Chefchaouen climate — normals and trends
Chefchaouen (Morocco) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.5 °C and it receives 895 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 (23.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (8.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Chefchaouen averages 2 frost days, 26 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 93 rainy days per year.
Chefchaouen has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 4 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.0 °C (on 20 July 1941) and the coldest -6.6 °C (on 7 February 1954).
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
ChefchaouenTanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima
- coords
- 35.17°, -5.26°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.5°C
Average daily high
20.0°C
Average daily low
11.4°C
Annual rainfall
895mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
8.5km/h
Seasonal range
15.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
2 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
26 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
93 d/yr
Annual snowfall
2.4 cm
Average feels-like high
20.4 °C
Average feels-like low
10.7 °C
Average peak gust
37.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
19 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.49 · 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
39.0 °C
20 July 1941
Coldest day
-6.6 °C
7 February 1954
Wettest day
104 mm
29 December 1950
Windiest day
31.3 km/h
22 December 1958
Strongest gust
154.8 km/h
22 December 1958
Hottest feels-like
42.1 °C
25 July 1993
Coldest feels-like
-10.3 °C
7 February 1954
Snowiest day
19.8 cm
13 December 1949
Sunniest day
14.0 h
26 June 2023
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 42 mm | -61 mm |
| Feb | 15.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 44 mm | -63 mm |
| Mar | 15.2 °C | -0.5 °C | 320 mm | +203 mm |
| Apr | 18.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 111 mm | +13 mm |
| May | 22.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 35 mm | -31 mm |
| Jun | 29.1 °C | +4.4 °C | 5 mm | -18 mm |
| Jul | 30.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 2 mm | -2 mm |
| Aug | 30.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 9 mm | +1 mm |
| Sep | 26.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 15 mm | -24 mm |
| Oct | 24.0 °C | +2.8 °C | 34 mm | -55 mm |
| Nov | 18.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 114 mm | -3 mm |
| Dec | 13.1 °C | -0.5 °C | 182 mm | +57 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Chefchaouen?
Chefchaouen has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.5 °C and it receives 895 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chefchaouen?
The hottest day measured in Chefchaouen between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1941, reaching 39.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Chefchaouen?
The coldest day measured in Chefchaouen between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 1954, at -6.6 °C.
Does it snow in Chefchaouen?
Yes. Chefchaouen gets on average 2.4 cm of snow per year and has around 2 frost days.
Has the climate of Chefchaouen warmed?
Yes: Chefchaouen warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Chefchaouen?
The wettest day measured in Chefchaouen between 1940 and 2025 was 29 December 1950, with 104 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Chefchaouen?
The windiest day measured in Chefchaouen between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1958, with winds reaching 31.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Chefchaouen?
The warmest month in Chefchaouen is August (23.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Chefchaouen?
Chefchaouen receives on average 895 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 93 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Chefchaouen?
Chefchaouen 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 Chefchaouen?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Chefchaouen between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 1949, with 19.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Chefchaouen?
Yes: Chefchaouen has on average 19 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Chefchaouen?
In Chefchaouen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.1 °C on 25 July 1993, and the lowest was -10.3 °C on 7 February 1954.
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