Bouarfa climate — normals and trends
Bouarfa (Morocco) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.0 °C and it receives 133 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 (29.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Bouarfa averages 22 frost days, 105 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 29 rainy days per year.
Bouarfa has warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.37 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 35 to 9 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.5 °C (on 28 July 2023) and the coldest -8.4 °C (on 3 January 1945).
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
BouarfaOriental
- coords
- 32.53°, -1.96°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.0°C
Average daily high
22.9°C
Average daily low
11.0°C
Annual rainfall
133mm
Sunshine / day
11.3h
Mean relative humidity
43%
Average peak wind
20.9km/h
Seasonal range
23.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
22 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
105 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
29 d/yr
Annual snowfall
4.9 cm
Average feels-like high
19.6 °C
Average feels-like low
8.0 °C
Average peak gust
39.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
63 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.1 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.70 · 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
41.5 °C
28 July 2023
Coldest day
-8.4 °C
3 January 1945
Wettest day
70 mm
11 November 1993
Windiest day
59.7 km/h
26 March 1964
Strongest gust
116.3 km/h
30 November 2010
Hottest feels-like
41.1 °C
30 July 2023
Coldest feels-like
-14.5 °C
2 February 1954
Snowiest day
14.8 cm
17 December 2016
Sunniest day
13.9 h
23 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 4 mm | -8 mm |
| Feb | 14.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 8 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 18.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 11 mm | -4 mm |
| Apr | 23.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 21 mm | +6 mm |
| May | 27.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 3 mm | -8 mm |
| Jun | 34.3 °C | +2.6 °C | 2 mm | -3 mm |
| Jul | 37.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 1 mm | -2 mm |
| Aug | 35.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 5 mm | +1 mm |
| Sep | 30.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 19 mm | +7 mm |
| Oct | 26.7 °C | +3.8 °C | 3 mm | -14 mm |
| Nov | 19.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 1 mm | -19 mm |
| Dec | 11.8 °C | -0.5 °C | 32 mm | +19 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bouarfa?
Bouarfa has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.0 °C and it receives 133 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bouarfa?
The hottest day measured in Bouarfa between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 2023, reaching 41.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bouarfa?
The coldest day measured in Bouarfa between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1945, at -8.4 °C.
Does it snow in Bouarfa?
Yes. Bouarfa gets on average 4.9 cm of snow per year and has around 22 frost days.
Has the climate of Bouarfa warmed?
Yes: Bouarfa warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bouarfa?
The wettest day measured in Bouarfa between 1940 and 2025 was 11 November 1993, with 70 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bouarfa?
The windiest day measured in Bouarfa between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1964, with winds reaching 59.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bouarfa?
The warmest month in Bouarfa is July (29.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Bouarfa?
Bouarfa receives on average 133 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 29 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bouarfa?
Bouarfa gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bouarfa?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bouarfa between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 2016, with 14.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bouarfa?
Yes: Bouarfa has on average 63 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bouarfa?
In Bouarfa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.1 °C on 30 July 2023, and the lowest was -14.5 °C on 2 February 1954.
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