	83	0
1984	41.3 °C8 July 1984	3.4 °C13 January 1984	18.3 °C	144 mm	68	0
1983	41.2 °C5 September 1983	3.0 °C2 January 1983	18.9 °C	135 mm	75	0
1982	42.1 °C26 July 1982	2.6 °C24 December 1982	17.7 °C	167 mm	53	0
1981	40.6 °C19 August 1981	1.1 °C18 January 1981	18.4 °C	122 mm	82	0
1980	42.0 °C6 August 1980	3.7 °C30 December 1980	18.7 °C	182 mm	83	0
1979	43.5 °C28 July 1979	2.5 °C25 December 1979	17.8 °C	188 mm	51	0
1978	42.5 °C22 July 1978	2.6 °C15 January 1978	18.0 °C	204 mm	73	0
1977	39.7 °C10 August 1977	3.7 °C8 January 1977	17.5 °C	142 mm	37	0
1976	40.9 °C6 August 1976	2.5 °C27 January 1976	16.7 °C	250 mm	38	0
1975	42.9 °C15 July 1975	3.5 °C21 December 1975	18.1 °C	100 mm	73	0
1974	41.9 °C1 July 1974	3.0 °C1 January 1974	17.6 °C	171 mm	79	0
1973	41.9 °C27 July 1973	2.3 °C31 December 1973	18.0 °C	149 mm	77	0
1972	41.6 °C22 July 1972	2.4 °C28 January 1972	16.0 °C	273 mm	37	0
1971	40.5 °C20 July 1971	2.1 °C2 February 1971	17.1 °C	238 mm	69	0
1970	42.3 °C9 August 1970	4.0 °C29 March 1970	18.6 °C	235 mm	81	0
1969	40.2 °C30 July 1969	2.7 °C4 December 1969	17.6 °C	222 mm	52	0
1968	41.5 °C21 July 1968	2.0 °C1 February 1968	17.9 °C	303 mm	96	0
1967	42.6 °C20 July 1967	1.7 °C13 December 1967	18.1 °C	279 mm	86	0
1966	41.2 °C19 August 1966	4.3 °C13 December 1966	18.2 °C	128 mm	73	0
1965	40.9 °C3 August 1965	-0.6 °C7 January 1965	17.9 °C	227 mm	84	1
1964	39.9 °C26 July 1964	2.5 °C30 January 1964	18.6 °C	228 mm	117	0
1963	40.5 °C15 July 1963	0.4 °C24 December 1963	17.3 °C	352 mm	60	0
1962	40.6 °C21 August 1962	2.2 °C16 December 1962	18.4 °C	298 mm	97	0
1961	41.5 °C10 July 1961	0.3 °C17 January 1961	19.2 °C	101 mm	90	0
1960	40.5 °C18 July 1960	1.6 °C19 December 1960	17.8 °C	217 mm	83	0
1959	42.0 °C16 August 1959	3.3 °C22 December 1959	17.3 °C	136 mm	61	0
1958	40.5 °C14 August 1958	2.9 °C27 December 1958	18.3 °C	134 mm	75	0
1957	42.2 °C21 July 1957	-0.1 °C21 January 1957	17.4 °C	264 mm	76	1
1956	41.2 °C1 August 1956	1.7 °C22 December 1956	17.2 °C	293 mm	80	0
1955	40.9 °C11 August 1955	3.4 °C12 March 1955	18.5 °C	233 mm	94	0
1954	40.5 °C24 July 1954	1.2 °C8 February 1954	17.5 °C	287 mm	101	0
1953	41.6 °C20 July 1953	2.8 °C18 February 1953	17.5 °C	293 mm	72	0
1952	41.0 °C12 July 1952	1.2 °C11 January 1952	17.9 °C	133 mm	70	0
1951	40.1 °C1 September 1951	3.7 °C2 February 1951	17.4 °C	181 mm	70	0
1950	41.2 °C17 July 1950	2.6 °C27 January 1950	18.3 °C	117 mm	73	0
1949	41.9 °C19 July 1949	3.3 °C4 January 1949	17.8 °C	264 mm	67	0
1948	41.8 °C24 July 1948	3.6 °C20 January 1948	18.4 °C	123 mm	86	0
1947	41.3 °C3 August 1947	1.2 °C30 January 1947	18.1 °C	237 mm	69	0
1946	42.0 °C22 July 1946	2.4 °C26 December 1946	18.5 °C	78 mm	105	0
1945	41.4 °C21 July 1945	0.6 °C3 January 1945	19.0 °C	119 mm	78	0
1944	43.1 °C31 July 1944	1.7 °C31 December 1944	17.9 °C	103 mm	70	0
1943	40.5 °C12 July 1943	-0.7 °C1 January 1943	18.3 °C	167 mm	107	1
1942	40.5 °C8 August 1942	3.0 °C30 December 1942	18.4 °C	181 mm	96	0
1941	42.9 °C18 July 1941	2.6 °C18 January 1941	18.4 °C	168 mm	79	0
1940	40.6 °C29 July 1940	1.6 °C21 December 1940	17.7 °C	140 mm	83	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.8 °C

+1.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

104 d/yr

+24

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

118 mm

-62 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	19.9 °C	+2.8 °C	0 mm	-23 mm
Feb	20.6 °C	+1.9 °C	5 mm	-22 mm
Mar	19.6 °C	-1.3 °C	32 mm	+7 mm
Apr	24.0 °C	+1.9 °C	3 mm	-12 mm
May	25.7 °C	+1.2 °C	1 mm	-6 mm
Jun	32.1 °C	+5.0 °C	3 mm	+0 mm
Jul	33.4 °C	+0.4 °C	1 mm	-0 mm
Aug	35.1 °C	+2.0 °C	3 mm	-0 mm
Sep	30.7 °C	+1.6 °C	7 mm	-1 mm
Oct	28.0 °C	+2.6 °C	1 mm	-14 mm
Nov	24.0 °C	+2.7 °C	12 mm	-14 mm
Dec	16.9 °C	-0.8 °C	52 mm	+22 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

41.7 °C

9 Aug 2025

Coldest day

4.2 °C

8 Feb 2025

Wettest day

12.2 mm

12 Dec 2025

Windiest day

37.9 km/h

23 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

77.4 km/h

23 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.8 °C

29 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

-0.1 °C

8 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

13.3 h

27 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Bou Izakarn?

Bou Izakarn has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.3 °C and it receives 180 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bou Izakarn?

The hottest day measured in Bou Izakarn between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 2023, reaching 45.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Bou Izakarn?

The coldest day measured in Bou Izakarn between 1940 and 2025 was 29 January 2005, at -1.0 °C.

Does it snow in Bou Izakarn?

Almost never: Bou Izakarn sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Bou Izakarn warmed?

Yes: Bou Izakarn warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Bou Izakarn?

The wettest day measured in Bou Izakarn between 1940 and 2025 was 28 November 2014, with 80 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Bou Izakarn?

The windiest day measured in Bou Izakarn between 1940 and 2025 was 16 March 1993, with winds reaching 49.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Bou Izakarn?

The warmest month in Bou Izakarn is August (26.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Bou Izakarn?

Bou Izakarn receives on average 180 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 31 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Bou Izakarn?

Bou Izakarn gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Bou Izakarn?

Yes: Bou Izakarn has on average 46 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bou Izakarn?

In Bou Izakarn, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.6 °C on 9 July 2022, and the lowest was -5.3 °C on 29 January 2005.

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